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): March 23, 2018

Commission file number 001-11625

 

 

Pentair plc

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   98-1141328

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification number)

43 London Wall, London, EC2M 5TF United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 44-207-347-8925

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

Emerging growth company    ☐

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

 

 

 


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

Credit Agreement

On March 23, 2018, nVent Finance S.à r.l. (“nVent Finance”), a subsidiary of Pentair plc (“Pentair”) that will become a subsidiary of nVent Electric plc (“nVent”) at the time of the completion of the separation of Pentair’s Electrical business through a spin-off of nVent (the “Separation”), entered into a credit agreement with a syndicate of banks providing for a five-year $200.0 million senior unsecured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and a five-year $600.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Senior Credit Facilities”). After the completion of the Separation, nVent Finance will have the option to request to increase the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount of up to $300.0 million, subject to customary conditions, including the commitment of the participating lenders. nVent expects that nVent Finance will have $200.0 million of borrowings under the Term Loan Facility and no borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility at the time of the Separation.

The Senior Credit Facilities will be guaranteed by nVent. The Senior Credit Facilities will bear interest at a rate equal to an adjusted base rate or LIBOR, plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The applicable margin will be based on, at nVent Finance’s election, nVent’s leverage level or public credit rating. Interest on borrowings and the facility fee will generally be payable quarterly in arrears or at the end of the interest period, unless such interest period is longer than three months in which case payment is due on each successive date three months after the first day of such period. Additionally, nVent Finance will pay a quarterly facility fee based on the average daily amount of the Revolving Credit Facility (whether used or unused), which will be determined, at nVent Finance’s election, by nVent’s leverage level or public credit rating.

The Senior Credit Facilities will be due five years after the closing of the first borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities. nVent Finance will be permitted to voluntarily prepay loans and/or reduce the commitment under the Senior Credit Facilities, in whole or in part, without penalty or premium subject to certain minimum amounts and increments and the payment of customary breakage costs. Except for amortization of the Term Loan Facility, no mandatory prepayment will be required under the Senior Credit Facilities unless certain affiliate and currency sub-limits are exceeded, subject to certain other exceptions.

The Senior Credit Facilities contain financial covenants requiring nVent to not permit (i) the ratio of its consolidated debt (net of its consolidated unrestricted cash in excess of $5.0 million but not to exceed $250.0 million) to its consolidated net income (excluding, among other things, non-cash gains and losses) before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-cash share-based compensation expense (“EBITDA”) on the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to exceed 3.75 to 1.00 and (ii) the ratio of its EBITDA to its consolidated interest expense for the same period to be less than 3.00 to 1.00. In addition, subject to certain qualifications and exceptions, the Senior Credit Facilities also contain covenants that, among other things, restrict nVent’s ability to create liens, merge or consolidate with another person, make acquisitions and incur subsidiary debt.

The Senior Credit Facilities contain customary events of default. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, then the lenders may terminate all commitments to extend further credit and declare all amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities due and payable immediately. In addition, in the case of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities will become due and payable immediately.


Senior Notes Indenture

On March 26, 2018, nVent Finance completed the previously announced private placement of $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.950% senior notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.550% senior notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes” and, together with the 2023 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were issued under an Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 26, 2018, among nVent Finance, nVent, Pentair, Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH (“Pentair Investments”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, among the same parties, establishing the terms and providing for the issuance of the 2023 Notes (the “2023 Notes Supplemental Indenture”), and by a Second Supplemental Indenture, among the same parties, establishing the terms and providing for the issuance of the 2028 Notes (the “2028 Notes Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and the 2023 Notes Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by nVent. In addition, the Notes initially are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Pentair and Pentair Investments. Upon the completion of the Separation, the guarantees of Pentair and Pentair Investments will be automatically and unconditionally terminated and released.

The 2023 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.950% per year (payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2018) and will mature on April 15, 2023. The 2028 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.550% per year (payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2018) and will mature on April 15, 2028. The interest rate payable on each of the 2023 Notes and the 2028 Notes is subject to adjustment from time to time if a nationally recognized statistical rating agency downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) the rating assigned to such series of Notes.

For the 2023 Notes, prior to March 15, 2023, and for the 2028 Notes, prior to January 15, 2028, nVent Finance may redeem all or any part of the Notes of such series at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus a “make-whole” premium and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date. At any time on or after March 15, 2023, with respect to the 2023 Notes, or on or after January 15, 2028, with respect to the 2028 Notes, nVent Finance may redeem all or any part of the Notes of such series at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date. nVent Finance is required to offer to repurchase all or any part of the Notes for cash at a price of 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, upon the occurrence of a change of control triggering event. nVent Finance also may redeem all, but not less than all, of a series of Notes in the event of certain tax changes affecting such Notes. If Pentair has not completed the Separation by October 31, 2018, then nVent Finance will be required to redeem the outstanding Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, from the date of original issuance to, but not including, the date of such redemption.


Subject to certain qualifications and exceptions, the Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict nVent’s ability to merge or consolidate with another person, create liens or engage in sale and lease-back transactions.

The Indenture contains customary events of default. If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to any series of the Notes, then the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes of that series may declare the unpaid principal of all the Notes of that series to be due and payable immediately. In addition, in the case of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately.

Use of Proceeds

In connection with the Separation, nVent Finance will transfer to Pentair all cash in excess of $50.0 million of nVent and its subsidiaries, including cash from the net proceeds from the borrowings under the Term Loan Facility and the issuance of the Notes, as consideration for the contribution of the assets of the Electrical business to nVent Finance by Pentair. Pentair expects to use the proceeds of such cash transfer to repay certain outstanding debt of Pentair.

Exhibits

The descriptions of the Base Indenture, the 2023 Notes Supplemental Indenture, the 2028 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the Credit Agreement set forth above are qualified by reference to the Base Indenture, the 2023 Notes Supplemental Indenture, the 2028 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the Credit Agreement filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

Not applicable.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

Not applicable.

 

(c) Shell Company Transactions

Not applicable.

 

(d) Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are being filed herewith.


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

4.1   Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018, among nVent Finance S.à r.l, nVent Electric plc, Pentair plc, Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH and U.S. Bank National Association.
4.2   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018, among nVent Finance S.à r.l, nVent Electric plc, Pentair plc, Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH and U.S. Bank National Association.
4.3   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March  26, 2018, among nVent Finance S.à r.l., nVent Electric plc, Pentair plc, Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH and U.S. Bank National Association.
4.4   Credit Agreement, dated March 23, 2018, among nVent Electric plc, nVent Finance S.à r.l., Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. and the lenders and agents party thereto.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on March 26, 2018.

 

PENTAIR PLC
Registrant
By:  

/s/ Angela D. Jilek

  Angela D. Jilek
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.,

as Issuer

AND

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC,

as Guarantor

AND

PENTAIR PLC,

as Guarantor

AND

PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH,

as Guarantor

AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of March 26, 2018

UNSUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

            Page  

Article I DEFINITIONS

     1  

Section 1.01

     Definitions of Terms      1  

Article II ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

     9  

Section 2.01

     Designation and Terms of Securities      9  

Section 2.02

     Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate      12  

Section 2.03

     Denominations; Provisions for Payment      15  

Section 2.04

     Execution and Authentications      16  

Section 2.05

     Transfer and Exchange      17  

Section 2.06

     Temporary Securities      24  

Section 2.07

     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities      25  

Section 2.08

     Cancellation      26  

Section 2.09

     Third Party Beneficiaries      26  

Section 2.10

     Authenticating Agent      26  

Section 2.11

     Global Securities      27  

Section 2.12

     CUSIP Numbers      27  

Section 2.13

     Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies      27  

Section 2.14

     Wire Transfers      28  

Section 2.15

     Designated Currency      28  

Section 2.16

     Form of Guarantee      29  

Article III REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

     29  

Section 3.01

     Redemption      29  

Section 3.02

     Notice of Redemption      30  

Section 3.03

     Payment Upon Redemption      31  

Section 3.04

     Sinking Fund      31  

Section 3.05

     Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities      32  

Section 3.06

     Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund      32  

Article IV CERTAIN COVENANTS

     32  

Section 4.01

     Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest      33  

Section 4.02

     Maintenance of Office or Agency      33  

Section 4.03

     Paying Agents      33  

Section 4.04

     Statement by Officers as to Default      34  

Section 4.05

     Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee      34  

Article V SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

     34  

Section 5.01

     Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders      34  

Section 5.02

     Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders      35  

Section 5.03

     Reports by the Company      35  

Section 5.04

     Reports by the Trustee      35  

 

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Article VI REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

     36  

Section 6.01

     Events of Default      36  

Section 6.02

     Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee      38  

Section 6.03

     Application of Funds Collected      39  

Section 6.04

     Limitation on Suits      39  

Section 6.05

     Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission not Waiver      40  

Section 6.06

     Control by Securityholders      40  

Section 6.07

     Undertaking to Pay Costs      42  

Section 6.08

     Waiver Of Usury, Stay Or Extension Laws      42  

Article VII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

     42  

Section 7.01

     Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee      42  

Section 7.02

     Certain Rights of Trustee      43  

Section 7.03

     Trustee not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities      45  

Section 7.04

     May Hold Securities      45  

Section 7.05

     Funds Held in Trust      45  

Section 7.06

     Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnification      45  

Section 7.07

     Reliance on Officer’s Certificate      46  

Section 7.08

     Disqualification; Conflicting Interests      46  

Section 7.09

     Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility      46  

Section 7.10

     Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor      47  

Section 7.11

     Acceptance of Appointment By Successor      48  

Section 7.12

     Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      49  

Section 7.13

     Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company      50  

Article VIII CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

     50  

Section 8.01

     Evidence of Action by Securityholders      50  

Section 8.02

     Proof of Execution by Securityholders      50  

Section 8.03

     Who May be Deemed Owners      51  

Section 8.04

     Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded      51  

Section 8.05

     Actions Binding on Future Securityholders      52  

Article IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

     52  

Section 9.01

     Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders      52  

Section 9.02

     Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders      54  

Section 9.03

     Effect of Supplemental Indentures      55  

Section 9.04

     Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures      55  

Section 9.05

     Execution of Supplemental Indentures      55  

Article X SUCCESSOR

     56  

Section 10.01

     Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets      56  

Section 10.02

     Successor Person Substituted      56  

 

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Article XI SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     57  

Section 11.01

     Applicability of Article      57  

Section 11.02

     Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      57  

Section 11.03

     Defeasance and Discharge of Obligations; Covenant Defeasance      58  

Section 11.04

     Deposited Funds to be Held in Trust      60  

Section 11.05

     Payment of Funds Held by Paying Agents      60  

Section 11.06

     Repayment to the Company or a Guarantor      60  

Section 11.07

     Reinstatement      61  

Article XII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

     61  

Section 12.01

     No Recourse      61  

Article XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     62  

Section 13.01

     Effect on Successors and Assigns      62  

Section 13.02

     Actions by Successor      62  

Section 13.03

     Notices      62  

Section 13.04

     Governing Law      64  

Section 13.05

     Treatment of Securities as Debt      64  

Section 13.06

     Compliance Certificates and Opinions      64  

Section 13.07

     Payments on Business Days      64  

Section 13.08

     Conflict with Trust Indenture Act      65  

Section 13.09

     Counterparts      65  

Section 13.10

     Separability      65  

Section 13.11

     No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      65  

Section 13.12

     Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.      65  

Section 13.13

     Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process      65  

Section 13.14

     Waiver of Jury Trial      66  

Section 13.15

     USA Patriot Act      67  

Section 13.16

     Force Majeure      67  

Article XIV ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; CERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS

     67  

Section 14.01

     Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes      67  

Section 14.02

     Payment of Additional Amounts      68  

Article XV GUARANTEES

     71  

Section 15.01

     Guarantee      71  

Section 15.02

     Execution and Delivery of Guarantee      72  

Section 15.03

     Release of Guarantee      73  

 

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Cross Reference Table*

 

Section of

Trust Indenture Act

of 1939, as amended

  

Section of
Indenture

310(a)

   7.09

310(b)

   7.08
   7.10

310(c)

   Inapplicable

311(a)

   7.13

311(b)

   7.13

311(c)

   Inapplicable

312(a)

   5.01
   5.02(a)

312(b)

   5.02(b)

312(c)

   5.02(b)

313(a)

   5.04(a)

313(b)

   5.04(b)

313(c)

   5.04(b)
   5.04(c)

313(d)

   5.04(c)

314(a)

   5.03

314(b)

   Inapplicable

314(c)

   13.06

314(d)

   Inapplicable

314(e)

   13.06

314(f)

   Inapplicable

315(a)

   7.01

315(b)

   6.01(c)

315(c)

   7.01(a)

315(d)

   7.01(b)

315(e)

   6.07

 

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316(a)

  

6.06,

8.04

316(b)

   6.04

316(c)

   8.01

317(a)

   6.02

317(b)

   4.03

318(a)

   13.08

 

* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

 

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THIS INDENTURE is dated as of March 26, 2018 among NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) with a registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B219846 (the “ Company ”), NVENT ELECTRIC PLC, an Irish public limited company (“ nVent ”), PENTAIR PLC, an Irish public limited company (“ Pentair ”), PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH, a Swiss Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (“ Pentair Investments ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

A. This Indenture provides for the issuance of unsecured debt securities (the “ Securities ”), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee, and for guarantees of the Securities.

B. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act (as defined below) that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

C. All things necessary to make this Indenture a legal, valid and binding agreement, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Securities:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions of Terms .

The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01 and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or that are by reference in the Trust Indenture Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except to the extent provided otherwise herein or in any supplemental indenture, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the time of any computation.

 

1


144A Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Global Securities bearing the Private Placement Legend that will be issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series sold in global form in reliance on Rule 144A.

Additional Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.

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

Applicable Procedures ”, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Security for a series of Securities, means the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange at the relevant time.

Authenticating Agent ” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of the Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.

Authentication Order ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors or board of managers, as applicable, of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, or any duly authorized committee of such board of directors or board of managers, as applicable.

Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, to have been duly adopted by its Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

Business Day ” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, other equity interests whether now outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture, partnership interests (whether general or limited), any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into Capital Stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such Capital Stock.

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking S.A., or its successors.

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

 

2


Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Company ” means nVent Finance S.à r.l. until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor entity.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at U.S. Bank National Association, 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Securityholders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Securityholders and the Company).

CSC ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.13.

Currency ” means Dollars or Foreign Currency.

Default ” means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

Definitive Security ” means a certificated Security registered in the name of the Securityholder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.05.

Depositary ”, with respect to Securities of any series which the Company shall determine will be issued in whole or in part as a Global Security, means The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and any other applicable U.S. or foreign statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Section 2.01.

Designated Currency ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15.

Distribution Compliance Period ” means the restricted period as defined in Rule 903(b)(3) under the Securities Act.

Dollar ” or “ $ ” means such currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Dollar Equivalent ” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a Foreign Currency, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of Dollars obtained by converting such Foreign Currency involved in such computation into Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of Dollars with the applicable Foreign Currency as quoted by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (unless another comparable financial institution is designated by the Company) in New York, New York, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date two business days prior to such determination.

 

3


Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or its successor, as operator of the Euroclear System.

Event of Default ”, with respect to Securities of a particular series, means any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Foreign Currency ” means a currency, currency unit or composite currency, including the euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments or a composite currency the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

Governmental Obligations ” means securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

Guarantee ” with respect to Securities of any series which the Company shall determine will be guaranteed by another Person, means the unconditional and unsubordinated guarantee by a Guarantor of the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on a series of Securities when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, required repurchase or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and this Indenture.

Guarantor ” shall mean any Person providing a Guarantee of the Securities of any series pursuant to Article XV.

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

including ” means including without limitation.

 

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Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.

Indirect Participant ” means any entity that, with respect to the Depositary, clears through or maintains a direct or indirect, custodial relationship with a Participant.

Interest Payment Date, ” when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified herein, in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

Luxembourg ” means the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

nVent ” means nVent Electric plc until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter “nVent” shall mean such successor entity.

Officer ” means any director, any manager, any managing director or managing officer, the chairman or any vice chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, any vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary or any assistant secretary, or any Person duly authorized to act for or on behalf of, the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate, signed by any Officer of the Company or a Guarantor, as the case may be, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.06, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who may be an Officer or employee of or counsel for the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.06, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

Original Issue Discount Security ” means a Security that provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.

Outstanding ”, when used with reference to Securities of any series, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, means, as of any particular time, all Securities of such series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

(a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which funds in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent other than the Company, or, if the Company shall act as its own paying agent, shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Company for the

 

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Holders of such Securities, provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and

(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07, except with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company.

In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 and the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more currencies that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be based on the Dollar Equivalent, on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount of such Security.

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

Pentair ” means Pentair plc until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter “Pentair” shall mean such successor entity.

Pentair Investments ” means Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to Article X, and thereafter “Pentair Investments” shall mean such successor entity.

Pentair Guarantees ” means the Pentair Guarantee and the Pentair Investments Guarantee.

Periodic Offering ” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time, during which any or all of the specific terms of the Securities, including the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the maturity or maturities thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities in accordance with the terms of the relevant Supplemental Indenture.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Predecessor Security ” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security. For the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

 

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Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(b) to be placed on all Restricted Securities issued under this Indenture or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities, except where specifically stated otherwise by the provisions of this Indenture, such Board Resolution or such supplemental indenture.

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

Regulation S Global Security ” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S, or a Regulation S Permanent Global Security of such series, as the case may be.

Regulation S Permanent Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more permanent Global Securities bearing the Private Placement Legend, that will be issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series initially sold or, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S, of the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series upon expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period with respect to such series, as the case may be.

Regulation S Temporary Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more temporary Global Securities, bearing the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend, issued in an aggregate amount of denominations equal in total to the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of such series initially sold, if required by Rule 903 of Regulation S.

Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.02(d), which is required to be placed on all Regulation S Temporary Global Securities issued under this Indenture.

Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any vice president, any trust officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Definitive Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Definitive Securities of such series bearing the Private Placement Legend issued under this Indenture.

 

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Restricted Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Global Securities of such series bearing the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Restricted Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security of such series, unless or until it has been (i) effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a registration statement with respect to such series or (ii) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor provision thereto.

Securities ” means the securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

Securityholder, ” “ Holder, ” “ holder of Securities, ” “ registered holder, ” or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Security Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Security Registrar ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(a).

Separation ” means the separation of the Electrical business from Pentair whereby Pentair will transfer to nVent substantially all of the historical assets and liabilities related to the Pentair’s Electrical business and nVent will issue nVent ordinary shares to Pentair’s shareholders pro rata to their respective holdings. For the purposes of this definition, “Electrical business” refers to the business and operations of Pentair’s Electrical business as they were historically managed as part of Pentair and its subsidiaries prior to the completion of the Separation.

Stated Maturity ”, with respect to any Security, means the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision, but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred.

Subsidiary ”, with respect to any Person, means any other Person of which at least a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock at the time is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such Person or by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.

Taxing Jurisdiction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.

 

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Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National Association and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall include its successors and assigns. The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the Trustee with respect to that series.

Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect at the date of execution of this instrument subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, and 10.01.

Unrestricted Definitive Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more Definitive Securities representing such series of Securities that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Unrestricted Global Security ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means one or more permanent Global Securities representing such series of Securities that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend, issued under this Indenture.

Unrestricted Securities ”, with respect to any series of Securities, means a Security (i) effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a registration statement with respect to such series or (ii) distributed to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force.

Voting Stock ” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person, irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency.

ARTICLE II

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND

EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

Section 2.01 Designation and Terms of Securities .

(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, with respect to the Securities of the series:

(1) the title of the Security of the series, which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, other Securities of that series;

 

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(3) the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Securities of the series is payable;

(4) the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any, including any procedures to vary or reset such rate or rates, and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months;

(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, and the record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates;

(6) any trustees, authenticating agents or paying agents with respect to such series, if different from those set forth in this Indenture;

(7) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods or defer the payment of interest and the duration of such extension or deferral;

(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions, including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations, or at the option of a holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(10) the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication for such series;

(11) if other than denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(12) if other than Dollars, the Currency or Currencies in which payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, Securities of the series shall be payable;

(13) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof that will be due and payable upon declaration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 or upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or that will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date, or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined;

 

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(14) the terms of any repurchase or remarketing rights;

(15) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the type of Global Security to be issued; the terms and conditions, if different from those contained in this Indenture, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities in definitive registered form; the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities; and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in addition to or in lieu of the legends referred to in Section 2.02;

(16) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities, common shares or other securities of any kind of the Company or another obligor, and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate or the method of calculation, how and when the conversion price or exchange ratio may be adjusted, whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at the Company’s option, the conversion or exchange period, and any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;

(17) any additional restrictive covenants or Events of Default that will apply to the Securities of the series, or any changes to the restrictive covenants set forth in Article IV or the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.01 that will apply to the Securities of the series, which may consist of establishing different terms or provisions from those set forth in Article IV or Section 6.01 or eliminating any such restrictive covenant or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the series;

(18) any provisions granting special rights to holders when a specified event occurs;

(19) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on Securities of a series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

(20) any special tax implications of the Securities, including provisions for original issue discount securities, if offered;

(21) whether and upon what terms Securities of a series may be defeased if different from the provisions set forth in this Indenture;

(22) with regard to the Securities of any series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;

(23) whether the Securities of the series will be issued as Unrestricted Securities or Restricted Securities, and, if issued as Restricted Securities, the rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act in reliance on which they will be sold;

 

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(24) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued with Guarantees and, if so, the identity of any Guarantor (including whether nVent, Pentair and/or Pentair Investments shall be a Guarantor under the series) and the terms, if any, of any Guarantee of the payment of principal and interest, if any, with respect to Securities of the series and any corresponding changes to the provisions of this Indenture as then in effect; and

(25) any and all additional, eliminated or changed terms that shall apply to the Securities of the series, including any terms that may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations, including the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series.

(b) All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except that Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, in different denominations, with different Currency of payments due thereunder, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates from which such interest may accrue or on which such interest may be payable, and with different redemption dates, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any supplemental indenture. If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide that such Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon original issuance from time to time upon written order of persons designated in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series.

Section 2.02 Form of Securities and Trustee s Certificate .

(a) The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, any Board Resolution or any indenture supplemental hereto, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform to usage.

 

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(b) Each Restricted Security (and all Restricted Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a Private Placement Legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”

(c) To the extent required by the Depositary for particular series of Securities, each Global Security of such series shall bear legends in substantially the following forms:

“THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HOLDERS OF BENEFICIAL

 

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INTERESTS HEREIN, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE ANY SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.05(C) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.”

“UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ANY ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

(d) To the extent required by the Depositary, each Regulation S Temporary Global Security shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE SECURITIES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER NOR THE HOLDER OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY SECURITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE CASH PAYMENTS OF INTEREST DURING THE PERIOD WHICH SUCH HOLDER HOLDS THIS SECURITY. NOTHING IN THIS LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED TO PREVENT INTEREST FROM ACCRUING ON THIS SECURITY.”

 

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Section 2.03 Denominations; Provisions for Payment .

The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, subject to Section 2.01(a)(11). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified as provided in Section 2.01 with respect to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in Dollars except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(12), at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 4.02. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a)(4), interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.03.

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of any Securities pursuant to Section 2.01, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section 2.03 with respect to a series of Securities shall mean a date 15 days immediately preceding any Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day. Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.03, each Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01, any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Security (“ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant regular record date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below.

(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee funds in an amount equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make

 

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arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such funds when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than ten days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than ten days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee promptly shall notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than ten days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities, or their respective Predecessor Securities, are registered on such special record date and shall not be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange.

Section 2.04 Execution and Authentications .

The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company, the relevant Board Resolution or by any one Officer of the Company. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature. In the case of Definitive Securities of any series, such signatures may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on such Securities. The Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company, with the form of Guarantee thereon executed by any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Officer (an “ Authentication Order ”), and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.01 and the preceding paragraph, in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in accordance with an Authentication Order or such other procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a supplemental indenture or the written order of the Company delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series. With respect to Securities of a series subject to a

 

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Periodic Offering, the Trustee conclusively may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any such Securities, the forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the written order of the Company, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate and other documents delivered pursuant to this Section 2.04 at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series unless and until such written order, Opinion of Counsel, Officer’s Certificate or other documents have been superseded or revoked, and written notice thereof is provided to Trustee, or expire by their terms.

Section 2.05 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for such purpose as provided in Section 4.02, a register or registers (the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as provided in this Article II and which at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and the transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the “ Security Registrar ”). If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Security Registrar, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Security Registrar.

To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute a new Security or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount and in authorized denominations, and any Guarantor thereof shall execute the form of Guarantee or Guarantees thereon, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Security or Securities upon receipt of an Authentication Order. The Trustee shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company and any Guarantor thereof, evidencing the same indebtedness as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Prior to such due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, the Company, any paying agent and the Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Company, the paying agent or the Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

All certifications, Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.05 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile or sent electronically in PDF format, to be followed by delivery of the original document to Trustee within three (3) Business Days of delivery by facsimile or PDF transmission.

 

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(b) Service Charge . No service charge shall be payable by a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security or by a Holder of a Definitive Security for any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities, or for any issue of new Securities in case of partial redemption of any series. The Company, however, may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than any such taxes or other governmental charge payable upon exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to Sections 2.06, 3.03(b) and 9.04.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities . A Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for a series of the Securities to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or to another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for a series of the Securities or a nominee of such successor Depositary. If at any time (1) the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, (2) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series or (3) the Company determines that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security then, in each case the provisions of Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In either such event the Company will execute the Definitive Securities of such series, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, will execute the form of Guarantees thereon, and subject to this Section 2.05 the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, if applicable, will authenticate and deliver such Definitive Securities in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security of such series for such Definitive Securities of such series, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Definitive Securities shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its Participants or Indirect Participants or otherwise, shall in writing instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

Except as provided in Sections 2.06 and 2.07, a Global Security may not be exchanged for another Security other than as provided in this Section 2.05(c); however, beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.05(d) or (e). The provisions of this Section 2.05(c) are subject to Section 2.11.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities of a series shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, any Board Resolution and any one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Securities of a series shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either

 

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subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series. Subject to Section 2.05(e)(4), no written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.05(d)(1).

(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.05(d)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar, as applicable, either:

(A)(1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

(B)(1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the relevant Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Security of such series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Security shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above;

provided that in no event shall Definitive Securities of a series be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of such series prior to (y) the expiration of the relevant Distribution Compliance Period and (z) the receipt by the Security Registrar of any certificates identified by the Company or its counsel to be required pursuant to Rule 903 and Rule 904 under the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of all the requirements for transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities of a series contained in this Indenture, any Board Resolution, or one or more indentures supplemental hereto and the Securities of such series or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security or Securities of such series pursuant to Section 2.05(h).

(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security of a series may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security of the same series if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(d)(2) and the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate in the form of Exhibit A.

 

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(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security of any series may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(d)(2) above and the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security of such series has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests so transferred. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security of a series cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series.

(e) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Securities .

(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of a series proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Security of such series or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security of such series, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and certificates and opinions of counsel, if applicable, the Trustee, upon receipt of written instructions accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Security of such series to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(h), and the Company shall execute a Restricted Definitive Security of such series in the appropriate principal amount, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions such Restricted Definitive Security. Any Restricted Definitive Security of such series issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series pursuant to this Section 2.05(e) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary for such series and the Participant or

 

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Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Securities of such series to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Security of such series issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of a series may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series only if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of a series proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(d)(2), the Trustee, upon receipt of written instructions accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Security of such series to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(h), and the Company shall execute an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series in the appropriate principal amount, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions such Unrestricted Definitive Security. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(3) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary for such series and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive Security issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(e)(3) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(4) Transfer or Exchange of Regulation S Temporary Global Securities. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 2.05, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Security of a series may not be (A) exchanged for a Definitive Security of such series prior to (y) the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period with respect to such series, unless such exchange is effected by the

 

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Company, does not require an investment decision on the part of the Holder thereof and does not violate the provisions of Regulation S, and (z) the receipt by the Security Registrar of any certificates identified by the Company or its counsel to be required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act or (B) transferred to a U.S. person (as such term is defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person, other than an initial purchaser of such Regulation S Temporary Global Security, or a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security of such series prior to the events set forth in clause (A) above or unless the transfer is pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or 904.

(f) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests .

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

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Security of such series proposes to exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security of such series, a completed certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B; or

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Security is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to a non-U.S. person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 under the Securities Act, a completed certificate to that effect set forth in Exhibit A,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Security of such series, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Security of such series and, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Security of such series or the Regulation S Global Security of such series as applicable.

(2) Restricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Security of a series may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transfer such Restricted Definitive Security of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series only if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon receipt of

 

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evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.05(f)(2), the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Securities of such series so transferred or exchanged and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security of such series.

(3) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of a series may exchange such Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series or transfer such Definitive Securities of such series to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security of such series at any time. Upon receipt of a written request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause or be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities of such series. If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Security of a series to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2) or (3) of this Section 2.05(f) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security of such series has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Securities of such series so transferred.

(g) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities . Upon written request by a Holder of Definitive Securities of a series and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.05(g), the Trustee shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities of such series pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.05(a). In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.05(a), the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents, and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.05(g).

(1) Restricted Definitive Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities . Any Restricted Definitive Security of a series may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Security of such series if the Trustee receives a completed certificate in the form of Exhibit A, including the certifications, certificates and opinions of counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(2) Restricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . Any Restricted Definitive Security of a series may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series if the Security Registrar receives a completed certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable and an opinion of counsel in form, and from legal counsel, reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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(3) Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Securities of a series may transfer such Securities to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security of such series in accordance with Section 2.05(a). Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Securities of such series pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security of a series have been exchanged for Definitive Securities of such series or a particular Global Security of a series has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security of such series shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.08. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security of such series is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series or for Definitive Securities of such series, the principal amount of Securities of such series represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement may be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security of such series, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement may be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) No Exchange or Transfer . The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of the Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption, or (iii) to register the transfer of or exchange a Security of any series between the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(5) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

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

Section 2.06 Temporary Securities .

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the Guarantees thereon, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. Such

 

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temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company, with the form of Guarantee thereon executed by any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute, and if applicable any Guarantor will endorse, and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge to the holders, at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 4.02 for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be valid obligations under this Indenture.

Section 2.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities .

In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company, subject to the next succeeding sentence, shall execute a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and upon the Company’s written request the Trustee, subject to the next succeeding sentence, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and deliver such Security. In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses, including the fees and expenses of the Trustee, connected therewith. In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company, instead of issuing a substitute Security, may pay or authorize the payment of the same, without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.07 shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are

 

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exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude, to the extent lawful, any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.08 Cancellation .

All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On written request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company evidence of the cancellation of Securities by the Trustee. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.09 Third Party Beneficiaries .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision contained herein.

Section 2.10 Authenticating Agent .

So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding, there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which either the Trustee or the Company shall have the right to appoint. The Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series, including Securities issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be valid obligations for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and, unless otherwise specified in a supplemental indenture or other document in which the Company appoints the Authenticating Agent, shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately. Any Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee with the Consent of the Company at any time may, and upon written request by the Company shall, terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, either the Trustee or the Company may appoint an eligible successor

 

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Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

Section 2.11 Global Securities .

(a) General . If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and (iii) shall be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary or otherwise delivered pursuant to the Depositary’s instructions, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the Guarantee or Guarantees thereon, and the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.04 shall authenticate such Global Security or Global Securities.

(b) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream, respectively, in effect at the relevant time shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities of such series that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

(c) Neither the Trustee nor any agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

Section 2.12 CUSIP Numbers .

The Company in issuing the Securities of a series may use “CUSIP” numbers if then generally in use, and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Securityholders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.13 Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies .

Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of any series, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, Securities of such series denominated in any Foreign Currency will be made in such Foreign Currency.

In the event any Foreign Currency or Currencies in which any payment with respect to any series of Securities may be made ceases to be a freely convertible Currency on United States Currency markets, for any date thereafter on which payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a series is due, the Company shall select the Currency of payment for

 

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use on such date, all as provided in the Securities of such series, in a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. In such event, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the Currency which it has selected to constitute the funds necessary to meet the Company’s obligations on such payment date and of the amount of such Currency to be paid. Such amount shall be determined as provided in the Securities of such series, in a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The payment with respect to such payment date shall be deposited with the Trustee by the Company solely in the Currency so selected.

Section 2.14 Wire Transfers .

Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment required to be deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent on account of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities by any method of wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Trustee or such Paying Agent such that funds are available on or before the date such payment is to be made to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. If the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent with respect to Securities of any series that are represented by one or more Global Securities, the Company may make any such payment by wire transfer to an account designated in writing by the Depositary for such Securities.

Section 2.15 Designated Currency .

The Company may provide pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of any series that:

(a) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or Dollars (the “ Designated Currency ”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(12) is of the essence and agree that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in respect of Securities of such series shall be given in the Designated Currency;

(b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the Designated Currency of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities shall be discharged, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that the Securityholder receiving such payment, in accordance with normal banking procedures, may purchase with the amount paid in such other Currency after any premium and cost of exchange on the business day in the country of issue of the Designated Currency or in the international banking community immediately following the day on which such Securityholder receives such payment;

(c) if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and

(d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.

 

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Section 2.16 Form of Guarantee .

The form of Guarantee shall be set forth on the applicable series of Securities substantially as follows:

GUARANTEE

For value received, [__________] hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees (i) to the holder of this Security the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, on, the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof, or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, and (ii) to the Trustee all amounts owed to the Trustee under the Indenture, in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Indenture. This Guarantee will not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on this Security. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

Dated:

 

[__________]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

Section 3.01 Redemption .

The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 or 14.01. In addition, the Company, any Guarantor and their respective Affiliates may purchase Securities from the holders thereof from time to time, either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. Any Securities purchased by the Company, any Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates may, at the purchaser’s discretion, be held, resold or canceled.

 

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Section 3.02 Notice of Redemption .

(a) If the Company desires to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, or shall instruct the Trustee in writing to, give notice of such redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption of that series to the Trustee and such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed; provided, however, that any such notice may be provided more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of the Securities of such series in accordance with Article XI hereof. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed (or if the redemption price cannot be determined at the time such notice is delivered, the formula by which such redemption price will be determined) and the CUSIP numbers of such series, and shall state that: (i) payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, if none, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities; (ii) interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice; (iii) from and after said date interest will cease to accrue; and (iv) the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

(b) The Company shall give the Trustee at least 30 days’ written notice, unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed. If less than all the Securities of such series are to be redeemed, the Trustee thereupon shall select from Securities of such series Outstanding not previously called for redemption, in accordance with a method that complies with applicable legal requirements, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, if applicable, and the requirements, if any, of the Depositary and of any stock exchange on which Securities are listed and that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate, which may include selection pro rata or by lot, and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions equal to $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof of the principal amount of such Securities of such series of a denomination larger than $2,000, the Securities of such series to be redeemed. The Trustee promptly shall notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities of such series to be redeemed, in whole or in part.

 

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The Company, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of an Officer’s Certificate, may instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section 3.02, such notice to be in the name and at the expense of the Company or its own name, as the Trustee or such paying agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section 3.02.

Section 3.03 Payment Upon Redemption .

(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, in each case as established pursuant to Section 2.01 or 14.01. Interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, such Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an Interest Payment Date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.01).

(b) Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute a new Security of the same series and tenor of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate, and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, such new Security; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute a new Global Security of like tenor in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered, and any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, shall execute the form of Guarantee thereon, and, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate requesting authentication and delivery, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, such new Global Security.

Section 3.04 Sinking Fund .

The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for Securities of such series.

 

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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

Section 3.05 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .

The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series other than any Securities previously called for redemption and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 3.06 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund .

Not less than 30 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01), the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit. Together with such Officer’s Certificate, the Company will deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.02. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03.

ARTICLE IV

CERTAIN COVENANTS

The following covenants shall apply to the Securities, except with respect to any series of Securities for which the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or the form of Security for such series expressly provides that any such covenant shall not apply to such series of Securities:

 

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Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of a series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities.

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency .

So long as any series of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Company will maintain for such series an office or agency where Securities of such series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series and this Indenture may be given or served. Such designation will continue with respect to each office or agency until the Company, by written notice signed by any Officer and delivered to the Trustee, shall designate some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. Unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 2.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company initially designates U.S. Bank National Association, 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107, Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services, acting as the Company’s agent, as the office to be maintained by it for each such purpose.

Section 4.03 Paying Agents .

(a) The Company, upon written notice to the Trustee accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, may appoint one or more paying agents, other than the Trustee, for all or any series of the Securities. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as paying agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries, upon notice to the Trustee, may act as paying agent.

(b) The Company shall require each paying agent, other than the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee, to agree in writing with the Company, and the Company shall deliver a copy of such agreement to the Trustee, that the paying agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Securityholders or the Trustee all funds held by the paying agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a paying agent to pay all funds held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a paying agent to pay all funds held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the paying agent, if other than the Company or a Guarantor, shall have no further liability for the funds. If the Company or a Guarantor acts as paying agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Securityholders all funds held by it as paying agent.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.03 to the contrary, (i) the agreement to hold funds in trust as provided in this Section 4.03 is subject to the provisions of Section 11.06, and (ii) the Company at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance of this Indenture or for any other purpose, may pay, or direct any paying agent to pay, to the Trustee all funds held in trust by the Company or such paying agent, such funds to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms and conditions as those upon which such funds were held by the Company or such paying agent. Upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds.

Section 4.04 Statement by Officers as to Default .

So long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company and each Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee on or before April 30 in each year a certificate, which need not comply with Section 13.06, executed by the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of each of the Company and any Guarantor, if applicable, on their respective behalf as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s or applicable Guarantor’s, as the case may be, compliance with all covenants and agreements under this Indenture required to be complied with by the Company and Guarantor, respectively (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture). Such certificate need not include a reference to any non-compliance that has been fully cured prior to the date as of which such certificate speaks.

The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee within 30 days of the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 6.01 that remains continuing as of the date of such notice.

Section 4.05 Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee .

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or to fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so that there shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder.

ARTICLE V

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders .

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) semi-annually at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date for a series of Securities (and in all events at intervals of not more than six months) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Securities as of such date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may require in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

 

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Section 5.02 Preservation of Information; Communications with Securityholders .

(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).

(b) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities. Each Securityholder, by receiving and holding a Security, agrees with each Guarantor thereof, the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee or any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with this Section 5.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under this Section 5.02(b).

Section 5.03 Reports by the Company .

(a) So long as any Securities are outstanding, the Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after nVent files with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that nVent files with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company shall be deemed to have complied with the previous sentence to the extent that such information, documents and reports are filed with the Commission via EDGAR (or any successor electronic delivery procedure); provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been filed pursuant to the EDGAR system (or its successor).

(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

Section 5.04 Reports by the Trustee .

(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within sixty days after each July 15 following the date of the initial issuance of Securities under this Indenture deliver to Securityholders a brief report, dated as of such July 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).

 

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(b) The Trustee shall comply with Section 313(b) and Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(c) A copy of each Trustee’s report shall, at the time of such transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with any stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, if any, and with the Commission. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities become listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

ARTICLE VI

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

Section 6.01 Events of Default .

(a) Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, “ Event of Default ” means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing, except with respect to any series of Securities for which the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or the form of Security for such series expressly provides that any such Event of Default shall not apply to such series of Securities:

(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of or premium, if any, on any of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;

(3) default in the payment of any sinking fund installment as and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such series;

(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company or a Guarantor in respect of the Securities of such series and the related Guarantee (other than a default or breach that is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section 6.01), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after the date on which there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and every applicable Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, every applicable Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

(5) the Guarantee with respect to the Securities of such series shall for any reason cease to be, or shall for any reason be asserted in writing by the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms except to the extent contemplated by this Indenture and such Guarantee (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the automatic release of the Pentair Guarantees upon completion of the Separation in accordance with Section 15.03);

 

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(6) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator or similar official of the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;

(7) the Company or a Guarantor, if applicable, shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator or similar official of the Company or a Guarantor or for any substantial part of its property, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(8) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series.

(b) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in respect of the Securities of a series, in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee at the request of the holders or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company and any Guarantor thereof, and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders, may declare the unpaid principal of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of that series or established with respect to that series pursuant to Section 2.01 to the contrary.

(c) The Trustee shall give to the Securityholders of any series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Security Register, notice by mail or electronic mail in PDF format of all defaults known to the Trustee that have occurred with respect to such series, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term “default” or “defaults” for the purposes of this Section 6.01(c) being hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Board of Directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series.

 

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Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .

(a) The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a series, or any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities for principal, premium, if any, or interest, or both, with interest upon the overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.

(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the amounts so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or any Guarantor, if applicable, and collect the amounts adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any Guarantor, if applicable, wherever situated.

(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company or any Guarantor or its respective creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and applicable law and, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under this Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any funds or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same in accordance with Section 6.03. Any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.06.

(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto. Any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series.

 

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In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee in its discretion or in accordance with the direction of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.03 Application of Funds Collected .

Any funds collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such funds on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series for principal, premium, if any, and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such funds have been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the Company.

Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits .

No holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default; (ii) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as trustee hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity and

 

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security reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; (iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such written notice, request and offer of indemnity and security reasonably satisfactory to it, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and (v) during such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or, in the case of redemption or required repurchase, on the redemption date or repurchase date, as applicable, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such holder. By accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Securities of such series (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such holders). For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 6.04, each Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Section 6.05 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission not Waiver .

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and remedies given by this Article VI to the Trustee or to the Securityholders, to the extent permitted by law, shall be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

Section 6.06 Control by Securityholders .

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the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of Securities of any other series at the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith, by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, shall determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

(b) In the case of an Event of Default with respect to a series of Securities, at any time before the principal of the Securities of that series shall have been declared due and payable, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, on behalf of the holders of all of the Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company, any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, and the Trustee, may waive any existing default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities. Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(c) At any time after the principal of the Securities of that series shall have been declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the amount due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company, any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has or has caused to be paid or deposited with the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal of and premium, if any, on any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration, with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate expressed in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or deposit, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under this Indenture with respect to such series, except non-payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as a result of such declaration, shall have been remedied or waived. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, any Guarantor thereof, if applicable, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

 

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Section 6.07 Undertaking to Pay Costs .

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each holder of any Securities by such holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 6.07 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.

Section 6.08 Waiver Of Usury, Stay Or Extension Laws .

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

ARTICLE VII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee .

(a) In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise with respect to Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

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(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own bad faith, except that:

(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:

(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to the Securities of such series be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to the Securities of such series except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical computations or other facts, statements and opinions stated therein);

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined as provided in Sections 1.01, 6.06, 8.01 and 11.03, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series; and

(4) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or indemnity and security reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk is not assured.

Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, security, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

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(b) Any request, direction, order, Authentication Order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument signed in the name of the Company by an Officer (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically prescribed herein).

(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, security, other evidence of indebtedness or other papers or documents, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry into such matters as it may see fit, and if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture.

(h) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(i) The rights, privileges, protections, benefits and immunities given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

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(k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(l) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

Section 7.03 Trustee not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.

(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.

(c) Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Securities or of the proceeds of such Securities, or for the use or application of any funds paid over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any funds received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.

Section 7.04 May Hold Securities .

Each of the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any paying agent and the Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, paying agent or Security Registrar. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.08 and 7.13.

Section 7.05 Funds Held in Trust .

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.06, all funds received by the Trustee, until used or applied as herein provided, shall be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any funds received by it hereunder except such as it may agree in writing with the Company to pay thereon.

Section 7.06 Compensation, Reimbursement and Indemnification .

(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be paid, such compensation, which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust, as the Company and the Trustee from time to time may agree in writing, for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the Trustee. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses and disbursements incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation as has been agreed between the Trustee and the Company from time to time and

 

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the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ, except any such expense or disbursement as may arise from its own negligence or bad faith. The Company and each Guarantor shall indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (and their officers, agents, directors and employees) for, and shall hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, including taxes, other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee, reasonably incurred by the Trustee without negligence or bad faith on its part and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration or enforcement of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability whether asserted by the Company, any Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person.

(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses and disbursements shall: (i) be secured by a lien prior to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Securities; and (ii) survive the termination of this Indenture and resignation or removal of the Trustee.

(c) Where the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with a bankruptcy event of default, such costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under applicable Federal or State, bankruptcy, insolvency or other law.

Section 7.07 Reliance on Officer s Certificate .

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter, unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 7.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 7.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Securities issued hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, and

 

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subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial, or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.09 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Company may not, nor may any Affiliate of the Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.10.

Section 7.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving a written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company promptly shall appoint a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns, the retiring Trustee, at the expense of the Company, or the Company may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of that series who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months may on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to all or any series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee, or, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided herein, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee if:

(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 7.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities for at least six months; or

(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or

(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent, or commences a voluntary bankruptcy proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation.

 

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Such court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding at any time may remove the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent of the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.11.

(e) Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 7.10 may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more series or all of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series.

Section 7.11 Acceptance of Appointment By Successor .

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee. On the written request of the Company or the successor trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee all property and funds held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more but not all series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor trustee shall accept such appointment and which: (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates; (ii) shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the

 

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Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee; and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder. Upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, and such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture. Each such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates. On the written request of the Company or any successor trustee, such retiring Trustee shall assign, transfer and deliver to such successor trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and funds held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor trustee relates.

(c) Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company may execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in Section 7.11(a) or (b), as the case may be.

(d) No successor trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VII.

(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.11, the successor trustee shall cause a notice of its succession to be transmitted to Securityholders.

Section 7.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

 

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Section 7.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company .

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall continue to be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

ARTICLE VIII

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Securityholders .

Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the holders of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such holders of Securities of that series in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company, at its option, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, may fix in advance a record date for such series for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. Articles 470-1 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg act dated August 10, 1915 on commercial companies, as amended, are not applicable to the Securities.

Section 8.02 Proof of Execution by Securityholders .

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

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(b) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.

(c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.02 as it shall deem necessary.

Section 8.03 Who May be Deemed Owners .

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Security, whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar, for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

None of the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.

Section 8.04 Certain Securities Owned by Company Disregarded .

In determining whether the holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent of waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company, a Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by an Affiliate of the Company or a Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not an Affiliate. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Securities of a particular series, if any known by the Company or a Guarantor to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons and, subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities of such particular series not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

 

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Section 8.05 Actions Binding on Future Securityholders .

At any time prior to the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the holders of which have consented to such action, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, may revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Securities of that series.

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders .

In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company, any Guarantor of a series, if applicable, and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect, without the consent of the holders of any series of Securities, for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series, including making any such changes as are required for this Indenture to comply with the Trust Indenture Act;

(b) to add an additional obligor on the Securities or to add a Guarantor of any outstanding series of Securities, or to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any such Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, pursuant to Article X;

(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

(d) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the holders of any outstanding series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all outstanding series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;

 

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(e) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the holders of any outstanding series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be applicable to less than all outstanding series, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely to be applicable to such series);

(f) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall not become effective with respect to any outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;

(g) to secure the Securities of any series;

(h) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder of Outstanding Securities of the affected series of Securities in any material respect;

(i) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.01, to provide which, if any, of the covenants of the Company shall apply to such series, to provide which of the Events of Default shall apply to such series, to name one or more Guarantors and provide for Guarantees of such series of Securities, to provide for the terms and conditions upon which the Guarantees of such series of Securities may be released or terminated, or to define the rights of the holders of such series of Securities;

(j) to issue additional Securities of any series; provided that such additional Securities have the same terms as, and be deemed part of the same series as, the applicable series of Securities issued hereunder to the extent required by Section 2.01(b);

(k) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trust hereunder by more than one Trustee;

(l) to supplement any of the provisions herein to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Securities of any series in a manner consistent with the provisions described in Section 11.03; provided, however, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interest of the holders of Securities of such series or any other series in any material respect; or

(m) to conform the text of this Indenture, any supplemental indenture or any Security to the description thereof in any prospectus, prospectus supplement or offering circular or memorandum or supplement thereto with respect to the offer and sale of Securities of any series, to the extent that such description is inconsistent with a provision in this Indenture, any supplemental indenture or Security, as provided in an Officer’s Certificate.

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company and any Guarantor, if applicable, in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

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Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company, any applicable Guarantor, and the Trustee without the consent of the holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders .

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures, the Company and any Guarantor, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee from time to time and at any time may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each Security of such series then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall: (i) extend a fixed maturity of or any installment of principal of any Securities of any series or reduce the principal amount thereof or reduce the amount of principal of any original issue discount security that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security of any series; (iii) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security; (iv) make any Security payable in Currency other than that stated in the Security; (v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date); or (vi) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or indentures.

A supplemental indenture that changes or eliminates any covenant, Event of Default or other provision of this Indenture that has been expressly included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, if any, or which modifies the rights of the holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant, Event of Default or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Securityholders of a series affected thereby under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

Promptly after the execution by the Company, any applicable Guarantor and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.02, the Company shall mail or caused to be mailed a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security Register, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

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Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX or Section 10.01, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended with respect to such series in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, any applicable Guarantor and the holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 9.04 Securities Affected by Supplemental Indentures .

Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture and authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01 may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.

Section 9.05 Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and, if applicable, upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and any applicable Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee in its discretion may but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such supplemental indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

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ARTICLE X

SUCCESSOR

Section 10.01 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets .

Each of the Company and nVent covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions to any Person, unless:

(i) either the Company or nVent, as the case may be, shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity or the Person which acquires by sale or conveyance substantially all the assets of the Company or nVent, as the case may be (if other than the Company or nVent, as the case may be), (A) shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities or the obligations under the nVent Guarantee, as the case may be, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and agreements of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Company or nVent, as the case may be, by a supplemental indenture reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such Person and (B) shall obtain either (x) an opinion, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, of tax counsel of recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, which counsel shall include Foley & Lardner LLP, or (y) a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service, in either case to the effect that such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, will not result in an exchange of the Securities for new debt instruments for United States federal income tax purposes; and

(ii) no Event of Default and no event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall be continuing immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale or conveyance.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to or simultaneously with the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.

To the extent that a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to any series provides for different provisions relating to the subject matter of this Article X, the provisions in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture shall govern for purposes of such series.

Section 10.02 Successor Person Substituted .

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or nVent, as the case may be, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or nVent, as the case may be, is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or

 

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nVent, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as the Company or nVent, as the case may be, herein. In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a conveyance by way of lease) the Company or nVent, as the case may be, or any successor entity which shall theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Article X, shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees and may be liquidated and dissolved.

ARTICLE XI

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 11.01 Applicability of Article .

If the Securities of a series are denominated and payable only in Dollars (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.01), then the provisions of this Article XI relating to defeasance of Securities shall be applicable except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.01 for Securities of such series. Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency may be specified pursuant to Section 2.01.

Section 11.02 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

Following the completion of the Separation, if at any time:

(a) the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall have delivered or shall have caused to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of a series theretofore authenticated, other than any Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07, and Securities for whose payment funds or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, and thereupon repaid to the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.06; or

(b) all such Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount, in funds or Governmental Obligations sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal, premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on such date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and if in either case the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company,

then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to such series except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 7.05 and 7.10, that shall survive until the date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06 and 11.06 and Article XIV, that shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series.

 

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Section 11.03 Defeasance and Discharge of Obligations; Covenant Defeasance .

(a) Following the completion of the Separation, if at any time:

(i) all such Securities of a particular series not heretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in Section 11.02 shall have been paid by the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, by depositing irrevocably with the Trustee in trust funds or Governmental Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal, premium, if any, and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the case may be, and

(ii) the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, shall also pay or cause to be paid all other amounts payable hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, then, subject to Section 11.03(c), after the date such funds or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited with the Trustee, the obligations of the Company and any Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of further effect except, to the extent applicable to each, for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 7.05 and 7.10 hereof that shall survive until such Securities shall mature and be paid (“ defeasance ”). Thereafter, Sections 7.06 and 11.06 and Article XIV shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

(b) In addition, each of the Company and any Guarantor, as applicable, at its option and at any time, by written notice executed by an Officer delivered to the Trustee, may elect to have its obligations, to the extent applicable to each, under Section 5.03 and any covenant contained in Article X, and any other covenant contained in the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to such series pursuant to Section 2.01, discharged with respect to all Outstanding Securities of a series, this Indenture and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (“ covenant defeasance ”), such discharge to be effective on the date the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 11.03(c) are satisfied, and such Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration of Securityholders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be “Outstanding” for all other purposes under this Indenture. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Company and any Guarantor, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(4) or otherwise, but except as specified in this Section 11.03(b), the remainder of the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under the Securities of such series, this Indenture, and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to such series shall be unaffected thereby.

 

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(c) The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 11.03 to the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series:

(i) the Company or a Guarantor irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee or, at the option of the Trustee, with a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, funds or Governmental Obligations sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally-recognized firm of independent accountants, to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all other amounts payable by it hereunder with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, provided that (A) the trustee of the irrevocable trust shall have been irrevocably instructed to pay such funds or the proceeds of such Governmental Obligations to the Trustee and (B) the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such funds or the proceeds of such Governmental Obligations to the payment of said principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the Securities of such series;

(ii) the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect;

(iii) no Event of Default under clauses (1), (2), (3), (6), or (7) of Section 6.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing, and no event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become such an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, on the date of such deposit;

(iv) the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s exercise of its option to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, under this Section 11.03 and will be subject to Federal income tax in the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such election had not been exercised;

(v) such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (i) cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any Securities or (ii) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute, unless it is registered as such, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940; and

 

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(vi) notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 11.03, such covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company or Guarantor pursuant to Section 2.01.

After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 11.03 and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee upon written request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s and each Guarantor’s obligations pursuant to this Section 11.03.

Section 11.04 Deposited Funds to be Held in Trust .

All funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Sections 11.02 or 11.03 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due, either directly or through any paying agent, including the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, acting as its own paying agent, to the holders of the particular series of Securities for the payment or redemption of which such funds or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee. nVent or the Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Governmental Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 11.03 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Securityholders of Outstanding Securities.

Section 11.05 Payment of Funds Held by Paying Agents .

In connection with the provisions of Section 11.02 or 11.03, all funds or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, be paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Governmental Obligations. nVent or the Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Governmental Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 11.03 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Securityholders of Outstanding Securities.

Section 11.06 Repayment to the Company or a Guarantor .

Any funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company or any Guarantor, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the holders of such Securities for at least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, or if then held by the Company or any Guarantor shall be discharged from such trust; and thereafter, the paying agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such funds or Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, for the payment thereof. Anything in this Article XI to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Section 7.06, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company or any Guarantor, as

 

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applicable, from time to time upon written request by the Company or any Guarantor, which shall be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, any funds or Governmental Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Sections 11.02 or 11.03 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article XI.

Section 11.07 Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or paying agent is unable to apply any funds or Governmental Obligations in accordance with Section 11.02 or 11.03 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any applicable Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to the applicable series of Securities and the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.02 or 11.03, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such funds or Governmental Obligations in accordance with Section 11.02 or 11.03, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company or a Guarantor has made any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such series following the reinstatement of its obligations as aforesaid, the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Securities of such series to receive such payment from the funds or Governmental Obligations held by the Trustee or paying agent.

ARTICLE XII

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 12.01 No Recourse .

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or any Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or Guarantor or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, shareholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or Guarantor or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at

 

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common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, shareholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 13.01 Effect on Successors and Assigns .

All the agreements of the Company and any Guarantor in this Indenture or the Securities shall bind their respective successors whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

Section 13.02 Actions by Successor .

Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company or any Guarantor shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable.

Section 13.03 Notices .

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

If to the Company or nVent (if prior to April 27, 2018):

nVent Electric plc

c/o Pentair Management Company

5500 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 600

Golden Valley, Minnesota 55416

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5403

If to the Company or nVent (if on or after April 27, 2018):

nVent Electric plc

c/o nVent Management Company

1665 Utica Avenue

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5494

 

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If to Pentair or Pentair Investments:

   Pentair plc
   c/o Pentair Management Company
   5500 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 600
   Golden Valley, MN 55416
   Attn: General Counsel
   Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5403

If to a Guarantor other than Pentair or Pentair Investments: To the address specified in the documentation naming such Guarantor.

 

In either case, with copies to:

  

Foley & Lardner LLP

  
   777 E. Wisconsin Avenue
   Milwaukee, WI 53202
   Attention: Benjamin F. Garmer III, John K. Wilson
  

and Patricia J. Lane

   Facsimile No.: (414) 297-4900

If to the Trustee:

   U.S. Bank National Association
   60 Livingston Avenue
   St. Paul, MN 55107
   Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services
   Facsimile No.: (651) 466-7430

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications, other than those sent to Securityholders, shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when sent, if electronically mailed in PDF format; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, to his address shown on the Security Register. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders.

In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

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

 

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Section 13.04 Governing Law .

This Indenture and each Security and Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to conflicts of laws principles (except for Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law) that would require the application of any other law. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. The application of articles 470-1 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg law on commercial companies dated 10 August 1915, as amended, to the Indenture and the Offered Securities is excluded.

Section 13.05 Treatment of Securities as Debt .

It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for United States federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.

Section 13.06 Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically dealt with by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture (excluding any certificate contemplated by Section 4.04) shall include: (1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 13.07 Payments on Business Days .

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date of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or principal and premium, if any, may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue on such nominal date or for the period after such nominal date.

Section 13.08 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.

Section 13.09 Counterparts .

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 13.10 Separability .

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 13.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of, the Company, any Guarantor or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 13.12 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc .

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

Section 13.13 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process .

The Company and each Guarantor (including nVent, Pentair and Pentair Investments) agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding brought by any party to enforce any rights under or with respect to this Indenture, any Security and any Guarantee or any other document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby may be instituted in any state or federal court in The City of New York, State of New York, United States of America, irrevocably waives to the

 

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fullest extent permitted by law any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any claim that and agrees not to claim or plead in any court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof.

The Company and each Guarantor (including nVent, Pentair and Pentair Investments) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally designate and appoint Corporation Service Company, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 210, New York, NY 10036 (and any successor entity) ( “CSC” ) as its authorized agent to receive and forward on its behalf service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court and agrees that service of process upon CSC shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon the Company or each Guarantor, as the case may be. Said designation and appointment shall be irrevocable. Nothing in this Section 13.13 shall affect the right of the Holders to serve process in any manner permitted by law or limit the right of the Holders to bring proceedings against the Company or any Guarantor in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions. The Company and each Guarantor further agree to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of CSC in full force and effect so long as the Securities are outstanding. The Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorize and direct CSC to accept such service on its behalf. If for any reason CSC ceases to be available to act as such, the Company and each Guarantor agree to designate a new agent in New York City.

To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court (including any court in the United States, the State of New York, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ireland or other jurisdiction in which the Company or any such Guarantor, or any successor thereof, may be organized or any political subdivisions thereof) 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 or assets, this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees or any other documents or actions to enforce judgments in respect of any thereof, then the Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity, and any defense based on such immunity, in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents and the transactions contemplated thereby, to the extent permitted by law.

Section 13.14 Waiver of Jury Trial .

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER BY VIRTUE OF ITS PURCHASE OF SECURITIES, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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Section 13.15 USA Patriot Act .

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

Section 13.16 Force Majeure .

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

ARTICLE XIV

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS; CERTAIN TAX PROVISIONS

Section 14.01 Redemption Upon Changes in Withholding Taxes .

The Securities of any series may be redeemed, as a whole but not in part, at the option of the Company, upon not less than 30 nor more than 90 days’ notice (which notice shall be irrevocable), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date and Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 14.02), if any, if as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws or regulations of Luxembourg, any jurisdiction from or through which payment on any Security is made by or on behalf of the Company or nVent or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or nVent is organized, engaged in business for tax purposes, or otherwise considered to be a resident for tax purposes, as applicable, or any political subdivision thereof or therein having the power to tax (each a Taxing Jurisdiction ), or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws, including any action taken by a taxing authority or a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction (regardless of whether such action, change or holding is with respect to the Company or nVent), which amendment or change is announced or becomes effective after the date the Securities of such series are issued, the Company or nVent has become, or will become, obligated to pay Additional Amounts on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Securities of such series, and such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of commercially reasonable measures available to the Company or nVent, as the case may be; provided, however, that (a) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or nVent, as the case

 

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may be, would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts, and (b) at the time such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect. Prior to the giving of any notice of redemption described in this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (i)(A) a certificate signed by one Officer of the Company stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the Company taking commercially reasonable measures available to it or (B) a certificate signed by one Officer of nVent stating that the obligation to pay Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by nVent taking commercially reasonable measures available to it, as the case may be, and (ii) a written opinion of independent legal counsel to the Company or nVent, as the case may be, of recognized standing to the effect that the Company or nVent has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a change, amendment, official interpretation or application described above and that the Company or nVent, as the case may be, cannot avoid the payment of such Additional Amounts by taking commercially reasonable measures available to it. The foregoing shall apply to any successor Person to the Company or nVent, after such successor Person to the Company or nVent becomes a party to this Indenture, with respect to a change or amendment occurring after the time such successor person to the Company or nVent becomes a party to this Indenture.

Section 14.02 Payment of Additional Amounts .

All payments made by the Company or any Guarantor under or with respect to the Securities and the Guarantees will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Taxing Jurisdiction (“ Taxes ”). In the event that the Company or Guarantor is required to so withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of any Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees, as the case may be, the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will pay such additional amounts (“ Additional Amounts ”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each holder of Securities (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts) will equal the amount that such Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to a payment to a holder of Securities or a holder of a beneficial interests in Global Securities where such holder is subject to taxation on such payment by a relevant Taxing Jurisdiction for or on account of:

(a) any Taxes that are imposed or withheld solely because such holder or a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, or member of such holder if such holder is an estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or a person holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary holder:

(i) is or was present or engaged in, or is or was treated as present or engaged in, a trade or business in the Taxing Jurisdiction or has or had a permanent establishment in the Taxing Jurisdiction;

(ii) has or had any present or former connection (other than any connection arising solely from the mere fact of ownership of such Securities or the receipt of any payment or the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Securities or this Indenture) with the Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes, including being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being treated as being or having been a resident thereof;

 

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(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, excise, personal property or similar Taxes imposed with respect to the Securities, except as otherwise provided herein;

(c) any Taxes imposed solely as a result of the presentation of such Securities (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the beneficiary or holder thereof would have been entitled to the payment of Additional Amounts had the Securities been presented for payment on any date during such 30-day period;

(d) any Tax that is imposed or withheld solely as a result of the failure of such holder or the beneficial owner of the Securities to comply with a reasonable written request by the payor addressed to the holder, after reasonable notice (at least 30 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable), to provide certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the holder or such beneficial owner or to make any declaration or similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to such matters, which is required by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction of, all or part of such Tax but only to the extent the holder or beneficial owner is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;

(e) any Taxes that are payable by any method other than withholding or deduction by the Company or a Guarantor or any paying agent from payments in respect of such Securities;

(f) any Taxes required to be withheld by any paying agent from any payment in respect of any Securities if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent;

(g) any Taxes required to be deducted or withheld pursuant to the European Council Directive 2003/48/EC of June 3, 2003, or any other directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26 and 27, 2000, on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, or any amendment thereof, or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, that Directive or the Luxembourg Law of December 23, 2005, as amended;

(h) any withholding or deduction for Taxes which would not have been imposed if the relevant Securities had been presented to another paying agent in a Member State of the European Union;

(i) any Taxes imposed or withheld by reason of a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later; or

(j) any combination of Section 14.02(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i).

 

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Additional Amounts will not be payable to any Holder or the holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security that is a fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, or to such holder that is not the sole Holder or holder of such beneficial interests of such Security, as the case may be. This exception, however, will apply only to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership, limited liability company or other fiscally transparent entity, would not have been entitled to the payment of an Additional Amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the payment. In addition, no Additional Amounts will be paid on account of any taxes imposed or withheld pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable) and any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof.

The Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will also (i) make such withholding or deduction of Taxes and (ii) remit the full amount of Taxes so deducted or withheld to the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with all applicable laws. The Company or Guarantor, as applicable, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each Taxing Authority imposing such Taxes. The Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, will, upon request, make available to the holders of the Securities, within 90 days after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Company or any Guarantor or if, notwithstanding the Company’s or applicable Guarantor’s efforts to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, other evidence of such payments by the Company or Guarantor.

At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities or Guarantees is due and payable, if the Company or a Guarantor will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Company or Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information as is necessary to enable such Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to holders of Securities on the payment date.

In addition, the Company will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and duties, including interest, penalties and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, payable in any Taxing Jurisdiction in respect of the creation, issue, offering, enforcement, redemption or retirement of the Securities except for any Luxembourg registration duties ( droits d enregistrement ) that would become payable as a result of the registration by a holder of Securities or a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security of any agreement relating to the Securities with the Administration de l’enregistrement et des domaines in Luxembourg, when such registration is not required to enforce such holder’s rights under such agreement.

The provisions of this Article XIV shall survive any termination of the discharge of this Indenture and shall apply to any jurisdiction in which the Company, any Guarantor or any successor Person to the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, is organized or is engaged in business for tax purposes or any political subdivisions or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.

 

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Whenever in this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantees there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, premium, if any, redemption price, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security, such mention includes the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent payable in the particular context.

ARTICLE XV

GUARANTEES

Section 15.01 Guarantee .

Unless otherwise specified in the terms of a series of Securities under this Indenture, nVent, Pentair and Pentair Investments each is named hereby as a Guarantor with respect to each series of Securities issued under this Indenture. Each person named as a Guarantor of a series of Securities under this Indenture, by being named as a Guarantor of such series of Securities, fully and unconditionally guarantees (i) (A) to each Holder of each Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and (B) to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, on such Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise and (ii) to the Trustee on its behalf all amounts owed to the Trustee under the Indenture, in each case in accordance with the terms of such Security and of this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each such Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated maturity or by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.

Each Guarantor, by being named as a Guarantor of any series of Securities under this Indenture, agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same or any release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company or any such Guarantor or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of all or any of the Securities or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor. Each such Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest in or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged in respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in such Guarantee. Each such Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders

 

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of the applicable series of Securities are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of such Securities, to collect interest on such Securities, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to such Securities, such Guarantor agrees to pay to the Trustee for the account of such Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of such Holders.

Any such Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holders of the Securities against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of its Guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payment arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and interest on all Securities of such series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.

The Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of such Securities, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any holder of such Securities, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, such Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

Any term or provision of the Guarantee to the contrary notwithstanding, the aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed hereunder shall be reduced to the extent necessary to prevent such Guarantee from violating or becoming voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Section 15.02 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee .

Unless otherwise specified in the terms of a Guarantee of a series of Securities under this Indenture, each Guarantee shall include the terms of the Guarantee set forth in Section 15.01 and shall be substantially in the form established pursuant to Section 2.16. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to execute its Guarantee, in a form established pursuant to Section 2.16, on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

Each such Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each such Guarantor by any one of its chairman of the Board of Directors, president, vice presidents or other person duly authorized by the Board of Directors of such Guarantor. The signature of any or all of these persons on the Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.

 

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A Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signature of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of such Guarantor shall bind such Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of any Security or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantee.

The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee on behalf of a Guarantor and shall bind such Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that the Guarantee does not bear the signature of such Guarantor. Every Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 15.01 and in the form of Guarantee established pursuant to Section 2.16 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to execute a Guarantee on any such Security.

Section 15.03 Release of Guarantee .

Notwithstanding anything in this Article XV to the contrary, concurrently with the payment in full of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Securities of a series, every Guarantor shall be released from and relieved of its obligations under this Article XV with respect to the Securities of such series. Upon the delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the transaction giving rise to the release of this Guarantee was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Securities, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of each Guarantor from its obligations under this Guarantee. If any of the obligations to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities and all other obligations of the Company are revived and reinstated after the termination of this Guarantee, then all of the obligations of each Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be revived and reinstated as if this Guarantee had not been terminated until such time as the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities are paid in full, and each Guarantor shall enter into an amendment to this Guarantee, reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, evidencing such revival and reinstatement.

The Pentair Guarantees will be automatically and unconditionally terminated and released, without any action on the part of the Trustee, any holder of the Securities or any other Person, upon the completion of the Separation. Other than as set forth in this Section 15.03, the Pentair Guarantees may not otherwise be released without the consent of each Holder of Securities affected thereby. Upon request of the Company or the applicable Guarantor, the Trustee shall evidence such release by a supplemental indenture or other instrument which may be executed by the Trustee without the consent of any Holder of Securities.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:   /s/ Benjamin D. Peric
  Name: Benjamin D. Peric
  Title: Manager
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC
By:   /s/ Neil S. Mackintosh
  Name: Neil S. Mackintosh
  Title: Director
PENTAIR PLC
By:   /s/ Andrew G. Smyth
  Name: Andrew G. Smyth
  Title: Authorized Signatory
PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH
By:   /s/ Julien Lugon-Moulin
  Name: Julien Lugon-Moulin
  Title: Director
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By:   /s/ Rick Prokosch
  Name: Rick Prokosch
  Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

(if prior to April 27, 2018):

nVent Electric plc

c/o Pentair Management Company

5500 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 600

Golden Valley, Minnesota 55416

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5403

(if on or after April 27, 2018)

nVent Electric plc

c/o nVent Management Company

1665 Utica Avenue

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5494

U.S. Bank National Association

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55107

Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services

Facsimile No.: (651) 466-7430

Re: [insert description of Securities]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of , among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company, Pentair plc, an Irish public limited company, Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH, a Swiss Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung , and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), [as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture dated as of _________][and the Board Resolution adopted __________] (together, the “ Indenture ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. _______________ (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Security or Securities or interest[s] in such Security or Securities specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $_________ in such Security or Securities or interest[s] (the “ Transfer ”), to ___________ (the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

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1. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Security or a Definitive Security Pursuant to Rule 144A . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Security is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Security for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “ QIB ”) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Security and/or the Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security or a Definitive Security pursuant to Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (y) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (z) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904 (b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed Transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, the Transfer is not being made to a U.S. person (as such is defined in Regulation S) or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person (other than an initial purchaser of the Securities) and the interest transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Security and/or the Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ☐ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Definitive Security pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Securities and Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

(a) ☐ Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or

 

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(b) ☐ Such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

(c) ☐ Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or of an Unrestricted Definitive Security .

(a) ☐ Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144 . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ☐ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities, on Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(c) ☐ Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Security will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities or Restricted Definitive Securities and in the Indenture.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for the benefit of the Company and the Trustee.

 

      Dated:
       
[Insert Name of Transferor]      
By:          
  Name:        
  Title:        

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposed to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

  (a) ☐ a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ☐ 144A Global Security (CUSIP _______), or

 

  (ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP _______), or

 

  (b) ☐ a Restricted Definitive Security.

 

2. After the transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

  (a) ☐ a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i) ☐ 144A Global Security (CUSIP _______), or

 

  (ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Security (CUSIP _______), or

 

  (iii) ☐ Unrestricted Global Security (CUSIP _______); or

 

  (b) ☐ a Restricted Definitive Security; or

 

  (c) ☐ an Unrestricted Definitive Security,

in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

(if prior to April 27, 2018):

nVent Electric plc

c/o Pentair Management Company

5500 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 600

Golden Valley, Minnesota 55416

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5403

(if on or after April 27, 2018)

nVent Electric plc

c/o nVent Management Company

1665 Utica Avenue

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5494

U.S. Bank National Association

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55107

Attention: Global Corporate Trust Services

Facsimile No.: (651) 466-7430

Re: [insert description of the Securities]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of , among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company, Pentair plc, an Irish public limited company, Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH, a Swiss Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung , and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) [as supplemented by that certain supplemental indenture dated as of _________][and the Board Resolution adopted __________] (together, the “ Indenture ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

_______________, (the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Security or Securities or interest[s] in such Security or Securities specified herein, in the principal amount of $_________ in such Security or Securities or interest[s] (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Unrestricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security .

 

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(a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Definitive Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(c) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

(d) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to Unrestricted Definitive Security . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States.

 

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2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities for Restricted Definitive Securities or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities .

(a) ☐ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to Restricted Definitive Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a Restricted Definitive Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Security is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Security issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ☐ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Security to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in the: [CHECK ONE] ☐ 144A Global Security or ☐ Regulation S Global Security with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for the benefit of the Company and the Trustee.

 

 
[Insert Name of Owner]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

Dated:                     

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.,

as Issuer

AND

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC,

as Guarantor

AND

PENTAIR PLC,

as Guarantor

AND

PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH,

as Guarantor

AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 26, 2018

$300,000,000 of 3.950% Senior Notes due 2023

 

 

 


THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is dated as of March 26, 2018 among NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) with a registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B219846 (the “ Company ”), NVENT ELECTRIC PLC, an Irish public limited company (“ nVent ”), PENTAIR PLC, an Irish public limited company (“ Pentair ”), PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH, a Swiss Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (“ Pentair Investments ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

A. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and the guarantee of such securities by the Guarantors to the extent described therein and in this First Supplemental Indenture.

B. Pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors, the Company has authorized the issuance of (a) $300,000,000 principal amount of 3.950% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ Initial Notes ”) and (b) if and when issued as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein) in a Registered Exchange Offer (as defined herein) in exchange for any Initial Notes or otherwise registered under the Securities Act (as defined herein), the Company’s 3.950% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ Exchange Notes ” and, together with the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes (as defined herein), the “ Offered Securities ”). The Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

C. The entry into this First Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Base Indenture.

D. The Company and the Guarantors desire to enter into this First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to establish the terms of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

E. All things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a legal, valid and binding indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Offered Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

Section 1.1 Terms of Offered Securities .

The following terms relate to the Offered Securities:

(1) The Offered Securities constitute a series of securities having the title “3.950% Senior Notes due 2023”.

(2) The aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities that may be issued is unlimited. The initial aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture (except for Offered Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of the transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Offered Securities pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.11, or 3.03 of the Base Indenture) is $300,000,000 and the aggregate amount of Additional Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 1.6 is unlimited. With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in (1) a Board Resolution and (2) (i) an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, the following information:

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

(b) the issue price and the date of issue of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest shall accrue; and

(c) whether such Additional Notes shall be Restricted Securities.

In addition, Exchange Notes may be authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture for issue in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in a like principal amount of the Initial Notes exchanged pursuant thereto or otherwise pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

(3) The entire Outstanding principal of the Offered Securities shall be payable on April 15, 2023.

(4) The rate at which the Offered Securities shall bear interest shall be 3.950% per year, as set forth in Section 1 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A and subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 2 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Offered Securities shall be March 26, 2018 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the Offered Securities shall be April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2018. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record at the close of business on the April 1 and October 1 prior to each Interest Payment Date (a “ regular record date ”); provided, however, that interest payable at maturity shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The basis upon which interest shall be calculated shall be that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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(5) The Offered Securities shall be issuable in whole in the registered form of one or more Global Securities, and the Depositary for such Global Securities shall be DTC, New York, New York. The Offered Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of which are incorporated by reference in this First Supplemental Indenture. The Initial Notes are being resold in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S and as of the Issue Date shall be Restricted Securities and shall bear the Private Placement Legend and, in the case of the Initial Notes resold pursuant to Regulation S, the Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend. The Offered Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(6) The Offered Securities shall be subject to redemption at the Company’s option on any Redemption Date as set forth in Section 7 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Offered Securities shall also be subject to redemption on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date as set forth in Section 9 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(7) Except as provided in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Offered Securities shall not be subject to redemption, repurchase or repayment at the option of any Holder thereof, upon the occurrence of any particular circumstances or otherwise. The Offered Securities shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates may purchase Offered Securities from the Holders thereof from time to time, either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. Any Offered Securities purchased by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective Affiliates may, at the purchaser’s discretion, be held, resold or canceled.

(8) Except as provided in this First Supplemental Indenture, the Holders of the Offered Securities shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Base Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events.

(9) The Offered Securities shall be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and shall be ranked equally among themselves.

(10) The Offered Securities are not convertible into shares of common stock or other securities of the Company or the Guarantors.

(11) The Offered Securities shall be guaranteed by nVent, Pentair and Pentair Investments pursuant to Article XV of the Base Indenture.

(12) In addition to the provisions of the Base Indenture referred to in Section 11.03(b) thereof, the covenants described in Sections 1.3(1), 1.3(2) and 1.3(3) of this First Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to the Company’s covenant defeasance right set forth in Section 11.03 of the Base Indenture. In addition, following any such covenant defeasance, the Events of Default set forth in Sections 1.5(1), 1.5(3) and 1.5(4) of this First Supplemental Indenture shall cease to apply with respect to the Offered Securities.

 

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(13) All accounting terms not otherwise defined in the Base Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture will have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any change in generally accepted principles with respect thereto after the date of the Base Indenture, leases will continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the Indenture for all purposes of the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities (without giving effect to the phase-in of the effectiveness of any amendments to generally accepted accounting principles that have been adopted as of the date of the Base Indenture), other than for purposes of provisions relating to the preparation or delivery of financial statements.

Section 1.2 Additional Defined Terms .

As used in this First Supplemental Indenture, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings with respect to the Offered Securities only:

Attributable Debt ” in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, means the aggregate of the present values (discounted at a rate that, at the inception of the lease, represents the effective interest rate that the lessee would have incurred to borrow over a similar term the funds necessary to purchase the leased assets) of the obligations of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary for net rental payments during the remaining term of the applicable lease, including any period for which such lease has been extended or, at the option of the lessor, may be extended. The term “ net rental payments ” under any lease of any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rental or additional rental, on account of maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.

Change of Control ” means the occurrence on or after the Issue Date of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation or as a pledge for security purposes only), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of nVent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than nVent and/or a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of nVent; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the “ beneficial owner ” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of nVent’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which nVent’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) nVent consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, nVent, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of nVent’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares

 

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of nVent’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the approval by the holders of nVent’s Voting Stock of a plan for nVent’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (1), (2) or (4) above if: (i) nVent becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company or a holding company becomes the successor to nVent under Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture pursuant to a transaction that is permitted under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture and (ii) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction (or a series of related transactions) are the same or substantially the same (and hold in the same or substantially the same proportions) as the holders of nVent’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction. The term “ person ”, as used in this definition, means any Person and any two or more Persons as provided in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the completion of the Separation shall not constitute a Change of Control.

Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event; provided, however, that a Change of Control Triggering Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a Change of Control if the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the purported Change of Control Triggering Event). Unless both Rating Agencies are providing a rating for the Offered Securities at the commencement of any period referred to in the definition of “ Rating Event ”, a Rating Event shall be deemed to have occurred during such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Triggering Event shall be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually been consummated.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” at any date means Consolidated Net Worth less all Intangible Assets appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent and its Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Consolidated Net Worth ” at any date means total assets less total liabilities, in each case appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent and its Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Consolidated Total Assets ” at any date means the total assets appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent and its Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Fitch ” means Fitch Inc., and its successors.

Funded Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of the determination thereof, including any Indebtedness renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date later than one year from the date of the determination thereof.

Indebtedness ” means, without duplication, the principal amount (such amount being the face amount or, with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities, determined based on the accreted amount as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of such consolidated balance sheet) of (i) all obligations for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations evidenced by debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances or similar instruments or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto (such instruments to constitute Indebtedness only to the extent that the outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are collateralized by cash or cash equivalents reflected as assets on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles), (iv) all obligations as lessee to the extent capitalized in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date of this First Supplemental Indenture and (v) all Indebtedness of others consolidated in such balance sheet that is guaranteed by the Company, a Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or for which the Company, a Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is legally responsible or liable (whether by agreement to purchase indebtedness of, or to supply funds or to invest in, others).

Intangible Assets ” means the amount, if any, stated under the heading “Goodwill” and “Other Intangibles” or under any other heading of intangible assets separately listed, in each case on the face of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company.

Issue Date ” means the date on which the Initial Notes are originally issued.

Lien ” means a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or similar encumbrance.

Non-Recourse Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness upon the enforcement of which recourse may be had by the holder(s) thereof only to identified assets of nVent or the Company or any Subsidiary of nVent or the Company and not to nVent or the Company or any Subsidiary of nVent or the Company personally (subject to, for the avoidance of doubt, customary exceptions contained in non-recourse financings to the non-recourse nature of the obligations thereunder).

 

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Principal Property ” means any manufacturing, processing or assembly plant, warehouse or distribution facility, office building or parcel of real property of nVent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries (but excluding leases and other contract rights that might otherwise be deemed real property) that is located in the United States of America, Canada or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and (A) is owned by nVent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, (B) the initial construction of which has been completed after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, or (C) is acquired after the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, in each case, other than any such plants, facilities, warehouses, office buildings, parcels or portions thereof, that (i) in the opinion of the Board of Directors of nVent, are not collectively of material importance to the total business conducted by nVent and its Subsidiaries as an entirety, or (ii) has a net book value (excluding any capitalized interest expense), on the Issue Date in the case of clause (A) of this definition, on the date of completion of the initial construction in the case of clause (B) of this definition or on the date of acquisition in the case of clause (C) of this definition, of less than 1.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets on the consolidated balance sheet of nVent as of the applicable date.

Rating Agencies ” means (i) each of Fitch and S&P, and (ii) if any of Fitch or S&P ceases to rate the Offered Securities or fails to make a rating of the Offered Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

Rating Event ” means the rating on the Offered Securities is lowered by both of the Rating Agencies and such Offered Securities are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies on any day during the period (which period shall be extended for so long as the rating of such Offered Securities is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing on the date of nVent’s first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or nVent’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation or abandonment of such Change of Control.

Registered Exchange Offer ” means the offer by the Company and nVent, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for their Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement to be dated as of March 26, 2018, among the Company, nVent and the purchasers named therein.

Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company or nVent that owns or leases a Principal Property.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” means an arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property whereby such Principal Property has been owned and in full operation for more than 180 days and has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary to such Person other than nVent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any such arrangement involving a lease for a term, including renewal rights, for not more than three years.

 

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Separation ” means the separation of the Electrical business from Pentair whereby Pentair will transfer to nVent substantially all of the historical assets and liabilities related to the Pentair’s Electrical business and nVent will issue nVent ordinary shares to Pentair’s shareholders pro rata to their respective holdings. For the purposes of this definition, “Electrical business” refers to the business and operations of Pentair’s Electrical business as they were historically managed as part of Pentair and its subsidiaries prior to the completion of the Separation.

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and its successors.

Voting Stock ” means, solely for purposes of Sections 1.2 and 1.3(3) hereof, with respect to any specified “ Person ” as of any date, the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

Section 1.3 Additional Covenants .

The following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding (but subject to defeasance, as provided in the Base Indenture and Section 1.1 of this First Supplemental Indenture):

 

  (1) Limitation on Liens.

Neither the Company nor nVent shall, and neither of them shall permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien upon any property that at the time of such issuance, assumption or guarantee constitutes a Principal Property, or any shares of stock of or Indebtedness issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned as of the Issue Date, without effectively providing that, for so long as such Lien shall continue in existence with respect to such secured Indebtedness, the Offered Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equally with the Offered Securities, it being understood that for purposes hereof, Indebtedness which is secured by a Lien and Indebtedness which is not so secured shall not, solely by reason of such Lien, be deemed to be of different ranking) shall be equally and ratably secured by a Lien ranking ratably with or equal to (or at the Company’s option prior to) such secured Indebtedness; provided, however, that the foregoing covenant shall not apply to:

(a) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

(b) Liens on the stock, assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, unless created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) Liens on any assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with or acquired by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other acquisition of the assets of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(d) Liens on any Principal Property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or Liens to secure the payment of the purchase price of such Principal Property by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or to secure any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of such Principal Property or improvements or construction thereon, which Indebtedness is incurred, assumed or guaranteed prior to, at the time of or within 180 days after such acquisition, or in the case of real property, completion of such improvement or construction or commencement of full operation of such property, whichever is later; provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the Lien shall not apply to any Principal Property theretofore owned by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than the Principal Property so acquired, constructed or improved, and accessions thereto and improvements and replacements thereof and the proceeds of the foregoing;

(e) Liens securing Indebtedness owing by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company, nVent or a Subsidiary thereof or by the Company to nVent;

(f) Liens in favor of the United States or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract, statute, rule or regulation or to secure any Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price (or, in the case of real property, the cost of construction or improvement) of the Principal Property subject to such Liens (including Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings);

(g) pledges, Liens or deposits under workers’ compensation or similar legislation, and Liens thereunder that are not currently dischargeable, or in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of money) or leases to which the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or to secure the public or statutory obligations of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or in connection with obtaining or maintaining self-insurance, or to obtain the benefits of any law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters, or to secure surety, performance, appeal or customs bonds to which the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or in litigation or other proceedings in connection with the matters heretofore referred to in this clause, such as interpleader proceedings, and other similar pledges, Liens or deposits made or incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(h) Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding that is being contested in good faith by appropriate action, including Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary with

 

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respect to which the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith is prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review or for which the time to make an appeal has not yet expired; or final unappealable judgment Liens which are satisfied within 15 days of the date of judgment; or Liens incurred by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party, provided that (x) in the case of Liens arising out of judgments or awards, the enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and (y) the aggregate amount secured by all such Liens does not exceed, at the time of creation thereof, the greater of (i) $25,000,000 or (ii) 0.5% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(i) Liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or delinquent; or that can thereafter be paid without penalty, or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action; landlord’s Liens on property held under lease and Liens of suppliers, mechanics, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen or workmen and other similar Liens imposed by law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith; and any other Liens or charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or the ownership of their respective assets, that were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit and that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of nVent, do not materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of the business of the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary or the value of such Principal Property for the purposes of such business;

(j) Liens to secure the Company’s, nVent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under agreements with respect to spot, forward, future and option transactions, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(k) Liens arising with respect to zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, rights-of-way, utility easements, building restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances on the use of real property which do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the Company’s, nVent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business;

(l) Liens arising from leases, subleases or licenses granted to others which do not interfere in any material respect with the Company’s, nVent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business;

(m) Liens not permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) to (l), inclusive, if at the time of, and upon giving effect to, the creation or assumption of any such Lien, the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantors and all Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication, secured by all such Liens not so permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) through (l), inclusive, together with the Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by paragraph (a) under subsection (2) below, do not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; and

 

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(n) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) to (m), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby (except to the extent otherwise excepted under clauses (a) through (m)) shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the assets, or any replacements therefor and products and proceeds thereof, that secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced, plus improvements and construction on real property.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Liens securing the Offered Securities granted pursuant to this Section 1.3(1) shall be automatically released and discharged upon the release by all holders of the Indebtedness secured by the Lien giving rise to the Lien securing the Offered Securities (including any deemed release upon payment in full of all obligations under such Indebtedness), or, with respect to any particular Principal Property, upon any sale, exchange or transfer to any Person not an Affiliate of nVent or the Company of such Principal Property.

 

  (2) Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.

Neither the Company nor nVent shall, and neither of them shall permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (other than with the Company, nVent and/or one or more Subsidiaries of nVent) unless:

(a) the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary, at the time of entering into such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Principal Property to be leased in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 1.3(1) of this First Supplemental Indenture; or

(b) the direct or indirect proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property to be leased are at least equal to the fair value of such Principal Property, as determined by nVent’s Board of Directors, and an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the property or assets so leased is applied, within 180 days of the effective date of any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, to the purchase or acquisition, or, in the case of real property, commencement of the construction of property or assets or to the retirement (other than at maturity or pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or mandatory redemption provision) of Offered Securities, or of Funded Indebtedness of nVent or a consolidated Subsidiary ranking on a parity with or senior to the Offered Securities; provided that there shall be credited to the amount of net proceeds required to be applied pursuant to this clause (b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of Offered Securities delivered within 180 days of the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and (ii) the principal amount of other Funded Indebtedness voluntarily retired by nVent or a consolidated Subsidiary ranking on a parity with or senior to the Offered Securities within such 180-day period, excluding retirements of Offered Securities and other Funded Indebtedness as a result of conversions or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or mandatory prepayment provisions.

 

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  (3) Change of Control Triggering Event.

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Offered Securities, it shall be required to make an offer (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder of the Offered Securities to repurchase, at the Holder’s election, all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Offered Securities on the terms set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of Offered Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Offered Securities repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (a “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Offered Securities describing in reasonable detail the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Offered Securities on the date specified in the notice, which date shall, except as described in the immediately following sentence, be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (or in the case of a notice prior to the consummation of the Change of Control Triggering Event, no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the Change of Control Triggering Event) other than as may be required by law (a “ Change of Control Payment Date ”). The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. If the Change of Control Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of the Change of Control Payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next Business Day.

(b) In order to accept the Change of Control Offer, the Holder must deliver (or otherwise comply with alternative instructions in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary) to the paying agent, at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, its Offered Security together with the form entitled “Election Form” (which form is contained in the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A) duly completed, or a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth:

(i) the name of the Holder of such Offered Security;

(ii) the principal amount of such Offered Security;

(iii) the principal amount of such Offered Security to be repurchased;

(iv) the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms of such Offered Security;

 

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(v) a statement that the Holder is accepting the Change of Control Offer; and

(vi) a guarantee that such Offered Security, together with the form entitled “Election Form” duly completed, shall be received by the paying agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(c) Any exercise by a Holder of its election to accept the Change of Control Offer shall be irrevocable. The Change of Control Offer may be accepted for less than the entire principal amount of an Offered Security, but in that event the principal amount of such Offered Security remaining Outstanding after repurchase must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

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

(i) accept for payment all Offered Securities or portions of such Offered Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Offered Securities or portions of Offered Securities properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Offered Securities properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities or portions of Offered Securities being repurchased.

(e) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Offered Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Offered Securities if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Offered Securities as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 1.3(3), none of the Company or the Guarantors shall be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 1.3(3) by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.

 

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  (4) Reports.

(a) At any time when nVent is not subject to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as any Offered Securities remain “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act, upon the request of a Holder of the Offered Securities, the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished at their expense the information specified under Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act to such Holder.

Section 1.4 Special Mandatory Redemption .

(1) In the event that Pentair does not complete the Separation by October 31, 2018 (the “ Outside Date ”), then the Company will be required to redeem all of the Outstanding Offered Securities in whole and not in part (a “ Special Mandatory Redemption ”) on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Offered Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date. Installments of interest on the Offered Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant regular record dates, as provided in the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.

(2) The Company shall provide notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption, with a copy to the Trustee, or request that the Trustee provide notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption, in each case within ten Business Days following the Outside Date to each Holder at its registered address (or, as to Offered Securities represented by a Global Security, sent electronically in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) and will provide that the Offered Securities shall be redeemed on a date that is no later than the thirtieth calendar day after such notice is provided (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ”). If funds sufficient to pay the special mandatory redemption price of the Offered Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a paying agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, and any applicable conditions set forth in the Base Indenture are satisfied, interest shall cease to accrue on the Offered Securities on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

Section 1.5 Additional Events of Default .

The following additional events shall be established and shall each constitute an “Event of Default” under Section 6.01(a) of the Base Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding:

(1) default in the performance or breach by the Company or nVent of the covenant described under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture;

(2) failure by the Company to effect the Special Mandatory Redemption, if required, within 15 Business Days of the Outside Date;

 

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(3) failure by the Company for 60 days from receipt of written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Offered Securities Outstanding to comply with the provisions under Section 1.3(3) of this First Supplemental Indenture; and

(4) an event of default shall happen and be continuing with respect to any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary under any indenture or other instrument evidencing or under which the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have a principal amount outstanding (such amount with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities based on the accreted amount determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles and as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) in excess of $100,000,000, and such event of default shall involve the failure to pay the principal of such Indebtedness on the final maturity date thereof after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or such Indebtedness shall have been accelerated so that the same shall have become due and payable prior to the date on which the same would otherwise have become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Offered Securities; provided, however, that:

(a) if such event of default under such indenture or instrument shall be remedied or cured by the Company or nVent or waived by the requisite holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the Holders; and

(b) subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with actual knowledge of any such event of default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee by the Company or nVent, as the case may be, by the holder or an agent of the holder of any such Indebtedness, by the trustee then acting under any indenture or other instrument under which such default shall have occurred, or by the Holders of not less than 25% in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Offered Securities.

Section 1.6 Additional Notes

The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the outstanding Offered Securities, issue additional debt securities of such series (“ Additional Notes ”), which Additional Notes shall have the same terms as the outstanding Offered Securities except for the issue price, date of issue, status as Restricted Securities and, if issued after interest has been paid on the Initial Notes, the first interest payment date; provided, however, that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the then outstanding Offered Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall be issued with a separate CUSIP code from the outstanding Offered Securities.

 

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Section 1.7 Amendments, Supplements and Waivers .

In addition to the items set forth in Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of each Holder of the outstanding Offered Securities, no amendment, modification or waiver of, or supplement to, the Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture or the Offered Securities may (i) release any Guarantor from its guarantee of the First Supplemental Indenture or the Offered Securities (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the automatic release of the guarantees of Pentair and Pentair Investments pursuant to Section 15.03 of the Base Indenture) or (ii) amend the provisions of Section 1.4 of this First Supplemental Indenture or the corresponding provisions of the Security.

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.1 Definitions .

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A or in the Base Indenture.

Section 2.2 Confirmation of Indenture .

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 2.3 Concerning the Trustee .

In carrying out the Trustee’s responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture. The recitals contained in this First Supplemental Indenture and in the Offered Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representations as to (i) the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities, (ii) the proper authorization hereof by each Guarantor and the Company by action or otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof by each Guarantor and the Company or (iv) the consequences of any amendment herein provided for. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Offered Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 2.4 Governing Law .

This First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to conflicts of law principles (except for Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law) that would

 

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require the application of any other law. This First Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 that are required to be part of this First Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. The application of articles 470-1 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg law on commercial companies dated 10 August 1915, as amended, to the Indenture and the Offered Securities is excluded.

Section 2.5 Separability .

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Offered Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of such Offered Securities, but this First Supplemental Indenture and such Offered Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 2.6 Counterparts .

This First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 2.7 No Benefit .

Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors or assigns, and the Holders of the Offered Securities, any benefit or legal or equitable rights, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture.

Section 2.8 Amendments and Supplemental Indentures .

This First Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities are subject to the provisions regarding supplemental indentures and amendments set forth in Article IX of the Base Indenture, as amended by this First Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.9 Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation .

The Guarantors and the Company hereby represent and warrant that, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture by the Trustee, this First Supplemental Indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantors and the Company enforceable against the Guarantors and the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.,

as Issuer

By:   /s/ Benjamin D. Peric
Name:   Benjamin D. Peric
Title:   Manager

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC,

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Neil S. Mackintosh
Name:   Neil S. Mackintosh
Title:   Director

PENTAIR PLC,

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Andrew G. Smyth
Name:   Andrew G. Smyth
Title:   Authorized Signatory

PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH,

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Julien Lugon-Moulin
Name:   Julien Lugon-Moulin
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the First Supplemental Indenture]


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:   /s/ Rick S. Prokosch
Name:   Rick Prokosch
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to the First Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 3.950% NOTES

[Insert any Legends Required by Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture and/or any Global Security legend, as applicable]

3.950% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

No. [        ]    $[                ]

CUSIP No. [67078A AA1 (144A)][L7008R AA2 (Reg S)] [67078A AC7 (Unrestricted)]

ISIN No. [US67078AAA16 (144A)][USL7008RAA25 (Reg S)] [US67078AAC71 (Unrestricted)]

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.

Société à responsabilité limitée

26, boulevard Royal

L-2449 Luxembourg

R.C.S. B 219846

[insert if Definitive Security: promises to pay to                or registered assigns the principal sum of                Dollars ($                ) on April 15, 2023] / [insert if Global Security: promises to pay to [designee of Depositary] the principal amount set forth on the attached Schedule of Exchanges, Redemptions, Repurchases, Cancellations and Transfers on April 15, 2023].

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15

Regular Record Dates: April 1 and October 1

Each holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:  

 

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GUARANTEE

For value received, each of PENTAIR PLC, PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH and NVENT ELECTRIC PLC hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees (i) to the holder of this Security the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, on, the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof, or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, and (ii) to the Trustee all amounts owed to the Trustee under the Indenture, in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Base Indenture.

This Guarantee shall not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on this Security. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

Dated:

 

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

PENTAIR PLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.

Société à responsabilité limitée

26, boulevard Royal

L-2449 Luxembourg

R.C.S. B 219846

3.950% Senior Notes due 2023

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) with a registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s unsubordinated debt securities, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by and among the Company, nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company (“ nVent ”), Pentair plc, an Irish public limited company (“ Pentair ”), Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH, a Swiss limited liability company (“ Pentair Investments ” and, together with nVent and Pentair, the “ Guarantors ”) and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “ Indenture .” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “ Security ,” and collectively, the “ Securities ”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the holders of this Security (the “ Securityholders ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or in the First Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

1. Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of 3.950% (the “ Original Interest Rate ”), subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2 of this Security. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each such day, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a regular record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be October 15, 2018. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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2. Interest Rate Adjustment . The interest rate payable on this Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Fitch or S&P (or, if applicable, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement for Fitch or S&P, or both, as the case may be (each, a “ Substitute Rating Agency ”)) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Securities, as set forth in this Section 2. Each of Fitch, S&P and any Substitute Rating Agency is an “ Interest Rate Rating Agency ,” and together they are “ Interest Rate Rating Agencies .”

If the rating of the Securities from one or both of Fitch or S&P (or, if applicable, any Substitute Rating Agency) is decreased to a rating set forth in either of the tables set forth in this Section 2, the interest rate shall increase from the Original Interest Rate by an amount equal to the sum of the percentages per annum set forth in the following tables opposite those ratings:

 

Fitch Rating*

   Percentage  

BB+

     0.25

BB

     0.50

BB-

     0.75

B+ or below

     1.00

 

S&P Rating*

   Percentage  

BB+

     0.25

BB

     0.50

BB-

     0.75

B+ or below

     1.00

 

* Including the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency therefor.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate payable on this Security, the following rules of interpretation shall apply:

(1) if at any time less than two Interest Rate Rating Agencies provide a rating on the Securities for reasons not within nVent’s control (i) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating on the Securities from a Substitute Rating Agency for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on this Security pursuant to the tables set forth in this Section 2, (ii) such Substitute Rating Agency shall be substituted for the last Interest Rate Rating Agency to provide a rating on the Securities but which has since ceased to provide such rating, (iii) the relative ratings scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings shall be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Fitch or S&P, as applicable, in such table, and (iv) the interest rate payable on this Security shall

 

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increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate payable equals the Original Interest Rate plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table (taking into account the provisions of clause (iii) in this paragraph (1)) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Interest Rate Rating Agency);

(2) for so long as only one Interest Rate Rating Agency provides a rating on the Securities, any increase or decrease in the interest rate payable on this Security necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by that Interest Rate Rating Agency shall be twice the applicable percentage set forth in the applicable table set forth in this Section 2;

(3) if both Interest Rate Rating Agencies cease to provide a rating of the Securities for any reason, and no Substitute Rating Agency has provided a rating on the Securities, the interest rate shall increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% per annum above the Original Interest Rate prior to any such adjustment;

(4) if Fitch or S&P ceases to rate the Securities or make a rating of the Securities publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, the Company shall not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate on this Security shall be determined in the manner described in this Section 2 as if either only one or no Interest Rate Rating Agency provides a rating on the Securities, as the case may be;

(5) each interest rate adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating as set forth in this Section 2, whether occasioned by the action of Fitch or S&P (or, in either case, any Substitute Rating Agency), shall be made independently of (and in addition to) any and all other interest rate adjustments occasioned by the action of the other Interest Rate Rating Agency;

(6) in no event shall (i) the interest rate on this Security be reduced to below the Original Interest Rate prior to any such adjustment or (ii) the total increase in the interest rates on this Security pursuant to this Section 2 exceed 2.00% above the Original Interest Rate; and

(7) subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Section 2, no adjustment in the interest rate on this Security shall be made solely as a result of an Interest Rate Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Securities.

If at any time the interest rate on this Security has been adjusted upward and either of the Interest Rate Rating Agencies subsequently increases its rating of the Securities, the interest rate on this Security shall again be adjusted (and decreased, if appropriate) such that the interest rate on this Security equals the Original Interest Rate prior to any such adjustment plus (if applicable) an amount equal to the sum of the percentages per annum set forth opposite the ratings in the tables set forth in this Section 2 with respect to the ratings assigned to the Securities (or deemed assigned) at that time, all calculated in accordance with the rules of interpretation set forth in this Section 2. If Fitch, S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating on the Securities to “BBB-” (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher, the interest rate on this Security shall be decreased to the Original Interest Rate prior to any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 2.

 

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Any increase or decrease in the interest rate shall take effect from the first day of the interest period during which a rating change occurs requiring an adjustment in the interest rate. If either Interest Rate Rating Agency changes its rating of the Securities more than once during any particular interest period, the last such change by such Interest Rate Rating Agency to occur shall control in the event of a conflict for purposes of any increase or decrease in the interest rate.

The interest rate shall permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by either Interest Rate Rating Agency) if the Securities become rated “BBB+” or higher by Fitch or S&P (or their equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency), in each case with a stable or positive outlook.

If the interest rate payable on this Security is increased as set forth in this Section 2, the term “interest” shall be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

3. Registration Rights Agreement . The Holder of this Security is entitled to the benefits of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2018 among the Company, nVent and the purchasers party thereto and will be entitled to the payment of additional interest on this Security under the circumstances provided therein. All references in this Security and the Indenture to “interest” shall include any additional interest payable pursuant to such Registration Rights Agreement.

4. Method of Payment . The Company shall pay interest on this Security (except defaulted interest), if any, to the persons in whose name such Security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that this Security or a portion hereof is called for redemption and the Redemption Date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on this Security shall be paid upon presentation and surrender of this Security as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on this Security shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture.

5. Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee, shall act as paying agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any paying agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Securityholder. The Guarantors, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

6. Indenture . The terms of this Security include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “ TIA ”) as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. This Security is subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. These Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face hereof as the “3.950% Senior Notes due 2023”, initially limited to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

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The Company shall furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture. Requests prior to April 27, 2018 may be made to: nVent Electric plc c/o Pentair Management Company at 5500 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 600, Golden Valley, Minnesota 55416, Attention: General Counsel, Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5403, and from and after April 27, 2018 may be made to: nVent Electric plc c/o nVent Management Company at 1665 Utica Avenue, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416, Attention: General Counsel, Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5494.

7. Optional Redemption . This Security is subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date prior to the maturity date, in whole or from time to time in part, in principal amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount (provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), on written notice given to the Securityholders thereof not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption in such notice (the “ Redemption Date ”). The Securities shall be redeemable at a redemption price equal to (x) if the Redemption Date is prior to March 15, 2023 (the date one month prior to the stated maturity of the Securities (the “ Par Call Date ”)), the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if such Securities to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points; or (y) if the Redemption Date is on or after the Par Call Date, 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in the case of each of (x) and (y), any interest accrued but not paid to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on, but not including, the relevant Interest Payment Date).

This Security is also subject to redemption to the extent provided in Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture.

If the giving of the notice of redemption is completed as provided in the Indenture, interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company shall default in the payment of any such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein (including paragraph 9 herein) or in the First Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to this Security.

Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of such Securities to be redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that such Securities matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

 

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Comparable Redemption Treasury Price ”, with respect to any Redemption Date, means (i) the average of the Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (unless there is more than one highest or lowest quotation, in which case only one such highest and/or lowest quotation shall be excluded), or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Redemption Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Redemption Reference Treasury Dealers ” means four primary U.S. government securities dealers in the United States selected by the Company.

Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ”, with respect to each Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, means the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and offer prices at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, for the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) for settlement on the Redemption Date quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities (assuming, for this purpose, that such Securities matured on the Par Call Date), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if that release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Redemption Treasury Price for that Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

8. Change of Control Triggering Event . This Security shall be subject to repurchase, at the option of the Holder, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event as set forth in Section 1.3(3) of the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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9. Special Mandatory Redemption . In the event that Pentair does not complete the Separation by the Outside Date, the Company will be required to redeem the Securities on the terms set forth in Section 1.4 of the First Supplemental Indenture.

10. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) at the office of the Security Registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but a Securityholder may be required to pay any applicable taxes or other governmental charges. If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company shall not be required to: (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day a notice of redemption is sent of less than all of the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day such notice of redemption is sent; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any series or portions thereof selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Security being redeemed in part; nor (iii) register the transfer of or exchange a Security of any series between the applicable regular record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

11. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Securityholder may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

12. Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company . Any funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Guarantors or the Company, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Securityholders for at least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Guarantors or the Company, as applicable, or (if then held by the Guarantors or the Company) shall be discharged from such trust. After return to the Company or the Guarantors, Securityholders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for payment as unsecured general creditors.

13. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Base Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, nVent and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures to enter into supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding, changing or eliminating any provisions of the Base Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered elsewhere in the Base Indenture the rights of the holders of the securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each security then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall: (i) release any Guarantor from its guarantee of the Indenture or this Security (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the automatic release of the guarantees of Pentair and Pentair Investments upon the completion of the Separation); (ii) extend

 

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a fixed maturity of or any installment of principal of any securities of any series or reduce the principal amount thereof; (iii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest of any security of any series; (iv) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any security; (v) make any security payable in Currency other than that stated in the security; (vi) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or in the case or redemption, on or after the redemption date); (vii) modify any subordination provisions applicable to this Security or the guarantee of this Security in a manner adverse in any material respect to the holder hereof; or (viii) reduce the percentage of securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or indentures. In addition, without the consent of each of the Securityholders, the Company and the Guarantors may not amend the provisions of Section 1.4 of the First Supplemental Indenture or the corresponding provisions of this Security.

The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding securities of each series affected thereby, on behalf of all of the holders of the securities of such series, to waive any past default under the Base Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the securities of such series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such securities.

Any such consent or waiver by the registered Securityholder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Securityholder and upon all future Securityholders and owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange for this Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

14. Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to the securities of a series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee at the written request of the holders or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the securities of such series then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantors (and to the Trustee if notice is given by such holders), may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, if an Event of Default under the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless such holders have offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding securities of a series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the securities of such series.

15. Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar May Hold Securities . The Trustee, subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.

 

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16. No Recourse Against Others . No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect hereof or thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person, either directly or through the Guarantors or the Company or any such predecessor or successor Person, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that the Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder and thereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, organizers, shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, managers or agents as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, organizer, shareholder, partner, member, officer, director, manager or agent as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the acceptance of the Securities.

17. Discharge of Indenture . The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance and discharge, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

18. Authentication . This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security.

19. Guarantees . All payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Security are fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the Securityholder by the Guarantors, as provided in the related Guarantee and the Indenture. The Pentair Guarantee and Pentair Investments Guarantee will be automatically and unconditionally terminated and released, without any action on the part of the Trustee, any Holder of the Securities or any other Person, upon the completion of the Separation and otherwise pursuant to the terms of Section 15.03 of the Base Indenture.

20. Additional Amounts . The Company and the Guarantors are obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Security to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture.

21. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

22. Governing Law . The Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the

 

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laws of said State without regard to conflicts of laws principles (except for Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law) that would require the application of any other law. The Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) are subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. The application of articles 470-1 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg law on commercial companies dated 10 August 1915, as amended, to the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) is excluded.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

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and irrevocably appoint     

agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

Date: _________________

 

Your Signature:    
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

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ELECTION FORM

TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THE SECURITYHOLDER

ELECTS TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER

 

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repurchase the within Security (or the portion thereof specified below), pursuant to its terms, on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the Change of Control Offer, for the Change of Control Payment specified in the within Security, to the undersigned,                     , at _______________________________________ (please print or typewrite name, address and telephone number of the undersigned).

For this election to accept the Change of Control Offer to be effective, the undersigned must (A) deliver, to the address of the paying agent set forth below or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Securityholder, either (i) the Security with this “Election Form” duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States setting forth (a) the name of the Securityholder, (b) the principal amount of the Security, (c) the principal amount of the Security to be repurchased, (d) the certificate number or description of the tenor and terms of the Security, (e) a statement that the option to elect repurchase is being exercised, and (f) a guarantee stating that the Security to be repurchased, together with this “Election Form” duly completed, will be received by the paying agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date or (B) otherwise comply with alternative instructions in accordance with the procedures of the depositary. The address of the paying agent is [•].

If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repurchased, specify the portion thereof (which principal amount must be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that any remaining principal amount shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof) which the Securityholder elects to have repurchased: $                     .

 

Securityholder:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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[Insert if Global Security]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES, REDEMPTIONS, REPURCHASES

CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSFERS

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is                DOLLARS ($                ). The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Increase

or Decrease

  

Amount of Decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

  

Amount of Increase in

Principal Amount of

this Global Security

  

Remaining Principal
Amount of this Global
Security Following
such Decrease or
Increase

  

Signature of
Authorized Signatory
of Trustee or
Custodian

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

 

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.,

as Issuer

AND

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC,

as Guarantor

AND

PENTAIR PLC,

as Guarantor

AND

PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH,

as Guarantor

AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of March 26, 2018

$500,000,000 of 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028

 

 

 


THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE is dated as of March 26, 2018 among NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) with a registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B219846 (the “ Company ”), NVENT ELECTRIC PLC, an Irish public limited company (“ nVent ”), PENTAIR PLC, an Irish public limited company (“ Pentair ”), PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH, a Swiss Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (“ Pentair Investments ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

A. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), to provide for the issuance by the Company from time to time of unsubordinated debt securities evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and the guarantee of such securities by the Guarantors to the extent described therein and in this Second Supplemental Indenture.

B. Pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors, the Company has authorized the issuance of (a) $500,000,000 principal amount of 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “ Initial Notes ”) and (b) if and when issued as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein) in a Registered Exchange Offer (as defined herein) in exchange for any Initial Notes or otherwise registered under the Securities Act (as defined herein), the Company’s 4.550% Senior Notes due 2028 (the “ Exchange Notes ” and, together with the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes (as defined herein), the “ Offered Securities ”). The Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

C. The entry into this Second Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto is in all respects authorized by the provisions of the Base Indenture.

D. The Company and the Guarantors desire to enter into this Second Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture to establish the terms of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture and to establish the form of the Offered Securities in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture.

E. All things necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a legal, valid and binding indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Offered Securities as follows:

ARTICLE I

Section 1.1 Terms of Offered Securities .

The following terms relate to the Offered Securities:

(1) The Offered Securities constitute a series of securities having the title “4.550% Senior Notes due 2028”.

(2) The aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities that may be issued is unlimited. The initial aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture (except for Offered Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of the transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Offered Securities pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.11, or 3.03 of the Base Indenture) is $500,000,000 and the aggregate amount of Additional Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Second Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 1.6 is unlimited. With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in (1) a Board Resolution and (2) (i) an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) one or more indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture, the following information:

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

(b) the issue price and the date of issue of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest shall accrue; and

(c) whether such Additional Notes shall be Restricted Securities.

In addition, Exchange Notes may be authenticated and delivered under this Second Supplemental Indenture for issue in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in a like principal amount of the Initial Notes exchanged pursuant thereto or otherwise pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

(3) The entire Outstanding principal of the Offered Securities shall be payable on April 15, 2028.

(4) The rate at which the Offered Securities shall bear interest shall be 4.550% per year, as set forth in Section 1 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A and subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 2 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A. The date from which interest shall accrue on the Offered Securities shall be March 26, 2018 or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for. The Interest Payment Dates for the Offered Securities shall be April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2018. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record at the close of business on the April 1 and October 1 prior to each Interest Payment Date (a “ regular record date ”); provided, however, that interest payable at maturity shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The basis upon which interest shall be calculated shall be that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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(5) The Offered Securities shall be issuable in whole in the registered form of one or more Global Securities, and the Depositary for such Global Securities shall be DTC, New York, New York. The Offered Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of which are incorporated by reference in this Second Supplemental Indenture. The Initial Notes are being resold in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S and as of the Issue Date shall be Restricted Securities and shall bear the Private Placement Legend and, in the case of the Initial Notes resold pursuant to Regulation S, the Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend. The Offered Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(6) The Offered Securities shall be subject to redemption at the Company’s option on any Redemption Date as set forth in Section 7 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Offered Securities shall also be subject to redemption on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date as set forth in Section 9 of the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(7) Except as provided in this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Offered Securities shall not be subject to redemption, repurchase or repayment at the option of any Holder thereof, upon the occurrence of any particular circumstances or otherwise. The Offered Securities shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective Affiliates may purchase Offered Securities from the Holders thereof from time to time, either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. Any Offered Securities purchased by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective Affiliates may, at the purchaser’s discretion, be held, resold or canceled.

(8) Except as provided in this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Holders of the Offered Securities shall have no special rights in addition to those provided in the Base Indenture upon the occurrence of any particular events.

(9) The Offered Securities shall be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and shall be ranked equally among themselves.

(10) The Offered Securities are not convertible into shares of common stock or other securities of the Company or the Guarantors.

(11) The Offered Securities shall be guaranteed by nVent, Pentair and Pentair Investments pursuant to Article XV of the Base Indenture.

(12) In addition to the provisions of the Base Indenture referred to in Section 11.03(b) thereof, the covenants described in Sections 1.3(1), 1.3(2) and 1.3(3) of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to the Company’s covenant defeasance right set forth in Section 11.03 of the Base Indenture. In addition, following any such covenant defeasance, the Events of Default set forth in Sections 1.5(1), 1.5(3) and 1.5(4) of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall cease to apply with respect to the Offered Securities.

 

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(13) All accounting terms not otherwise defined in the Base Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture will have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any change in generally accepted principles with respect thereto after the date of the Base Indenture, leases will continue to be classified and accounted for on a basis consistent with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the Indenture for all purposes of the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities (without giving effect to the phase-in of the effectiveness of any amendments to generally accepted accounting principles that have been adopted as of the date of the Base Indenture), other than for purposes of provisions relating to the preparation or delivery of financial statements.

Section 1.2 Additional Defined Terms .

As used in this Second Supplemental Indenture, the following defined terms shall have the following meanings with respect to the Offered Securities only:

Attributable Debt ” in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, means the aggregate of the present values (discounted at a rate that, at the inception of the lease, represents the effective interest rate that the lessee would have incurred to borrow over a similar term the funds necessary to purchase the leased assets) of the obligations of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary for net rental payments during the remaining term of the applicable lease, including any period for which such lease has been extended or, at the option of the lessor, may be extended. The term “ net rental payments ” under any lease of any period shall mean the sum of the rental and other payments required to be paid in such period by the lessee thereunder, not including any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rental or additional rental, on account of maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges required to be paid by such lessee thereunder or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales, maintenance and repairs, reconstruction, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges.

Change of Control ” means the occurrence on or after the Issue Date of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation or as a pledge for security purposes only), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of nVent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any person, other than nVent and/or a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of nVent; (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any person becomes the “ beneficial owner ” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of nVent’s outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which nVent’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (3) nVent consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, nVent, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of nVent’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares

 

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of nVent’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving person or any direct or indirect parent company of the surviving person immediately after giving effect to such transaction; or (4) the approval by the holders of nVent’s Voting Stock of a plan for nVent’s liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not be deemed to involve a Change of Control under clause (1), (2) or (4) above if: (i) nVent becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company or a holding company becomes the successor to nVent under Section 10.02 of the Base Indenture pursuant to a transaction that is permitted under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture and (ii) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction (or a series of related transactions) are the same or substantially the same (and hold in the same or substantially the same proportions) as the holders of nVent’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction. The term “ person ”, as used in this definition, means any Person and any two or more Persons as provided in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the completion of the Separation shall not constitute a Change of Control.

Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event; provided, however, that a Change of Control Triggering Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a Change of Control if the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the purported Change of Control Triggering Event). Unless both Rating Agencies are providing a rating for the Offered Securities at the commencement of any period referred to in the definition of “ Rating Event ”, a Rating Event shall be deemed to have occurred during such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Triggering Event shall be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually been consummated.

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” at any date means Consolidated Net Worth less all Intangible Assets appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent and its Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Consolidated Net Worth ” at any date means total assets less total liabilities, in each case appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent and its Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Consolidated Total Assets ” at any date means the total assets appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent and its Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

 

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Fitch ” means Fitch Inc., and its successors.

Funded Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness maturing by its terms more than one year from the date of the determination thereof, including any Indebtedness renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor to a date later than one year from the date of the determination thereof.

Indebtedness ” means, without duplication, the principal amount (such amount being the face amount or, with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities, determined based on the accreted amount as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of such consolidated balance sheet) of (i) all obligations for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations evidenced by debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances or similar instruments or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto (such instruments to constitute Indebtedness only to the extent that the outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof are collateralized by cash or cash equivalents reflected as assets on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles), (iv) all obligations as lessee to the extent capitalized in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture and (v) all Indebtedness of others consolidated in such balance sheet that is guaranteed by the Company, a Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or for which the Company, a Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is legally responsible or liable (whether by agreement to purchase indebtedness of, or to supply funds or to invest in, others).

Intangible Assets ” means the amount, if any, stated under the heading “Goodwill” and “Other Intangibles” or under any other heading of intangible assets separately listed, in each case on the face of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of nVent and its subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of nVent, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of the consolidated balance sheet.

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB- (or the equivalent) by Fitch and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement rating agency or rating agencies selected by the Company.

Issue Date ” means the date on which the Initial Notes are originally issued.

Lien ” means a mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien or similar encumbrance.

Non-Recourse Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness upon the enforcement of which recourse may be had by the holder(s) thereof only to identified assets of nVent or the Company or any Subsidiary of nVent or the Company and not to nVent or the Company or any Subsidiary of nVent or the Company personally (subject to, for the avoidance of doubt, customary exceptions contained in non-recourse financings to the non-recourse nature of the obligations thereunder).

 

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Principal Property ” means any manufacturing, processing or assembly plant, warehouse or distribution facility, office building or parcel of real property of nVent, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries (but excluding leases and other contract rights that might otherwise be deemed real property) that is located in the United States of America, Canada or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and (A) is owned by nVent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, (B) the initial construction of which has been completed after the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture, or (C) is acquired after the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture, in each case, other than any such plants, facilities, warehouses, office buildings, parcels or portions thereof, that (i) in the opinion of the Board of Directors of nVent, are not collectively of material importance to the total business conducted by nVent and its Subsidiaries as an entirety, or (ii) has a net book value (excluding any capitalized interest expense), on the Issue Date in the case of clause (A) of this definition, on the date of completion of the initial construction in the case of clause (B) of this definition or on the date of acquisition in the case of clause (C) of this definition, of less than 1.0% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets on the consolidated balance sheet of nVent as of the applicable date.

Rating Agencies ” means (i) each of Fitch and S&P, and (ii) if any of Fitch or S&P ceases to rate the Offered Securities or fails to make a rating of the Offered Securities publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch or S&P, or both of them, as the case may be.

Rating Event ” means the rating on the Offered Securities is lowered by both of the Rating Agencies and such Offered Securities are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies on any day during the period (which period shall be extended for so long as the rating of such Offered Securities is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) commencing on the date of nVent’s first public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or nVent’s intention to effect a Change of Control and ending 60 days following consummation or abandonment of such Change of Control.

Registered Exchange Offer ” means the offer by the Company and nVent, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for their Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement to be dated as of March 26, 2018, among the Company, nVent and the purchasers named therein.

Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company or nVent that owns or leases a Principal Property.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” means an arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property whereby such Principal Property has been owned and in full operation for more than 180 days and has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary to such Person other than nVent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any such arrangement involving a lease for a term, including renewal rights, for not more than three years.

 

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Separation ” means the separation of the Electrical business from Pentair whereby Pentair will transfer to nVent substantially all of the historical assets and liabilities related to the Pentair’s Electrical business and nVent will issue nVent ordinary shares to Pentair’s shareholders pro rata to their respective holdings. For the purposes of this definition, “Electrical business” refers to the business and operations of Pentair’s Electrical business as they were historically managed as part of Pentair and its subsidiaries prior to the completion of the Separation.

S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., and its successors.

Voting Stock ” means, solely for purposes of Sections 1.2 and 1.3(3) hereof, with respect to any specified “ Person ” as of any date, the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

Section 1.3 Additional Covenants .

The following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding (but subject to defeasance, as provided in the Base Indenture and Section 1.1 of this Second Supplemental Indenture):

 

  (1) Limitation on Liens.

Neither the Company nor nVent shall, and neither of them shall permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien upon any property that at the time of such issuance, assumption or guarantee constitutes a Principal Property, or any shares of stock of or Indebtedness issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned as of the Issue Date, without effectively providing that, for so long as such Lien shall continue in existence with respect to such secured Indebtedness, the Offered Securities (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company ranking equally with the Offered Securities, it being understood that for purposes hereof, Indebtedness which is secured by a Lien and Indebtedness which is not so secured shall not, solely by reason of such Lien, be deemed to be of different ranking) shall be equally and ratably secured by a Lien ranking ratably with or equal to (or at the Company’s option prior to) such secured Indebtedness; provided, however, that the foregoing covenant shall not apply to:

(a) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

(b) Liens on the stock, assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, unless created in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) Liens on any assets or Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with or acquired by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other acquisition of the assets of a corporation or firm as an entirety or substantially as an entirety by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(d) Liens on any Principal Property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or Liens to secure the payment of the purchase price of such Principal Property by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or to secure any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or guaranteed by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of such Principal Property or improvements or construction thereon, which Indebtedness is incurred, assumed or guaranteed prior to, at the time of or within 180 days after such acquisition, or in the case of real property, completion of such improvement or construction or commencement of full operation of such property, whichever is later; provided, however, that in the case of any such acquisition, construction or improvement, the Lien shall not apply to any Principal Property theretofore owned by the Company, nVent or a Restricted Subsidiary, other than the Principal Property so acquired, constructed or improved, and accessions thereto and improvements and replacements thereof and the proceeds of the foregoing;

(e) Liens securing Indebtedness owing by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company, nVent or a Subsidiary thereof or by the Company to nVent;

(f) Liens in favor of the United States or any State thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States or any State thereof, or in favor of any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract, statute, rule or regulation or to secure any Indebtedness incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price (or, in the case of real property, the cost of construction or improvement) of the Principal Property subject to such Liens (including Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue or similar financings);

(g) pledges, Liens or deposits under workers’ compensation or similar legislation, and Liens thereunder that are not currently dischargeable, or in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of money) or leases to which the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or to secure the public or statutory obligations of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or in connection with obtaining or maintaining self-insurance, or to obtain the benefits of any law, regulation or arrangement pertaining to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, social security or similar matters, or to secure surety, performance, appeal or customs bonds to which the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, or in litigation or other proceedings in connection with the matters heretofore referred to in this clause, such as interpleader proceedings, and other similar pledges, Liens or deposits made or incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(h) Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or other proceeding that is being contested in good faith by appropriate action, including Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary in good faith is prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review or for which the time to make an appeal has not yet expired; or final unappealable judgment Liens which are satisfied within 15 days of the date of judgment; or Liens incurred by the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of obtaining a stay or discharge in the course of any litigation or other proceeding to which the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary is a party, provided that (x) in the case of Liens arising out of judgments or awards, the enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and (y) the aggregate amount secured by all such Liens does not exceed, at the time of creation thereof, the greater of (i) $25,000,000 or (ii) 0.5% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(i) Liens for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or delinquent; or that can thereafter be paid without penalty, or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action; landlord’s Liens on property held under lease and Liens of suppliers, mechanics, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen or workmen and other similar Liens imposed by law created in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet due or which are being contested in good faith; and any other Liens or charges incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or the ownership of their respective assets, that were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit and that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of nVent, do not materially impair the use of such assets in the operation of the business of the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary or the value of such Principal Property for the purposes of such business;

(j) Liens to secure the Company’s, nVent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s obligations under agreements with respect to spot, forward, future and option transactions, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(k) Liens arising with respect to zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants, rights-of-way, utility easements, building restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances on the use of real property which do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the Company’s, nVent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business;

(l) Liens arising from leases, subleases or licenses granted to others which do not interfere in any material respect with the Company’s, nVent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business;

(m) Liens not permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) to (l), inclusive, if at the time of, and upon giving effect to, the creation or assumption of any such Lien, the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantors and all Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication, secured by all such Liens not so permitted by the foregoing clauses (a) through (l), inclusive, together with the Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by paragraph (a) under subsection (2) below, do not exceed an amount equal to 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; and

 

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(n) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) to (m), inclusive; provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby (except to the extent otherwise excepted under clauses (a) through (m)) shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the assets, or any replacements therefor and products and proceeds thereof, that secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced, plus improvements and construction on real property.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Liens securing the Offered Securities granted pursuant to this Section 1.3(1) shall be automatically released and discharged upon the release by all holders of the Indebtedness secured by the Lien giving rise to the Lien securing the Offered Securities (including any deemed release upon payment in full of all obligations under such Indebtedness), or, with respect to any particular Principal Property, upon any sale, exchange or transfer to any Person not an Affiliate of nVent or the Company of such Principal Property.

 

  (2) Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.

Neither the Company nor nVent shall, and neither of them shall permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (other than with the Company, nVent and/or one or more Subsidiaries of nVent) unless:

(a) the Company, nVent or such Restricted Subsidiary, at the time of entering into such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Principal Property to be leased in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Offered Securities pursuant to Section 1.3(1) of this Second Supplemental Indenture; or

(b) the direct or indirect proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property to be leased are at least equal to the fair value of such Principal Property, as determined by nVent’s Board of Directors, and an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the property or assets so leased is applied, within 180 days of the effective date of any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, to the purchase or acquisition, or, in the case of real property, commencement of the construction of property or assets or to the retirement (other than at maturity or pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or mandatory redemption provision) of Offered Securities, or of Funded Indebtedness of nVent or a consolidated Subsidiary ranking on a parity with or senior to the Offered Securities; provided that there shall be credited to the amount of net proceeds required to be applied pursuant to this clause (b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of Offered Securities delivered within 180 days of the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation and (ii) the principal amount of other Funded Indebtedness voluntarily retired by nVent or a consolidated Subsidiary ranking on a parity with or senior to the Offered Securities within such 180-day period, excluding retirements of Offered Securities and other Funded Indebtedness as a result of conversions or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or mandatory prepayment provisions.

 

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  (3) Change of Control Triggering Event.

(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Offered Securities, it shall be required to make an offer (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder of the Offered Securities to repurchase, at the Holder’s election, all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Offered Securities on the terms set forth in this Second Supplemental Indenture. In a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall be required to offer payment in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of Offered Securities repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Offered Securities repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase (a “ Change of Control Payment ”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after public announcement of the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Offered Securities describing in reasonable detail the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase such Offered Securities on the date specified in the notice, which date shall, except as described in the immediately following sentence, be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent (or in the case of a notice prior to the consummation of the Change of Control Triggering Event, no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the Change of Control Triggering Event) other than as may be required by law (a “ Change of Control Payment Date ”). The notice shall, if sent prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. If the Change of Control Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the related payment of the Change of Control Payment will be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amounts so payable for the period from and after such date to the next Business Day.

(b) In order to accept the Change of Control Offer, the Holder must deliver (or otherwise comply with alternative instructions in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary) to the paying agent, at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date, its Offered Security together with the form entitled “Election Form” (which form is contained in the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A) duly completed, or a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth:

(i) the name of the Holder of such Offered Security;

(ii) the principal amount of such Offered Security;

(iii) the principal amount of such Offered Security to be repurchased;

(iv) the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms of such Offered Security;

 

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(v) a statement that the Holder is accepting the Change of Control Offer; and

(vi) a guarantee that such Offered Security, together with the form entitled “Election Form” duly completed, shall be received by the paying agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

(c) Any exercise by a Holder of its election to accept the Change of Control Offer shall be irrevocable. The Change of Control Offer may be accepted for less than the entire principal amount of an Offered Security, but in that event the principal amount of such Offered Security remaining Outstanding after repurchase must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

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

(i) accept for payment all Offered Securities or portions of such Offered Securities properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Offered Securities or portions of Offered Securities properly tendered; and

(iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Offered Securities properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities or portions of Offered Securities being repurchased.

(e) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Offered Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company shall not repurchase any Offered Securities if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture, other than a default in the payment of the Change of Control Payment upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Offered Securities as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 1.3(3), none of the Company or the Guarantors shall be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 1.3(3) by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.

 

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  (4) Reports.

(a) At any time when nVent is not subject to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as any Offered Securities remain “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act, upon the request of a Holder of the Offered Securities, the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished at their expense the information specified under Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act to such Holder.

Section 1.4 Special Mandatory Redemption .

(1) In the event that Pentair does not complete the Separation by October 31, 2018 (the “ Outside Date ”), then the Company will be required to redeem all of the Outstanding Offered Securities in whole and not in part (a “ Special Mandatory Redemption ”) on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Offered Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Special Mandatory Redemption Date. Installments of interest on the Offered Securities that are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Dates to the registered Holders as of the close of business on the relevant regular record dates, as provided in the Base Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture.

(2) The Company shall provide notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption, with a copy to the Trustee, or request that the Trustee provide notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption, in each case within ten Business Days following the Outside Date to each Holder at its registered address (or, as to Offered Securities represented by a Global Security, sent electronically in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures) and will provide that the Offered Securities shall be redeemed on a date that is no later than the thirtieth calendar day after such notice is provided (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ”). If funds sufficient to pay the special mandatory redemption price of the Offered Securities to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a paying agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, and any applicable conditions set forth in the Base Indenture are satisfied, interest shall cease to accrue on the Offered Securities on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.

Section 1.5 Additional Events of Default .

The following additional events shall be established and shall each constitute an “Event of Default” under Section 6.01(a) of the Base Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities so long as any of the Offered Securities remain Outstanding:

(1) default in the performance or breach by the Company or nVent of the covenant described under Section 10.01 of the Base Indenture;

(2) failure by the Company to effect the Special Mandatory Redemption, if required, within 15 Business Days of the Outside Date;

 

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(3) failure by the Company for 60 days from receipt of written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Offered Securities Outstanding to comply with the provisions under Section 1.3(3) of this Second Supplemental Indenture; and

(4) an event of default shall happen and be continuing with respect to any Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary under any indenture or other instrument evidencing or under which the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have a principal amount outstanding (such amount with respect to original issue discount bonds or zero coupon notes, bonds or debentures or similar securities based on the accreted amount determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles and as of the date of the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company, nVent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) in excess of $100,000,000, and such event of default shall involve the failure to pay the principal of such Indebtedness on the final maturity date thereof after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or such Indebtedness shall have been accelerated so that the same shall have become due and payable prior to the date on which the same would otherwise have become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Offered Securities; provided, however, that:

(a) if such event of default under such indenture or instrument shall be remedied or cured by the Company or nVent or waived by the requisite holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the Holders; and

(b) subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with actual knowledge of any such event of default unless written notice thereof shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee by the Company or nVent, as the case may be, by the holder or an agent of the holder of any such Indebtedness, by the trustee then acting under any indenture or other instrument under which such default shall have occurred, or by the Holders of not less than 25% in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Offered Securities.

Section 1.6 Additional Notes

The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the outstanding Offered Securities, issue additional debt securities of such series (“ Additional Notes ”), which Additional Notes shall have the same terms as the outstanding Offered Securities except for the issue price, date of issue, status as Restricted Securities and, if issued after interest has been paid on the Initial Notes, the first interest payment date; provided, however, that if the Additional Notes are not fungible with the then outstanding Offered Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes shall be issued with a separate CUSIP code from the outstanding Offered Securities.

 

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Section 1.7 Amendments, Supplements and Waivers .

In addition to the items set forth in Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of each Holder of the outstanding Offered Securities, no amendment, modification or waiver of, or supplement to, the Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture or the Offered Securities may (i) release any Guarantor from its guarantee of the Second Supplemental Indenture or the Offered Securities (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the automatic release of the guarantees of Pentair and Pentair Investments pursuant to Section 15.03 of the Base Indenture) or (ii) amend the provisions of Section 1.4 of this Second Supplemental Indenture or the corresponding provisions of the Security.

ARTICLE II

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 2.1 Definitions .

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the form of Offered Security attached hereto as Exhibit A or in the Base Indenture.

Section 2.2 Confirmation of Indenture .

The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Second Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 2.3 Concerning the Trustee .

In carrying out the Trustee’s responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections and immunities which it possesses under the Indenture. The recitals contained in this Second Supplemental Indenture and in the Offered Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representations as to (i) the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture or of the Offered Securities, (ii) the proper authorization hereof by each Guarantor and the Company by action or otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof by each Guarantor and the Company or (iv) the consequences of any amendment herein provided for. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Offered Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 2.4 Governing Law .

This Second Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State without regard to conflicts of law principles (except for Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law) that would require the application of any other law. This Second Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 that are required to be part of this Second

 

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Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. The application of articles 470-1 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg law on commercial companies dated 10 August 1915, as amended, to the Indenture and the Offered Securities is excluded.

Section 2.5 Separability .

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Second Supplemental Indenture or in the Offered Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture or of such Offered Securities, but this Second Supplemental Indenture and such Offered Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

Section 2.6 Counterparts .

This Second Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Second Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 2.7 No Benefit .

Nothing in this Second Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors or assigns, and the Holders of the Offered Securities, any benefit or legal or equitable rights, remedy or claim under this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture.

Section 2.8 Amendments and Supplemental Indentures .

This Second Supplemental Indenture and the Offered Securities are subject to the provisions regarding supplemental indentures and amendments set forth in Article IX of the Base Indenture, as amended by this Second Supplemental Indenture.

Section 2.9 Legal, Valid and Binding Obligation .

The Guarantors and the Company hereby represent and warrant that, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture by the Trustee, this Second Supplemental Indenture is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantors and the Company enforceable against the Guarantors and the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.,
as Issuer
By:   /s/ Benjamin D. Peric
Name:   Benjamin D. Peric
Title:   Manager

 

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC,
as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Neil S. Mackintosh
Name:   Neil S. Mackintosh
Title:   Director

 

PENTAIR PLC,
as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Andrew G. Smyth
Name:   Andrew G. Smyth
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH,
as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Julien Lugon-Moulin
Name:   Julien Lugon-Moulin
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to the Second Supplemental Indenture]


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:   /s/ Rick Prokosch
Name:   Rick Prokosch
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to the Second Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF 4.550% NOTES

[Insert any Legends Required by Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture and/or any Global Security legend, as applicable]

4.550% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2028

 

No. [                ]   $[                ]

CUSIP No. [67078A AB9 (144A)][L7008R AB0 (Reg S)] [67078A AD5 (Unrestricted)]

ISIN No. [US67078AAB98 (144A)][USL7008RAB08 (Reg S)] [US67078AAD54 (Unrestricted)]

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.

Société à responsabilité limitée

26, boulevard Royal

L-2449 Luxembourg

R.C.S. B 219846

[insert if Definitive Security: promises to pay to                or registered assigns the principal sum of                Dollars ($                ) on April 15, 2028] / [insert if Global Security: promises to pay to [designee of Depositary] the principal amount set forth on the attached Schedule of Exchanges, Redemptions, Repurchases, Cancellations and Transfers on April 15, 2028].

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15

Regular Record Dates: April 1 and October 1

Each holder of this Security (as defined below), by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by the provisions hereof and of the Indenture described herein, and authorizes and directs the Trustee described herein on such holder’s behalf to be bound by such provisions. Each holder of this Security hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the provisions contained herein and in the Indenture and waives reliance by such holder upon said provisions.

This Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose, until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee. The provisions of this Security are continued on the reverse side hereof, and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed in accordance with Section 2.04 of the Base Indenture.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

By:    
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:  

 

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GUARANTEE

For value received, each of PENTAIR PLC, PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH and NVENT ELECTRIC PLC hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees (i) to the holder of this Security the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest and any Additional Amounts, if any, on, the Security upon which this Guarantee is set forth in the amounts and at the time when due and payable whether by declaration thereof, or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, of such Security, if lawful, to the holder of such Security and the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, and (ii) to the Trustee all amounts owed to the Trustee under the Indenture, in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms and limitations of such Security and Article XV of the Base Indenture.

This Guarantee shall not become effective until the Trustee or Authenticating Agent duly executes the certificate of authentication on this Security. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.

Dated:

 

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

PENTAIR PLC
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

PENTAIR INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND GMBH
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.

Société à responsabilité limitée

26, boulevard Royal

L-2449 Luxembourg

R.C.S. B 219846

4.550% Senior Notes due 2028

This security is one of a duly authorized series of debt securities of nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) with a registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), issued or to be issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture for the Company’s unsubordinated debt securities, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by and among the Company, nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company (“ nVent ”), Pentair plc, an Irish public limited company (“ Pentair ”), Pentair Investments Switzerland GmbH, a Swiss limited liability company (“ Pentair Investments ” and, together with nVent and Pentair, the “ Guarantors ”) and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The Base Indenture as supplemented and amended by the Second Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the “ Indenture .” By the terms of the Base Indenture, the debt securities issuable thereunder are issuable in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the Base Indenture. This security is one of the series designated on the face hereof (individually, a “ Security ,” and collectively, the “ Securities ”), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantors and the holders of this Security (the “ Securityholders ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Base Indenture or in the Second Supplemental Indenture, as applicable.

1. Interest . The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at an annual rate of 4.550% (the “ Original Interest Rate ”), subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2 of this Security. The Company shall pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each such day, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). If any Interest Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of this Security is not a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest on the Securities shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Security is authenticated between a regular record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; and provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be October 15, 2018. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

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2. Interest Rate Adjustment . The interest rate payable on this Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Fitch or S&P (or, if applicable, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement for Fitch or S&P, or both, as the case may be (each, a “ Substitute Rating Agency ”)) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Securities, as set forth in this Section 2. Each of Fitch, S&P and any Substitute Rating Agency is an “ Interest Rate Rating Agency ,” and together they are “ Interest Rate Rating Agencies .”

If the rating of the Securities from one or both of Fitch or S&P (or, if applicable, any Substitute Rating Agency) is decreased to a rating set forth in either of the tables set forth in this Section 2, the interest rate shall increase from the Original Interest Rate by an amount equal to the sum of the percentages per annum set forth in the following tables opposite those ratings:

 

Fitch Rating*

   Percentage  

BB+

     0.25

BB

     0.50

BB-

     0.75

B+ or below

     1.00

 

S&P Rating*

   Percentage  

BB+

     0.25

BB

     0.50

BB-

     0.75

B+ or below

     1.00

 

 

* Including the equivalent ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency therefor.

For purposes of making adjustments to the interest rate payable on this Security, the following rules of interpretation shall apply:

(1) if at any time less than two Interest Rate Rating Agencies provide a rating on the Securities for reasons not within nVent’s control (i) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a rating on the Securities from a Substitute Rating Agency for purposes of determining any increase or decrease in the interest rate on this Security pursuant to the tables set forth in this Section 2, (ii) such Substitute Rating Agency shall be substituted for the last Interest Rate Rating Agency to provide a rating on the Securities but which has since ceased to provide such rating, (iii) the relative ratings scale used by such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured debt shall be determined in good faith by an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in the applicable table with respect to such Substitute Rating Agency, such ratings shall be deemed to be the equivalent ratings used by Fitch or S&P, as applicable, in such table, and (iv) the interest rate payable on this Security shall

 

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increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest rate payable equals the Original Interest Rate plus the appropriate percentage, if any, set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in the applicable table (taking into account the provisions of clause (iii) in this paragraph (1)) (plus any applicable percentage resulting from a decreased rating by the other Interest Rate Rating Agency);

(2) for so long as only one Interest Rate Rating Agency provides a rating on the Securities, any increase or decrease in the interest rate payable on this Security necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by that Interest Rate Rating Agency shall be twice the applicable percentage set forth in the applicable table set forth in this Section 2;

(3) if both Interest Rate Rating Agencies cease to provide a rating of the Securities for any reason, and no Substitute Rating Agency has provided a rating on the Securities, the interest rate shall increase to, or remain at, as the case may be, 2.00% per annum above the Original Interest Rate prior to any such adjustment;

(4) if Fitch or S&P ceases to rate the Securities or make a rating of the Securities publicly available for reasons within the Company’s control, the Company shall not be entitled to obtain a rating from a Substitute Rating Agency and the increase or decrease in the interest rate on this Security shall be determined in the manner described in this Section 2 as if either only one or no Interest Rate Rating Agency provides a rating on the Securities, as the case may be;

(5) each interest rate adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating as set forth in this Section 2, whether occasioned by the action of Fitch or S&P (or, in either case, any Substitute Rating Agency), shall be made independently of (and in addition to) any and all other interest rate adjustments occasioned by the action of the other Interest Rate Rating Agency;

(6) in no event shall (i) the interest rate on this Security be reduced to below the Original Interest Rate prior to any such adjustment or (ii) the total increase in the interest rates on this Security pursuant to this Section 2 exceed 2.00% above the Original Interest Rate; and

(7) subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Section 2, no adjustment in the interest rate on this Security shall be made solely as a result of an Interest Rate Rating Agency ceasing to provide a rating of the Securities.

If at any time the interest rate on this Security has been adjusted upward and either of the Interest Rate Rating Agencies subsequently increases its rating of the Securities, the interest rate on this Security shall again be adjusted (and decreased, if appropriate) such that the interest rate on this Security equals the Original Interest Rate prior to any such adjustment plus (if applicable) an amount equal to the sum of the percentages per annum set forth opposite the ratings in the tables set forth in this Section 2 with respect to the ratings assigned to the Securities (or deemed assigned) at that time, all calculated in accordance with the rules of interpretation set forth in this Section 2. If Fitch, S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency subsequently increases its rating on the Securities to “BBB-” (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) or higher, the interest rate on this Security shall be decreased to the Original Interest Rate prior to any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 2.

 

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Any increase or decrease in the interest rate shall take effect from the first day of the interest period during which a rating change occurs requiring an adjustment in the interest rate. If either Interest Rate Rating Agency changes its rating of the Securities more than once during any particular interest period, the last such change by such Interest Rate Rating Agency to occur shall control in the event of a conflict for purposes of any increase or decrease in the interest rate.

The interest rate shall permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by either Interest Rate Rating Agency) if the Securities become rated “BBB+” or higher by Fitch or S&P (or their equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency), in each case with a stable or positive outlook.

If the interest rate payable on this Security is increased as set forth in this Section 2, the term “interest” shall be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

3. Registration Rights Agreement . The Holder of this Security is entitled to the benefits of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2018 among the Company, nVent and the purchasers party thereto and will be entitled to the payment of additional interest on this Security under the circumstances provided therein. All references in this Security and the Indenture to “interest” shall include any additional interest payable pursuant to such Registration Rights Agreement.

4. Method of Payment . The Company shall pay interest on this Security (except defaulted interest), if any, to the persons in whose name such Security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date referred to on the facing page of this Security for such interest installment. In the event that this Security or a portion hereof is called for redemption and the Redemption Date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on this Security shall be paid upon presentation and surrender of this Security as provided in the Indenture. The principal of and the interest on this Security shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the Indenture.

5. Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee, shall act as paying agent and Security Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any paying agent or Security Registrar without notice to any Securityholder. The Guarantors, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

6. Indenture . The terms of this Security include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “ TIA ”) as in effect on the date the Indenture is qualified. This Security is subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. These Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company and constitute the series designated on the face hereof as the “4.550% Senior Notes due 2028”, initially limited to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount.

 

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The Company shall furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Base Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture. Requests prior to April 27, 2018 may be made to: nVent Electric plc c/o Pentair Management Company at 5500 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 600, Golden Valley, Minnesota 55416, Attention: General Counsel, Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5403, and from and after April 27, 2018 may be made to: nVent Electric plc c/o nVent Management Company at 1665 Utica Avenue, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416, Attention: General Counsel, Telecopy No.: (763) 656-5494.    

7. Optional Redemption . This Security is subject to redemption at the option of the Company on any date prior to the maturity date, in whole or from time to time in part, in principal amounts of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 above that amount (provided that any remaining principal amount thereof shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof), on written notice given to the Securityholders thereof not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for redemption in such notice (the “ Redemption Date ”). The Securities shall be redeemable at a redemption price equal to (x) if the Redemption Date is prior to January 15, 2028 (the date three months prior to the stated maturity of the Securities (the “ Par Call Date ”)), the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would be due if such Securities to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date from the Redemption Date to the Par Call Date (exclusive of any accrued interest) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; or (y) if the Redemption Date is on or after the Par Call Date, 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus, in the case of each of (x) and (y), any interest accrued but not paid to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on, but not including, the relevant Interest Payment Date).

This Security is also subject to redemption to the extent provided in Section 14.01 of the Base Indenture.

If the giving of the notice of redemption is completed as provided in the Indenture, interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company shall default in the payment of any such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein (including paragraph 9 herein) or in the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to this Security.

Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of such Securities to be redeemed (assuming, for this purpose, that such Securities matured on the Par Call Date) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

 

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Comparable Redemption Treasury Price ”, with respect to any Redemption Date, means (i) the average of the Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (unless there is more than one highest or lowest quotation, in which case only one such highest and/or lowest quotation shall be excluded), or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.

Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Redemption Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.

Redemption Reference Treasury Dealers ” means four primary U.S. government securities dealers in the United States selected by the Company.

Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ”, with respect to each Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, means the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and offer prices at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, for the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) for settlement on the Redemption Date quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Redemption Reference Treasury Dealer on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities, (i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities (assuming, for this purpose, that such Securities matured on the Par Call Date), yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if that release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Redemption Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Redemption Treasury Price for that Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.

8. Change of Control Triggering Event . This Security shall be subject to repurchase, at the option of the Holder, upon a Change of Control Triggering Event as set forth in Section 1.3(3) of the Second Supplemental Indenture.

 

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9. Special Mandatory Redemption . In the event that Pentair does not complete the Separation by the Outside Date, the Company will be required to redeem the Securities on the terms set forth in Section 1.4 of the Second Supplemental Indenture.

10. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Securities are in registered form without coupons in the denominations of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Securities may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) at the office of the Security Registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but a Securityholder may be required to pay any applicable taxes or other governmental charges. If the Securities are to be redeemed, the Company shall not be required to: (i) issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day a notice of redemption is sent of less than all of the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day such notice of redemption is sent; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Security of any series or portions thereof selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Security being redeemed in part; nor (iii) register the transfer of or exchange a Security of any series between the applicable regular record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

11. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Securityholder may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

12. Repayment to the Guarantors or the Company . Any funds or Governmental Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Guarantors or the Company, in trust for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Securityholders for at least one year after the date upon which the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Guarantors or the Company, as applicable, or (if then held by the Guarantors or the Company) shall be discharged from such trust. After return to the Company or the Guarantors, Securityholders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, for payment as unsecured general creditors.

13. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Base Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, nVent and the Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures to enter into supplemental indentures for the purpose of adding, changing or eliminating any provisions of the Base Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered elsewhere in the Base Indenture the rights of the holders of the securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the holders of each security then Outstanding and affected thereby, shall: (i) release any Guarantor from its guarantee of the Indenture or this Security (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the automatic release of the guarantees of Pentair and Pentair Investments upon the completion of the Separation); (ii) extend

 

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a fixed maturity of or any installment of principal of any securities of any series or reduce the principal amount thereof; (iii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest of any security of any series; (iv) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any security; (v) make any security payable in Currency other than that stated in the security; (vi) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the fixed maturity thereof (or in the case or redemption, on or after the redemption date); (vii) modify any subordination provisions applicable to this Security or the guarantee of this Security in a manner adverse in any material respect to the holder hereof; or (viii) reduce the percentage of securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture or indentures. In addition, without the consent of each of the Securityholders, the Company and the Guarantors may not amend the provisions of Section 1.4 of the Second Supplemental Indenture or the corresponding provisions of this Security.

The Base Indenture also contains provisions permitting the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding securities of each series affected thereby, on behalf of all of the holders of the securities of such series, to waive any past default under the Base Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the securities of such series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such securities.

Any such consent or waiver by the registered Securityholder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Securityholder and upon all future Securityholders and owners of this Security and of any Security issued in exchange for this Security or in place hereof (whether by registration of transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

14. Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to the securities of a series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee at the written request of the holders or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the securities of such series then Outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantors (and to the Trustee if notice is given by such holders), may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, if an Event of Default under the Indenture shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless such holders have offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding securities of a series issued pursuant to the Base Indenture shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the securities of such series.

15. Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar May Hold Securities . The Trustee, subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, or any paying agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.

 

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16. No Recourse Against Others . No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect hereof or thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person, either directly or through the Guarantors or the Company or any such predecessor or successor Person, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that the Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder and thereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, organizers, shareholders, partners, members, officers, directors, managers or agents as such, of the Guarantors or the Company or of any predecessor or successor Person, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, organizer, shareholder, partner, member, officer, director, manager or agent as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness authorized by the Indenture, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture or in the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the acceptance of the Securities.

17. Discharge of Indenture . The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to defeasance and discharge, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth herein.

18. Authentication . This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication attached to the other side of this Security.

19. Guarantees . All payments by the Company under the Indenture and this Security are fully and unconditionally guaranteed to the Securityholder by the Guarantors, as provided in the related Guarantee and the Indenture. The Pentair Guarantee and Pentair Investments Guarantee will be automatically and unconditionally terminated and released, without any action on the part of the Trustee, any Holder of the Securities or any other Person, upon the completion of the Separation and otherwise pursuant to the terms of Section 15.03 of the Base Indenture.

20. Additional Amounts . The Company and the Guarantors are obligated to pay Additional Amounts on this Security to the extent provided in Article XIV of the Indenture.

21. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

22. Governing Law . The Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the

 

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laws of said State without regard to conflicts of laws principles (except for Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law) that would require the application of any other law. The Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) are subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions. The application of articles 470-1 to 470-19 of the Luxembourg law on commercial companies dated 10 August 1915, as amended, to the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Security (and the Guarantee hereon) is excluded.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint    
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
 

Date:                         

 

Your Signature:    
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Security)

Signature Guarantee:                             

 

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ELECTION FORM

TO BE COMPLETED ONLY IF THE SECURITYHOLDER

ELECTS TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER

 

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repurchase the within Security (or the portion thereof specified below), pursuant to its terms, on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the Change of Control Offer, for the Change of Control Payment specified in the within Security, to the undersigned,                                                                  , at

 

         

(please print or typewrite name, address and telephone number of the undersigned).

For this election to accept the Change of Control Offer to be effective, the undersigned must (A) deliver, to the address of the paying agent set forth below or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Securityholder, either (i) the Security with this “Election Form” duly completed, or (ii) a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or a commercial bank or a trust company in the United States setting forth (a) the name of the Securityholder, (b) the principal amount of the Security, (c) the principal amount of the Security to be repurchased, (d) the certificate number or description of the tenor and terms of the Security, (e) a statement that the option to elect repurchase is being exercised, and (f) a guarantee stating that the Security to be repurchased, together with this “Election Form” duly completed, will be received by the paying agent at least five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Payment Date or (B) otherwise comply with alternative instructions in accordance with the procedures of the depositary. The address of the paying agent is [•].

If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repurchased, specify the portion thereof (which principal amount must be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; provided that any remaining principal amount shall be at least the minimum authorized denomination thereof) which the Securityholder elects to have repurchased: $                     .

 

Securityholder:
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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[Insert if Global Security]

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES, REDEMPTIONS, REPURCHASES

CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSFERS

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is                DOLLARS ($            ). The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of Increase or

Decrease

  

Amount of Decrease in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

  

Amount of Increase in
Principal Amount of
this Global Security

  

Remaining Principal

Amount of this Global
Security Following

such Decrease or

Increase

  

Signature of

Authorized Signatory

of Trustee or

Custodian

 

 

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Exhibit 4.4

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

 

LOGO

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

March 23, 2018

among

NVENT ELECTRIC plc

as Parent,

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.

as Company,

PENTAIR TECHNICAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, INC.

as an Affiliate Borrower

The Other Affiliate Borrowers From Time to Time Party Hereto,

The Lenders Party Hereto,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

CITIBANK, N.A. and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Syndication Agents,

and

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

as Documentation Agents

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS

     5  

SECTION 1.01

  Defined Terms      5  

SECTION 1.02

  Classification of Loans and Borrowings      37  

SECTION 1.03

  Terms Generally      37  

SECTION 1.04

  Accounting Terms; GAAP      37  

SECTION 1.05

  Interest Rates      38  

SECTION 1.06

  Luxembourg Terms      38  

SECTION 1.07

  Certain Calculations      38  

ARTICLE II. THE CREDITS

     38  

SECTION 2.01

  Commitments      38  

SECTION 2.02

  Loans and Borrowings      39  

SECTION 2.03

  Requests for Borrowings      40  

SECTION 2.04

  Determination of Dollar Amounts      40  

SECTION 2.05

  Swingline Loans      41  

SECTION 2.06

  Letters of Credit      42  

SECTION 2.07

  Funding of Borrowings      48  

SECTION 2.08

  Interest Elections      49  

SECTION 2.09

  Termination and Reduction of Commitments      50  

SECTION 2.10

  Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Indebtedness      51  

SECTION 2.11

  Prepayment of Loans      52  

SECTION 2.12

  Fees      53  

SECTION 2.13

  Interest      54  

SECTION 2.14

  Alternate Rate of Interest      56  

SECTION 2.15

  Increased Costs      58  

SECTION 2.16

  Break Funding Payments      59  

SECTION 2.17

  Taxes      59  

SECTION 2.18

  Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs      67  

SECTION 2.19

  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      68  

SECTION 2.20

  Expansion Option      69  

SECTION 2.21

  Market Disruption      70  

SECTION 2.22

  Judgment Currency      71  

SECTION 2.23

  Designation of Affiliate Borrowers      71  

SECTION 2.24

  Defaulting Lenders      72  

SECTION 2.25

  Extension of Maturity Date      74  

ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     76  

SECTION 3.01

  Corporate Existence and Power      76  

SECTION 3.02

  Corporate and Governmental Authorization; Contravention      76  

SECTION 3.03

  Binding Effect      77  

SECTION 3.04

  Financial Information      77  

SECTION 3.05

  Litigation, etc.      77  

SECTION 3.06

  ERISA Compliance      77  

SECTION 3.07

  Taxes      77  

SECTION 3.08

  Not an Investment Company      77  

SECTION 3.09

  Environmental Matters      78  

SECTION 3.10

  Use of Proceeds      78  

SECTION 3.11

  Disclosure      78  

SECTION 3.12

  Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions      78  

SECTION 3.13

  Domiciliation; Centre of Main Interests      78  


SECTION 3.14

  Swiss Non-Bank Rules      79  

SECTION 3.15

  EEA Financial Institutions      79  

SECTION 3.16

  Irish Loan Party      79  

SECTION 3.17

  Tax Residence      79  

ARTICLE IV. CONDITIONS

     79  

SECTION 4.01

  Effective Date      79  

SECTION 4.02

  Closing Date      80  

SECTION 4.03

  Each Credit Event      82  

SECTION 4.04

  Designation of an Affiliate Borrower      82  

ARTICLE V. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     83  

SECTION 5.01

  Information      83  

SECTION 5.02

  Use of Proceeds      85  

SECTION 5.03

  Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws      85  

SECTION 5.04

  Insurance      85  

SECTION 5.05

  Ownership of Borrowers      85  

SECTION 5.06

  Payment of Taxes      86  

SECTION 5.07

  Swiss Non-Bank Rule      86  

SECTION 5.08

  Loan Party Location      86  

SECTION 5.09

  Tax Residence      86  

SECTION 5.10

  Service of Process Agent      86  

ARTICLE VI. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     86  

SECTION 6.01

  Maximum Net Leverage Ratio      87  

SECTION 6.02

  Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio      87  

SECTION 6.03

  Negative Pledge      87  

SECTION 6.04

  Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets; Acquisitions      89  

SECTION 6.05

  Subsidiary Debt      90  

SECTION 6.06

  OFAC and Anti-Corruption Laws      91  

ARTICLE VII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     91  

ARTICLE VIII. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     94  

SECTION 8.01

  Authorization and Action      94  

SECTION 8.02

  Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc.      96  

SECTION 8.03

  Posting of Communications      97  

SECTION 8.04

  The Administrative Agent Individually      99  

SECTION 8.05

  Successor Administrative Agent      99  

SECTION 8.06

  Acknowledgement of Lenders and Issuing Banks      100  

SECTION 8.07

  Certain ERISA Matters      100  

ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS

     102  

SECTION 9.01

  Notices      102  

SECTION 9.02

  Waivers; Amendments      103  

SECTION 9.03

  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      105  

SECTION 9.04

  Successors and Assigns      107  

SECTION 9.05

  Survival      112  

SECTION 9.06

  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution      112  

SECTION 9.07

  Severability      112  

SECTION 9.08

  Right of Setoff      113  

SECTION 9.09

  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      113  

SECTION 9.10

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      114  

SECTION 9.11

  Headings      114  

SECTION 9.12

  Confidentiality      115  


SECTION 9.13

  USA PATRIOT Act      116  

SECTION 9.14

  Interest Rate Limitation      116  

SECTION 9.15

  No Fiduciary Duty, etc.      116  

SECTION 9.16

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions      117  

SECTION 9.17

  Confirmation of Lender’s Status as Swiss Qualifying Lender      117  

ARTICLE X. PARENT GUARANTEE

     118  

 

SCHEDULES :      
Schedule 2.01       Commitments
Schedule 2.05       Swingline Sublimits
Schedule 6.03       List of Existing Liens
Schedule 6.05       Existing Debt

 

EXHIBITS :      
Exhibit A       Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B-1       Form of Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP
Exhibit B-2       Form of Opinion of Arthur Cox
Exhibit B-3       Form of Opinion of Allen & Overy
Exhibit C-1       Form of Increasing Lender Supplement
Exhibit C-2       Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement
Exhibit D-1       Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit D-2       Form of Term Loan Note
Exhibit E       List of Effective Date and Closing Date Documents
Exhibit F-1       Form of Affiliate Borrowing Agreement
Exhibit F-2       Form of Affiliate Borrowing Termination
Exhibit G-1       Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit G-2       Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibits H-1-4       Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates
Exhibit I       Form of Irish Qualifying Lender Confirmation

 

 


CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of March 23, 2018 among NVENT ELECTRIC plc, an Irish public limited company, NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ) having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B219846, the other AFFILIATE BORROWERS from time to time party hereto, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., CITIBANK, N.A. and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agents and GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Documentation Agents.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Acquisition ” means any transaction or series of related transactions (excluding any transaction solely among the Parent and/or one or more persons that are already Subsidiaries) that result, directly or indirectly, in (a) the acquisition by the Parent or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of a Person, or of all or substantially all of any business or division of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a Subsidiary, or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person; provided that the Parent or a Subsidiary is the ultimate surviving entity.

Additional Commitment Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.25(d) .

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Administrative Agent ” means JPMCB (including its branches and affiliates) in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and any successor administrative agent arising under Section  9.04 .

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” any other Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise (but, for the avoidance of doubt, no individual shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of a Person solely because such individual is a director (or the equivalent thereof) or senior officer of such Person).

 


Affiliate Borrower Sublimit ” means $300,000,000.

Affiliate Borrowers ” means, collectively, the Initial Affiliate Borrower and any Eligible Subsidiary that becomes an Affiliate Borrower pursuant to Section  2.23 and, in each case, that has not ceased to be an Affiliate Borrower; and “ Affiliate Borrower ” means any of the Affiliate Borrowers.

Affiliate Borrowing Agreement ” means an Affiliate Borrowing Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit  F-1 .

Affiliate Borrowing Termination ” means an Affiliate Borrowing Termination substantially in the form of Exhibit  F-2 .

Agent Indemnitee ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section  9.03(c) .

Agreed Currencies ” means with respect to (a) Revolving Loans, Agreed Loan Currencies and (b) Letters of Credit, Agreed LC Currencies.

Agreed LC Currencies ” means (a) the Agreed Loan Currencies and (b) any other currency that is (i) readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars and (ii) agreed to by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank.

Agreed Loan Currencies ” means (i) Dollars, (ii) euro, (iii) Pounds Sterling and (iv) any other currency (A) that is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars, (B) for which a LIBOR Screen Rate is available in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable determination and (C) that is agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Lenders.

Agreement ” means this Credit Agreement.

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus  1 2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period in Dollars on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Rate (or if the LIBO Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section  2.14 hereof, then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clause (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Alternative Rate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.14(a) .

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Parent and its affiliated companies concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Applicable LC Sublimit ” means (i) with respect to JPMCB in its capacity as an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, $40,000,000, (ii) with respect to Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, $40,000,000, (iii) with respect to The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.in its capacity as an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, $40,000,000, (iv) with respect to Citibank, N.A. in its capacity as an Issuing Bank under this Agreement, $40,000,000, (v) with respect to U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as an Issuing Bank under this Agreement,

 

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$40,000,000 and (vi) with respect to any other Person that becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such amount as agreed to in writing by the Company, the Administrative Agent and such Person at the time such Person becomes an Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, as each of the foregoing amounts may be decreased or increased from time to time with the written consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks (provided that any increase in the Applicable LC Sublimit with respect to any Issuing Bank shall only require the consent of the Company and such Issuing Bank).

Applicable Maturity Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.25(a) .

Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to Revolving Loans, Revolving Credit Exposure, LC Exposure or Swingline Loans, the percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Lenders (if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments) and (b) with respect to the Term Loans, (i) at any time prior to advancing the Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment and the denominator of which is the aggregate Term Loan Commitments of all Term Lenders and (ii) at any time after advancing the Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lender’s outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of all Term Lenders; provided that, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), in the case of Section  2.24 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment, Dollar and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, shall be disregarded in the calculation.

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, any Eurocurrency Term Loan, any ABR Revolving Loan, or any ABR Term Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency Spread for Revolving Loans”, “Eurocurrency Spread for Term Loans”, “ABR Spread for Revolving Loans”, “ABR Spread for Term Loans” or “Facility Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Pricing Level applicable on such date.

 

Pricing Level

   Facility
Fee
    Eurocurrency
Spread for
Revolving
Loans
    ABR
Spread
for
Revolving
Loans
    Eurocurrency
Spread for
Term Loans
    ABR
Spread
for
Term
Loans
 

Level I

     0.10     0.90     0     1.00     0

Level II

     0.125     1.00     0     1.125     0.125

Level III

     0.15     1.10     0.10     1.25     0.25

Level IV

     0.175     1.20     0.20     1.375     0.375

Level V

     0.25     1.50     0.50     1.75     0.75

For purposes hereof: (i) Pricing Level I, Leverage Level 1 and Ratings Level A are equivalent and correspond to each other, (ii) Pricing Level II, Leverage Level 2 and Ratings Level B are equivalent and correspond to each other, (iii) Pricing Level III, Leverage Level 3 and Ratings Level C are equivalent and correspond to each other, (iv) Pricing Level IV, Leverage Level 4 and Ratings Level D are equivalent and correspond to each other and (v) Pricing Level V, Leverage Level 5 and Ratings Level E are equivalent and correspond to each other.

 

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At any time of determination, the Pricing Level shall be determined by reference to the Leverage Level or the Ratings Level, as the Company shall from time to time elect by written notice to the Administrative Agent, and any change in Pricing Level resulting from such election by the Company shall be effected as promptly as practicable by the Administrative Agent after receiving such written election from the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this definition, it is understood and agreed that Pricing Level IV shall be deemed to be applicable from the Closing Date until the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the financial statements and related compliance certificate for the Parent’s fiscal quarter ending on or about December 31, 2018 (it being understood and agreed that the Company shall not be permitted to elect pricing by reference to the Ratings Level until such receipt by the Administrative Agent of such financial statements and compliance certificate), and adjustments to the Pricing Level then in effect shall thereafter be effected in accordance with the terms of this definition.

Leverage Level Determination

 

Leverage Level

  

Net Leverage Ratio

Level 1

   £ 0.50 to 1.00

Level 2

  

> 0.50 to 1.00 but

£ 1.00 to 1.00

Level 3

  

> 1.00 to 1.00 but

£ 1.75 to 1.00

Level 4

  

>1.75 to 1.00 but

£ 2.50 to 1.00

Level 5

   > 2.50 to 1.00

If at any time the Parent fails to deliver the quarterly or annual financial statements or related compliance certificates required under Section  5.01 on or before the date such statements or certificates are due, Leverage Level 5 shall be deemed applicable for the period commencing three (3) Business Days after such required date of delivery and ending on the date which is three (3) Business Days after such statements or certificates are actually delivered, after which the Leverage Level shall be determined in accordance with this definition.

Except as otherwise provided in the paragraph below or in the immediately preceding paragraph, adjustments, if any, to the Leverage Level then in effect shall be effective three (3) Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable financial statements and certificates (it being understood and agreed that each change in Leverage Level shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change).

Ratings Level Determination

 

Ratings Level

  

Public Debt Ratings

(S&P / Moody’s / Fitch)

Level A

   A- / A3 / A- or higher

Level B

   BBB+ / Baa1 / BBB+

Level C

   BBB / Baa2 / BBB

Level D

   BBB- / Baa3 / BBB-

Level E

   BB+ / Ba1 / BB+ or lower

 

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For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Ratings Level shall be determined by reference to the available rating; (b) if none of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Ratings Level will be set in accordance with Level E; (c) if all three of the rating agencies shall have a Public Debt Rating in effect and the ratings established by each of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch shall fall within three different Levels in the immediately foregoing table (such Level A, Level B, Level C, Level D and Level E, collectively, the “ Levels ” and each a “ Level ”), the Ratings Level shall be based upon the intermediate Level; (d) if all three of the rating agencies shall have a Public Debt Rating in effect and two out of the three ratings of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch are at the same Level, then the Ratings Level shall be based on such Level, (e) if only two Public Debt Ratings from S&P, Moody’s and Fitch are available and such ratings fall within different Levels, then the Ratings Level shall be based on the higher rating unless such ratings differ by two or more Levels, in which case the applicable Ratings Level will be deemed to be one Level above the lower of such Levels, (f) if any rating established by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall be changed, such change shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the rating agency making such change; (g) if S&P, Moody’s or Fitch shall change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Public Debt Rating announced by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be (and if there is no such equivalent rating, to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change); and (h) if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of such amendment, the Ratings Level shall be determined by reference to the rating (and the Level applicable thereto) most recently in effect prior to such cessation.

Approved Electronic Platform ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section  8.03(a) .

Approved Fund ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  9.04 .

Approved Jurisdictions ” means Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the United States and England and Wales.

Arrangers ” means each of JPMCB, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as a joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger hereunder.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section  9.04 ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Augmenting Lender ” is defined in Section  2.20 .

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.

Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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Banking Services ” means each and any of the following bank services provided to the Parent or any Subsidiary by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards, (c) merchant processing services and (d) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement services, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items services, any direct debit scheme or arrangement, overdraft services and interstate depository network services).

Banking Services Agreement ” means any agreement entered into by the Parent or any Subsidiary in connection with Banking Services.

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has 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 or has had any order for relief in such proceeding entered in respect thereof, 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 by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides 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 permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Benefit Plan ” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Borrower ” means the Company or any Affiliate Borrower.

Borrowing ” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a Term Loan of the same Type and Class, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by any Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section  2.03 in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-1 or such other form as the Administrative Agent may approve from time to time.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “ Business Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in the relevant Agreed Currency in the London interbank market or the principal financial center of such Agreed Currency (and, if the Borrowings or LC Disbursements which are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment, reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in euro, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET2 payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in euro).

 

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Calendar Quarter ” means each of the four calendar quarters of each calendar year ending each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each calendar year.

Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders, as collateral or support for the LC Exposure, cash or deposit account balances, or a standby letter of credit from a financial institution satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term shall have corresponding meanings.

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the Effective Date (or with respect to any Lender, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender), of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline, requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except to the extent they are merely proposed and not in effect, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

Charges ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  9.14 .

Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Swingline Loans.

Closing Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section  4.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  9.02 ).

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Combination ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.09(b) .

Combined Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.09(b) .

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the sum of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Term Loan Commitment. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule  2.01 , or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) as provided in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C) or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment or Term Loan Commitment pursuant to the terms hereof, as applicable.

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section  8.03(c) , including through an Approved Electronic Platform.

 

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Company ” means nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846.

Computation Date ” is defined in Section  2.04 .

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consolidated Subsidiary ” means, as of any date, any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Parent in its consolidated financial statements as of such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means the total consolidated assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

Country Risk Event ” means:

(a) any law, action or failure to act by any Governmental Authority in any Borrower’s or Letter of Credit beneficiary’s country which has the effect of:

(i) changing the obligations of any Issuing Bank or the Lenders under the relevant Letter of Credit, the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as originally agreed or otherwise creating any additional liability, cost or expense to any Issuing Bank, the Lenders or the Administrative Agent from that which exists on the Effective Date,

(ii) changing the ownership or control by such Borrower or Letter of Credit beneficiary of its business, or

(iii) preventing or restricting the conversion into or transfer of the applicable Agreed Currency;

(b) force majeure; or

(c) any similar event,

which, in relation to (a), (b) and (c), directly or indirectly, prevents or restricts the payment or transfer of any amounts owing under the relevant Letter of Credit in the applicable Agreed Currency into an account designated by the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank and freely available to the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank.

Credit Event ” means a Borrowing, the issuance, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit, the amendment of a Letter of Credit that increases the face amount thereof, an LC Disbursement or any of the foregoing.

Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time, plus (b) an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of its Term Loans outstanding at such time.

 

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Credit Party ” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lenders or any other Lender.

Debt ” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities (including employee compensation and benefit obligations) arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) the outstanding principal obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases, (v) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person (it being understood that if such Debt has not been assumed by such Person, the amount of such Debt shall be deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value at such date of such asset and the amount of such Debt), (vi) the aggregate outstanding investment or claim held by purchasers, assignees or transferees of (or of interests in) receivables of such Person in connection with any Securitization Transaction, (vii) all non-contingent reimbursement obligations of such Person under letters of credit and bank guarantees, and (viii) all Debt (as defined above) of others Guaranteed by such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Debt shall exclude (a) any “earnouts” or similar obligations accrued in respect of any Permitted Acquisition, (b) any obligations in respect of customer advances in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and (c) defeased and/or discharged indebtedness so long as (i) neither the Parent nor any Subsidiary has any liability (contingent or otherwise) with respect to such indebtedness and (ii) the cash, securities and/or other assets used to defease and/or discharge such indebtedness are not, directly or indirectly, an asset of the Parent or any Subsidiary. In the event any of the foregoing Debt is limited to recourse against a particular asset or assets of such Person, the amount of the corresponding Debt shall be equal to the lesser of the amount of such Debt and the fair market value of such asset or assets at the date for determination of the amount of such Debt. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of Debt of any Person at any date will be calculated without duplication of any Guarantee in respect thereof.

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within three (3) 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 Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party 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 Lender’s 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 Company or any Credit Party 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 Lender’s 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 three (3) Business Days after request by the Company or the Administrative Agent, 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 Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of (A) a Bankruptcy Event and/or (B) a Bail-In Action.

Designated Borrower ” means, unless otherwise specified by the Administrative Agent to the Company and the Lenders, any Affiliate Borrower that is organized under the laws of Luxembourg or any other jurisdiction designated from time to time by the Administrative Agent due to operational limitations relating to the ability to fund ABR Loans to such Affiliate Borrower.

 

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Designated Loan ” means a Designated Revolving Loan, a Designated Swingline Loan or a Designated Term Loan, as applicable.

Designated Revolving Loan ” means a Revolving Loan denominated in Dollars to a Designated Borrower.

Designated Swingline Loan ” means a Swingline Loan denominated in Dollars to a Designated Borrower.

Designated Term Loan ” means a Term Loan denominated in Dollars to a Designated Borrower.

Designated Persons ” means any Person listed on a Sanctions List.

Disqualified Institutions ” means Persons that are reasonably determined by the Company to be competitors of the Company or its Subsidiaries and which have been specifically identified by the Company to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing prior to the Effective Date; provided that, the Company, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders after the Effective Date, shall be permitted to supplement from time to time in writing by name the list of Persons that are Disqualified Institutions to the extent that the Persons added by such supplements are competitors (or Affiliate thereof, to the extent such Affiliate (x) is clearly identifiable as an affiliate of such competitor solely by similarity of such Affiliate’s name and (y) is not a bona fide debt investment fund that is an Affiliate of such competitor) of the Company or its Subsidiaries, and each such supplement shall become effective three (3) Business Days after delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including through an Approved Electronic Platform) in accordance with Section  9.01 , but which shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Loans (but solely with respect to such Loans). It is understood and agreed that (i) the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability to determine or monitor whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Institution, (ii) the Company’s failure to deliver such list (or supplement thereto) in accordance with Section  9.01 shall render such list (or supplement) not received and not effective and (iii) “Disqualified Institution” shall exclude any Person that the Company has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time in accordance with Section  9.01 .

Disregarded Entity ” means an entity that, pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 301.7701-2(c)(2), is disregarded for U.S. federal income Tax purposes as an entity separate from its owner.

Documentation Agent ” means each of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, HSBC Bank USA, National Association and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in its capacity as documentation agent for the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement.

Dollar Amount ” of any currency means, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed in a Foreign Currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars determined by using the rate of exchange for the purchase of the Dollars with such Foreign Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m. London time (or New York time, as applicable) on a particular day as displayed by ICE Data Services as the “ask price”, or as displayed on such other information service which publishes that rate of exchange from time to time in place of ICE Data Services (or if such service ceases to be available, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, using any reasonable method of determination it deems reasonably appropriate) and (c) if such amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, using any reasonable method of determination it deems reasonably appropriate.

 

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Dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means each Subsidiary of the Parent other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

DQ List ” has the meaning specified in Section  9.04(e)(iv) hereof.

EBITDA ” means, for any period, the sum of the consolidated net income of the Parent for such period excluding the effect of (a) any non-cash gains (including any non-cash gains arising from the adoption of mark-to-market accounting with respect to pension or other retirement benefit plans); (b) any non-cash losses, charges and expenses (including any non-cash loss, charge or expense arising from the adoption of mark-to-market accounting with respect to pension or other retirement benefit plans); (c) any earnings from discontinued operations (but if such operations are classified as discontinued due to the fact that they are subject to an agreement to dispose of such operations, such earnings shall be excluded in the calculation of EBITDA (i) only when and to the extent such operations are actually disposed of and (ii) if the sales revenue generated by the applicable entity or business unit in the twelve (12) months prior to such disposition was $25,000,000 or more); (d) fees, costs, expenses, premiums, make-whole or penalty payments and other similar items incurred after the Effective Date arising out of (i) Permitted Acquisitions, (ii) investments and dispositions not prohibited by this Agreement and (iii) any incurrence, issuance, repayment or refinancing of Debt permitted by this Agreement; (e) any losses, charges, costs and expenses from discontinued operations plus, to the extent deducted in determining such consolidated net income, but without duplication, Interest Expense, taxes on or measured by income, depreciation, amortization, non-cash stock-based compensation expenses; (f) any losses, charges, costs and expenses from restructurings and casualty events (not to exceed 10% of EBITDA for such period); (g) any unusual or non-recurring losses, charges, costs and expenses to the extent deducted in the calculation of consolidated net income (together with the amount added back pursuant to clause (h)  below, not to exceed 10% of EBITDA); and (h) any cost-savings and cost synergies resulting from a Permitted Acquisition projected in good faith by the Parent to be realized within 18 months of such acquisition (together with the amounts in clause (g)  above, not to exceed 10% of EBITDA).

ECP ” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any institution 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 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 on which the conditions specified in Section  4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  9.02 ).

 

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Electronic Signature ” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

Eligible Subsidiary ” means any (i) Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of an Approved Jurisdiction and (ii) Subsidiary that is approved from time to time by the Administrative Agent and each of the Revolving Lenders.

Environmental Claims ” means all claims, however asserted, by any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law, or for release or injury to the environment.

Environmental Laws ” means all federal, state and local laws, statutes, common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes, together with all administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any judicial, regulating or other governmental authority, in each case relating to environmental and land use matters or health or safety matters affecting the environment or land use.

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Parent or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Parent within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

EU ” means the European Union.

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 ” and/or “ EUR ” means the single currency of the Participating Member States.

Eurocurrency ”, when used in reference to a currency means an Agreed Currency and when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate (other than when used with reference to any Eurocurrency Swingline Loan, in which case “Eurocurrency” means that such Loan bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Swingline Rate) except pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Alternate Base Rate”.

Eurocurrency Payment Office ” of the Administrative Agent shall mean, for each of the Agreed Currencies which is a Foreign Currency and each Designated Loan, the office, branch, affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for such currency or Designated Loan, as applicable, as specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Company and each Lender.

Eurocurrency Swingline Loan ” means a Swingline Loan bearing interest at the Eurocurrency Swingline Rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a Designated Swingline Loan).

 

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Eurocurrency Swingline Rate ” means the sum of (i) the percentage rate per annum which is equal to the rate (rounded upwards to six decimal places) at which overnight deposits in the relevant currency in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined would be offered by the Swingline Lender as of 11:00 a.m. Local Time on the day of the proposed Eurocurrency Swingline Loan in the London interbank market for such currency to major banks in such market (provided that, if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement) plus (ii) the Applicable Rate for Eurocurrency Borrowings.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII ; provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition has been satisfied.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Specified Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Specified Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (a) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Specified Swap Obligation or (b) in the case of a Specified Swap Obligation subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), because such Loan Party is a “financial entity,” as defined in Section 2(h)(7)(C)(i) of the Commodity Exchange Act (or any successor provision thereto), at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such related Specified Swap Obligation. If a Specified Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Specified Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Borrower or any guarantor under any Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which it has a principal office or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Company or any other Borrower under Section  2.19(b) ) or (ii) designates a new lending office, except in each case to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately before the designation of a new lending office (or an assignment), to receive additional amounts pursuant to Section  2.17(a) , (c) Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section  2.17(e) , (d) any withholding tax that is imposed under FATCA and (e) any Luxembourg registration duties ( droits d’enregistrement ) payable in the case of a voluntary registration of any Loan Documents by the Lenders with the Administration de l’Enregistrement et des Domaines in Luxembourg, when such registration is not required to enforce their rights under the Loan Documents.

Extended Maturity Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.25(a) .

Extending Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.25(b) .

Extension Availability Period ” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the five year anniversary thereof.

 

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Extension Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.25(a) .

Facility Office ” means the office or offices through which a Lender will perform its obligations under this Agreement.

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.

FATCA Deduction ” means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Loan Document required by FATCA.

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions (as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

Financial Officer ” means (i) with respect to the Company, a Manager of the Company; and (ii) with respect to the Parent, (a) prior to the Spinoff, a Director of the Parent, and (b) after the Spinoff, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the Parent.

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc.

Foreign Currencies ” means each Agreed Currency other than Dollars.

Foreign Currency LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Dollar Amount of the aggregate undrawn, available and unexpired amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements in respect of Foreign Currency Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time.

Foreign Currency Letter of Credit ” means a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency.

Foreign Currency Sublimit ” means $300,000,000.

Foreign Lender ” means a Lender that is neither a U.S. Person nor a Disregarded Entity that is treated for U.S. federal income Tax purposes as having as its sole owner a Person that is a U.S. Person.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, each Subsidiary of such Person that is incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located outside of the United States or any state thereof.

Form 10 ” means the Form 10 Information Statement (including the exhibits thereto), in the form filed by the Parent with the SEC on October 30, 2017, and as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (x) prior to the Effective Date and/or (y) prior to the Spinoff Date, solely in respect of the foregoing clause (y) in a manner not materially adverse to the Lenders.

Funded Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.10(a)(ii) .

 

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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles as from time to time in effect in the United States of America.

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency, ministry or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer, minister or other Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court (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).

Guarantee ” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person, contingent or otherwise, directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person or in any manner providing for the payment of any Debt of any other Person or otherwise protecting the holder of such Debt against loss (whether by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or otherwise); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “ Guarantee ” used as a verb has a correlative meaning.

Guarantor ” means the Parent.

Hazardous Materials ” means (a) petroleum and petroleum products, byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas and (b) any other chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant under any Environmental Law.

Hedging Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Parent or the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement.

Impacted Interest Period ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

Increasing Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.20 .

Incremental Term Loan ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.20 .

Incremental Term Loan Amendment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.20 .

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes other than Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) Other Taxes.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  9.03(b) .

Ineligible Institution ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  9.04(b) .

Information ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  9.12 .

 

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Initial Affiliate Borrower ” means Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Insolvency Regulation ” shall mean the Regulation EU 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast).

Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, for any period, the ratio of (i) EBITDA for such period to (ii) Interest Expense for such period.

Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of consolidated interest expense of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period (including, in each case to the extent included in interest expense on the Parent’s consolidated income statement, the interest component of capital leases, the interest component of Synthetic Lease Obligations, facility, commitment and usage fees, and fees for standby letters of credit), plus consolidated yield or discount accrued, during such period on the aggregate outstanding investment or claim held by purchasers, assignees or other transferees of (or of interests in) receivables of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in connection with any Securitization Transaction (regardless of the accounting treatment of such Securitization Transaction), plus net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Agreements, minus the sum (without duplication) of (a) annual administrative agent fees, (b) costs associated with obtaining swap agreements and any interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under swap agreements or other derivative instruments and any one-time costs associated with breakage in respect of swap agreements for interest rates, (c) costs associated with the issuance or incurrence of debt, including amortization and write-off of deferred and other financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and original issue discount, (d) PIK interest, (e) any non-cash expense in respect of any interest component relating to accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities and (f) net receipts (if any) pursuant to Hedging Agreements.

Interest Election Request ” means a request by the applicable Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section  2.08 in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G-2 or such other form as the Administrative Agent may approve from time to time.

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the applicable Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan (including a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan), the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the applicable Maturity Date, and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan (other than a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan), the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the applicable Maturity Date

Interest Period ” means (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing (other than a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan), the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the day that is one week thereafter or the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or such other period of time as is acceptable to each of the Lenders), as the applicable Borrower (or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) may elect and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Swingline Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Loan and ending on the date one week thereafter; provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing (other than a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan) only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Borrowing (other than a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan) that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period), other than a one-week Interest Period, shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

 

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Interpolated Rate ” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the longest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period and (b) the LIBOR Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which the LIBOR Screen Rate is available for the applicable currency) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided that if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Ireland ” means Ireland, exclusive of Northern Ireland.

Irish Borrower ” means any Affiliate Borrower resident for tax purposes in Ireland.

Irish Companies Act ” means the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland.

Irish Guarantor ” means the Parent.

Irish Loan Party ” means any Irish Borrower or any Irish Guarantor or any Affiliate Borrower incorporated in Ireland.

Irish Qualifying Lender ” means a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to it in respect of an advance under this Agreement, and is:

(a) a bank within the meaning of Section 246 of the Irish TCA which is carrying on a bona fide banking business in Ireland for the purposes of Section 246(3)(a) of the Irish TCA and whose Facility Office is located in Ireland; or

(b)

(i) a company (within the meaning of Section 246 of the Irish TCA) which by virtue of the laws of a Relevant Territory is resident in that Relevant Territory for the purposes of tax and that Relevant Territory imposes a tax that generally applies to interest receivable in that Relevant Territory by companies from sources outside that Relevant Territory; or

(ii) a company (within the meaning of Section 246 of the Irish TCA) in receipt of interest under this Agreement which:

 

  (A) is exempted from the charge to Irish income tax under an Irish Treaty between Ireland and the country in which the Lender is resident for tax purposes having the force of law under the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the Irish TCA; or

 

  (B) would be exempted from the charge to Irish income tax under an Irish Treaty between Ireland and the country in which the Lender is resident for tax purposes entered into on or before the payment date of that interest if that Irish Treaty had the force of law under the procedures set out in section 826(1) of the Irish TCA at that date; or

 

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(iii) a U.S. company that is incorporated in the U.S. and taxed in the U.S. on its worldwide income; or

(iv) a U.S. limited liability company (“ LLC ”), provided the ultimate recipients of the interest would be Irish Qualifying Lenders within paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of this definition and the business conducted through the LLC is so structured for market reasons and not for tax avoidance purposes;

provided that, in the case of (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), the company does not provide its commitment in connection with a trade or business which is carried on in Ireland through a branch or agency; or

(c) a body corporate which:

(i) advances money in the ordinary course of a trade which includes the lending of money and whose Facility Office is located in Ireland; and

(ii) in whose hands any interest payable in respect of money so advanced is taken into account in computing the trading income of that company; and

(iii) which has complied with the notification requirements set out in Section 246(5)(a) of the Irish TCA.

(d) a qualifying company within the meaning of Section 110 of the Irish TCA; or

(e) an investment undertaking within the meaning of Section 739B of the Irish TCA; or

(f) an Irish Treaty Lender; or

(g) an exempted approved scheme within the meaning of Section 774 of the Irish TCA.

Irish TCA ” means the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 of Ireland.

Irish Treaty Lender means a Lender which is on the date the relevant payment is made entitled under a double taxation agreement (an “ Irish Treaty ”) in force on that date between Ireland and another jurisdiction to that payment without any withholding for or on account of Irish Tax (subject to the completion of any procedural formalities) and which does not carry on a business in Ireland through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively connected.

Issuing Bank ” means each of JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citibank, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association and each other Lender designated by the Company as an “Issuing Bank” hereunder that has agreed to such designation (and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), each in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section  2.06(i) . Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates or branches of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate or branch, as applicable, with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

JPMCB ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Knowledge ” means the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer, without giving effect to imputed or constructive knowledge or giving rise to any duty to investigate.

LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

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LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn Dollar Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time which are then available plus (b) the aggregate Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

Lender Notice Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.25(b) .

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section  2.20 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or otherwise. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lenders and the Issuing Banks.

Letter of Credit ” means any standby or commercial letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any Agreed Currency and for any applicable Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such Agreed Currency for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion (in each case the “ LIBOR Screen Rate ”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such Agreed Currency and Interest Period; provided that, if the LIBOR Screen Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement; provided , further , that if a LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (the “ Impacted Interest Period ”), then the LIBO Rate for such Agreed Currency and such Interest Period shall be the Interpolated Rate; provided , that, if any Interpolated Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that all of the terms and conditions of this definition of “LIBO Rate” shall be subject to Section  2.14 .

LIBOR Screen Rate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

Lien ” means any interest in property securing any obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute, regulation, decree or contract, including (a) any lien or security interest arising from any mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or consignment or bailment for security purposes and (b) the interest of a person under a capital lease (but excluding the interest of a lessor under an operating lease).

Liquidity ” means, at any time, the amount of unrestricted an unencumbered cash and cash equivalent investments of the Parent and its Subsidiaries at such time that is not subject to any Lien other than Liens permitted under Section  6.03 that is in excess of $5,000,000 but in no event to exceed $250,000,000.

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, each Affiliate Borrowing Agreement, each Affiliate Borrowing Termination, any promissory notes executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(d) , each Borrowing Request and any and all other instruments and documents executed and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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Loan Party ” means the Parent, the Company and each Affiliate Borrower.

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement, it being understood that conversions and continuations of Loans are not Loans hereunder.

Local Time ” means (i) Chicago time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement denominated in Dollars (other than Designated Loans) and (ii) local time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement denominated in a Foreign Currency and Designated Loans (it being understood that such local time shall mean London, England time unless otherwise notified by the Administrative Agent).

Luxembourg ” means the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Luxembourg Debtor Relief Laws ” means (i) bankruptcy ( faillite ) within the meaning of Articles 437 et seq . of the Luxembourg Commercial Code, (ii) controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ) within the meaning of the Luxembourg grand-ducal regulation of May 24, 1935 on controlled management, (iii) voluntary arrangement with creditors ( concordat préventif de la faillite ) within the meaning of the Luxembourg law of April 14, 1886 on arrangements to prevent insolvency amended, (iv) suspension of payments ( sursis de paiement ) within the meaning of Articles 593 et seq. of the Luxembourg Commercial Code, and (v) voluntary or compulsory liquidation pursuant to the Luxembourg law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies.

Luxembourg Person ” means an entity that (i) is organized under the laws of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, (ii) has its center of main interests, within the meaning of the Insolvency Regulation, in Luxembourg or (iii) has an establishment, within the meaning of the Insolvency Regulation, in Luxembourg.

Luxembourg Relief ” means bankruptcy ( faillite ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ), voluntary arrangement with creditors ( concordat préventif de faillite ), suspension of payments ( sursis de paiement ) and voluntary or compulsory liquidation, as such terms are understood within the Luxembourg Debtor Relief Laws, and also means any other proceedings affecting the rights of creditors generally or the appointment of an interim administrator ( administrateur provisoire ).

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder.

Material Financial Obligations ” means Debt or Synthetic Lease Obligations of the Parent or any Subsidiary (excluding amounts owed to the Parent or any Subsidiary that is wholly-owned (except for directors’ qualifying shares)) in an aggregate amount (for all applicable Debt and Synthetic Lease Obligations, but without duplication) equal to or greater than a Dollar Amount of $75,000,000.

Material Subsidiary ” means (a) each Borrower and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Parent that at the time of determination constitutes a “significant subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Regulation S-X of the SEC as in effect on the date of this Agreement).

Maturity Date ” means the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

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Net Leverage Ratio ” means, as of the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, the ratio of (a) (i) the sum (without duplication) of the outstanding principal amount of all Debt (excluding, without duplication, Synthetic Lease Obligations) of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis as of such date, minus (ii) Liquidity as of such date, to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended; provided that for purposes of calculating EBITDA pursuant to this clause (b) , the consolidated net income of any Person or business unit acquired (or divested or liquidated, if the sales revenue generated by such Person or business unit in the 12 months prior to such divestiture or liquidation was $25,000,000 or more) by the Parent or any Subsidiary during such period ( plus , to the extent deducted in determining such consolidated net income, Interest Expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization and non-cash compensation expenses of such Person or business unit) shall be included (or, in the case of a divestiture or liquidation, excluded) on a pro forma basis for such period (assuming the consummation of each such acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of any Debt in connection therewith (or the consummation of such divestiture or liquidation) occurred on the first day of such period) in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the SEC.

New Money Credit Event ” means with respect to any Issuing Bank, any increase (directly or indirectly) in such Issuing Bank’s exposure (whether by way of additional credit or banking facilities or otherwise, including as part of a restructuring) to any Borrower occurring by reason of (i) any law, action or requirement of any Governmental Authority in such Borrower’s or such Letter of Credit beneficiary’s country, or (ii) any agreement in relation to clause (i), in each case to the extent calculated by reference to the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures outstanding prior to such increase.

Non-Extending Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.25(b) .

Note ” means a note substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 or D-2 hereto, as applicable, evidencing the Loans of the applicable Class made by any applicable Lender to each applicable Borrower.

NYFRB ” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

NYFRB Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if both such rates are not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate quoted for such day for a federal funds transaction at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided , further , that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Obligations ” means all indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of any of the Parent and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, any of the Issuing Banks, any indemnified party and the Administrative Agent, individually or collectively, under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made or reimbursement obligations incurred or any of the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof.

OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Organizational Documents ” means, (a) with respect to any corporation or unlimited liability company, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and

 

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(c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising 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, Letter of Credit or Loan Document).

Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future stamp, registration or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, but excluding Excluded Taxes.

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.

Overnight Foreign Currency Rate ” means, for any amount payable in a Foreign Currency, the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which overnight or weekend deposits in the relevant currency (or if such amount due remains unpaid for more than three Business Days, then for such other relevant period of time) for delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds would be offered by the Administrative Agent to major banks in the interbank market upon request of such major banks for the relevant currency as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid principal amount of the related Credit Event, plus any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed upon, or charged to, the Administrative Agent by any relevant correspondent bank in respect of such amount in such relevant currency.

Parent ” means nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company.

Participant ” has the meaning set forth in Section  9.04(c) .

Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section  9.04(c) .

Participating Member State ” means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union.

Patriot Act ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section  9.13 .

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor thereto.

Pentair ” means Pentair plc, an Irish public limited company.

Pentair Credit Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 3, 2014, by and among, Pentair, Pentair Finance, S.à r.l. (formerly known as Pentair Finance, S.A.), the other subsidiaries of Pentair party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent (including any amendment, restatement or replacement thereof prior to the Closing Date).

 

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Permitted Acquisition ” means any Acquisition by the Parent or a Subsidiary which satisfies each of the following requirements: (i) no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of, or will result upon giving effect to, such Acquisition; and (ii) in the case of the Acquisition of any Person, the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Person being acquired (or all of the equity holders thereof) shall have approved such Acquisition.

Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.

Plan ” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and is either (i) maintained by the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate for employees of the Parent or such ERISA Affiliate or (ii) maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than one employer makes contributions and to which the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions.

Plan Asset Regulations ” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq. , as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

Pounds Sterling ” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

PTE ” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

Public Debt Rating ” the rating that has been most recently announced by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be, for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by the Company (or if no such rating is then in effect with respect to such debt, then the corporate, issuer or similar rating with respect to the Parent, that has been most recently announced by S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, as the case may be), or, if any such rating agency shall have issued more than one such rating, the lowest such rating issued by such rating agency.

Quotation Day ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, (i) if the currency is Pounds Sterling, the first day of such Interest Period, (ii) if the currency is euro, the day that is two (2) TARGET2 Days before the first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) for any other currency, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (unless, in each case, market practice differs in the relevant market where the LIBO Rate for such currency is to be determined, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice in such market (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, then the Quotation Day will be the last of those days)).

 

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Reference Bank Rate ” means the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to five decimal places) supplied to the Administrative Agent at its request by the Reference Banks (as the case may be) as of the applicable time on the Quotation Day for Loans in the applicable currency and the applicable Interest Period as the rate at which the relevant Reference Bank could borrow funds in the London (or other applicable) interbank market in the relevant currency and for the relevant period, were it to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers in reasonable market size in that currency and for that period.

Reference Banks ” means such banks as may be appointed by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company, in a manner consistent with that applied by the Administrative Agent generally to substantially similar credit facilities for which it acts as administrative agent. No Lender shall be obligated to be a Reference Bank without its consent.

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section  9.04(b) .

Related Indemnified Person ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section  9.03(b) .

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Relevant Territory ” means:

(a) a member state of the European Communities (other than Ireland); or

(b) to the extent not a member state of the European Communities, a jurisdiction with which Ireland has entered into a double taxation treaty that either has the force of law by virtue of Section 826(1) of the Irish TCA or which will have the force of law on completion of the procedures set out in Section 826(1) of the Irish TCA.

Replacement Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.09(b) .

Required Lenders ” means, subject to Section  2.24 , at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article VII , and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Revolving Commitments expire or terminate, then, as to each Lender, clause (a) of the definition of Swingline Exposure shall only be applicable for purposes of determining its Revolving Credit Exposure to the extent such Lender shall have funded its participation in the outstanding Swingline Loans; provided further that for the purpose of determining the Required Lenders needed for any waiver, amendment, modification or consent, any Lender that is a Borrower or any Affiliate of the Parent shall be disregarded.

Responsible Officer ” means (i) with respect to the Company, a Manager of the Company; (ii) with respect to the Parent, (a) prior to the Spinoff, a Director of the Parent, and (b) after the Spinoff, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the Parent; and (iii) with respect to any other Loan Party, a manager, a director, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the president, any vice president (if appointed by the board of directors or similar governing body of such Loan Party), the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of such Loan Party, or any other officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility.

Retired Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.09(b) .

 

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Revolving Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time pursuant to Section  2.09 , (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section  2.20 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section  9.04 . The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 , or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) as provided in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C) or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment pursuant to the terms hereof, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is $600,000,000.

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.

Revolving Credit Maturity Date ” means the five year anniversary of the Closing Date, as extended (in the case of each Revolving Lender consenting thereto) pursuant to Section  2.25 .

Revolving Lender ” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section  2.01(a) .

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc.

Sanctioned Country ” means a country, region or territory which is at any relevant time subject to Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Sanctions ” means:

(a) economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the US government and administered by OFAC; and

(b) economic or financial sanctions imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the US State Department, the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of the Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

Sanctions List ” means any of the lists of specifically designated nationals or designated persons or entities (or equivalent) held by the US government and administered by OFAC, the US State Department, the US Department of Commerce or the US Department of the Treasury or the United Nations Security Council or any similar list maintained by any other U.S. government entity or other relevant sanctions authority, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Securitization Transaction ” means any sale, assignment or other transfer by the Parent or any Subsidiary of accounts receivable, lease receivables, financial assets or other payment obligations owing to the Parent or such Subsidiary or any interest in any of the foregoing (other than sales of defaulted receivables, foreign receivables or similar items in the ordinary course of business), together in each case with any collections and other proceeds thereof, any collection or deposit accounts related thereto, and any collateral, guaranties or other property or claims in favor of the Parent or such Subsidiary supporting or securing payment by the obligor thereon of, or otherwise related to, any such receivables, financial assets or other payment obligations.

 

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Senior Financial Officer ” means (a) prior to the Spinoff, a Director of the Parent, and (b) after the Spinoff, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the Parent.

Senior Notes ” means (a) the $300,000,000 3.950% senior unsecured notes due 2023 and (b) the $500,000,000 4.550% senior unsecured notes due 2028.

Service of Process Agent ” means (i) so long as the Initial Affiliate Borrower is a Borrower hereunder, the Initial Affiliate Borrower and (ii) to the extent the Initial Affiliate Borrower ceases to be a Borrower hereunder in accordance with the terms of Section  2.23 , CT Corporation Systems, with an office on the date hereof at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011.

Solvent ” means, in reference to any Person, (i) the fair value of the assets of such Person, at a fair valuation, will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of such Person will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) such Person will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) such Person will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted after the Closing Date. For purposes of the definition of “Solvent”, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 5).

Specified Ancillary Obligations ” means all obligations and liabilities (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) of any of the Subsidiaries, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, to the Lenders or any of their Affiliates under any Hedging Agreement or any Banking Services Agreement; provided that the definition of “Specified Ancillary Obligations” shall not create or include any guarantee by any Loan Party of (or grant of security interest by any Loan Party to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party for purposes of determining any obligations of any Loan Party.

Specified Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

Spinoff ” means the transfer by Pentair to the Parent of all of the assets constituting the electrical business (the “ Spinoff Business ”) of Pentair and its subsidiaries in return for which the Parent will issue the Parent’s ordinary shares to Pentair shareholders, as further described in the Form 10.

Spinoff Agreements ” means the Spinoff-related material agreements, in each case as referred to in the Form 10.

Spinoff Business ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Spinoff”.

Spinoff Date ” means the date of effectiveness of the Spinoff Transaction.

 

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Spinoff Deadline Date ” means the date that is three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date.

Spinoff Transactions ” means (i) any transaction described in the Form 10; (ii) the filing and distribution of the Form 10, and the distribution of equity interests in the Parent to the shareholders of Pentair on a tax-free basis in connection with the consummation of the Spinoff; (iii) the entry into of this Agreement and the credit facilities evidenced hereby, (iv) the incurrence of Debt in respect of the Senior Notes, which notes (1) upon the occurrence of the Spinoff, shall not be guaranteed by an person or entity other than the Parent, (2) shall be in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000, (3) shall have covenant and default provisions that are not materially more restrictive, when taken as a whole, than those set forth in this Agreement, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Company, (4) shall not include any financial maintenance covenant, (5) shall include customary provisions concerning redemption and offers to purchase and (6) shall not require any amortization payments; and (v) the payment of fees and expenses and other costs incurred in connection with the foregoing (such fees, expenses and other costs, the “ Transaction Expenses ”).

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank, monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority, the European Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in the applicable currency, expressed in the case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation, including Regulation D of the Board. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company promptly of any such adjustment.

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

Surviving Commitment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.09(b) .

Surviving Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.09(b) .

Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time other than with respect to any Swingline Loans made by such Lender in its capacity as a Swingline Lender and (b) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender as a Swingline Lender outstanding at such time (less the Dollar Amount of participations funded by the other Revolving Lenders in such Swingline Loans).

Swingline Foreign Currency Sublimit ” means $30,000,000.

 

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Swingline Lenders ” means each of JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citibank, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association and each other Lender designated by the Company as a “Swingline Lender” hereunder that has agreed to such designation (and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), each in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

Swingline Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section  2.05 .

Swingline Sublimit ” means as to any Lender (i) the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.05 hereof or (ii) if such Lender has entered into an Assignment and Assumption, the amount set forth for such Lender as its Swingline Sublimit in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  9.04(b)(iv) (provided that, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), any increase in the Swingline Sublimit with respect to any Lender shall only require the consent of the Company and such Lender).

Swiss Borrower ” means any Affiliate Borrower organized under the laws of Switzerland or, if different, is deemed resident in Switzerland for Swiss Withholding Tax purposes pursuant to Article 9 of the Swiss Withholding Tax Act.

Swiss Guidelines ” means, together, the guidelines S-02.122.1 in relation to bonds of April 1999 as issued by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration ( Merkblatt S-02.122.1 vom April 1999 betreffend “Obligationen” ), S-02.123 in relation to inter bank transactions of 22 September 1986 as issued by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration ( Merkblatt S-02.123 vom 22  September 1986 betreffend Zinsen von Bankguthaben, deren Gläubiger Banken sind (Interbankguthaben) ), S-02.128 in relation to syndicated credit facilities of January 2000 ( Merkblatt S-02.128 vom Januar 2000 “Steuerliche Behandlung von Konsortialdarlehen, Schuldscheindarlehen, Wechseln und Unterbeteiligungen” ), S-02.130.1 in relation to money market instruments and book claims of April 1999 ( Merkblatt S-02.130.1 vom April 1999 “Geldmarktpapiere und Buchforderungen inländischer Schuldner” ), the circular letter No. 15 ( 1-015-DVS-2007 ) of 7 February 2007 in relation to bonds and derivative financial instruments as subject matter of taxation of Swiss federal income tax, Swiss withholding tax and Swiss stamp taxes ( Kreisschreiben Nr. 15 “Obligationen und derivative Finanzinstrumente als Gegenstand der direkten Bundessteuer, der Verrechnungssteuer und der Stempelabgaben” vom 3. Oktober 2017 ) and the circular letter No. 34 of 26 July 2011 ( 1-034-V-2011 ) in relation to customer credit balances ( Kreisschreiben Nr. 34 “Kundenguthaben” vom 26. Juli 2011 ) as issued, and as amended or replaced from time to time by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, or as applied in accordance with a tax ruling (if any) issued by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, or as substituted or superseded and overruled by any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, court decision or the like as in force from time to time.

Swiss Loan Party ” means (a) any Loan Party that is organized under the laws of Switzerland, (b) any Loan Party that is treated as resident in Switzerland for Swiss Withholding Tax purposes and/or (c) any other Loan Party if, as a result of such Loan Party’s obtaining or maintaining Credit Events hereunder, there is a bona fide risk that any payment hereunder would become subject to taxation for Swiss Withholding Tax purposes.

Swiss Qualifying Lender ” means (i) any bank as defined in the Swiss Federal Code for Banks and Savings Banks dated 8 November 1934 ( Bundesgesetz über die Banken und Sparkassen ) as amended from time to time or (ii) a person or entity which effectively conducts banking activities with its own infrastructure and staff as its principal business purpose and which has a banking license in full force and effect issued in accordance with the banking laws in force in its jurisdiction of incorporation, or if acting through a branch, issued in accordance with the banking laws in the jurisdiction of such branch, all and in each case in accordance with the Swiss Guidelines.

Swiss Non-Bank Rules ” means together the Swiss Twenty Non-Bank Rule and the Swiss Ten-Non-Bank Rule.

 

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Swiss Non-Qualifying Lender ” means any person which does not qualify as a Swiss Qualifying Lender.

Swiss Ten Non-Bank Rule ” means the rule that the aggregate number of Lenders (other than Swiss Qualifying Lenders) of any Swiss Loan Party under this Agreement must not at any time exceed ten (10); in each case in accordance with the meaning of the Swiss Guidelines or the applicable legislation or explanatory notes addressing the same issues that are in force at such time.

Swiss Twenty Non-Bank Rule ” means the rule that (without duplication) the aggregate number of creditors (including the Lenders), other than Swiss Qualifying Lenders, of the Swiss Borrower under all outstanding debts relevant for classification as debenture ( Kassenobligation ) (including debt arising under this Agreement and intra-group loans (if and to the extent intra-group loans are not exempt in accordance with the ordinance of the Swiss Federal Council of 18 June 2010 amending the Swiss Federal Ordinance on withholding tax and the Swiss Federal Ordinance on stamp duties with effect as of 1 August 2010)), loans, facilities and/or private placements (including under this Agreement) must not, at any time, exceed twenty (20); in each case in accordance with the meaning of the Swiss Guidelines.

Swiss Withholding Tax ” means any Taxes levied pursuant to the Swiss Withholding Tax Act.

Swiss Withholding Tax Act ” means the Swiss Federal Act on the Withholding Tax of 13 October 1965 ( Bundesgesetz über die Verrechnungssteuer vom 13. Oktober 1965, SR 642.21 ), together with the related ordinances, regulations and guidelines, all as amended and applicable from time to time.

Switzerland ” means the Swiss Confederation.

Syndication Agent ” means each of Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citibank, N.A. and U.S. Bank National Association in its capacity as syndication agent for the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement.

Synthetic Lease Obligations ” means obligations under operating leases (as determined pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13) of properties which are reported for United States income tax purposes as owned by the Parent or a Consolidated Subsidiary. The amount of Synthetic Lease Obligations under any such lease shall be determined in accordance with GAAP as if such operating lease were a capital lease.

TARGET2 ” means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET2) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments in euro.

TARGET2 Day ” means a day that TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro.

Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, value added taxes, or any other goods and services, use or sales taxes, assessments, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Term Lender ” means, as of any date of determination, each Lender having a Term Loan Commitment or that holds Term Loans.

 

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Term Loan Commitment ” means (a) as to any Term Lender, the aggregate commitment of such Term Lender to make Term Loans as set forth on Schedule  2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) as provided in Section  9.04(b)(ii)(C) or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term Loan Commitment, as applicable and (b) as to all Term Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Term Lenders to make Term Loans, which aggregate commitment shall be $200,000,000 on the date of this Agreement. After advancing the Term Loan, each reference to a Term Lender’s Term Loan Commitment shall refer to that Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Term Loans.

Term Loan Maturity Date ” means the five year anniversary of the Closing Date, as extended (in the case of each Term Lender consenting thereto) pursuant to Section  2.25 .

Term Loans ” means the term loans made by the Term Lenders to the Company pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

Total Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Loans, their LC Exposure and their Swingline Exposure at such time; provided, that clause (a) of the definition of Swingline Exposure shall only be applicable to the extent Revolving Lenders shall have funded their respective participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans.

Trade Date ” has the meaning specified in Section  9.04(e)(i) hereof.

Transaction Expenses ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Spinoff Transactions”.

Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, the Spinoff and the Spinoff Transactions.

Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

Unfunded Vested Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the current liability as defined in Section 412(l)(7) of the Code under such Plan exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all as determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate to the PBGC or such Plan under Title IV of ERISA.

United States ” and “ U.S. ” each mean the United States of America.

U.S. Lender ” means a Lender that is not a Foreign Lender.

U.S. Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

UK Bankruptcy Event ” means:

(a) a UK Relevant Entity is unable or admits inability to pay its debts (as defined in section 123(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986) as they fall due or is deemed to or declared to be unable to pay its debts under applicable law, or suspends or threatens to suspend making payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties; or

 

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(b) any corporate action, legal proceedings or other formal procedure or formal step for (i) the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any UK Relevant Entity; (ii) a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any UK Relevant Entity; or (iii) the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of any UK Relevant Entity, or any of the assets of any UK Relevant Entity; save that this paragraph (b) shall not apply to any action, proceeding, procedure or formal step which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within 14 days of commencement.

UK Borrower ” means any Affiliate Borrower resident for tax purposes in England and Wales.

UK Borrower DTTP Filing ” means an HM Revenue & Customs’ Form DTTP2, duly completed and filed by the relevant UK Borrower, which:

(a) where it relates to a UK Treaty Lender that is a Lender on the day this Agreement is entered into (or any amendment hereto), contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence stated on its signature page to this Agreement (or any amendment hereto) or as otherwise notified to the Company by that UK Treaty Lender in writing, and:

(i) where the UK Borrower is an Affiliate Borrower on the day this Agreement (or any amendment hereto) is entered into, is filed with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the date of this Agreement (or any amendment hereto); or

(ii) where the UK Borrower is not an Affiliate Borrower on the day this Agreement is entered into, is filed with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the date on which that UK Borrower becomes an Affiliate Borrower; or

(b) where it relates to a UK Treaty Lender that is not a party to this Agreement on the date on which this Agreement (or any amendment hereto) is entered into, contains the scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence stated in respect of that Lender in the relevant Assignment and Assumption, Increasing Lender Supplement or Augmenting Lender Supplement, as the case may be, or as otherwise notified to the Company in writing, and:

(i) where the UK Borrower is an Affiliate Borrower as at the relevant assignment date or the date on which the increase to the Commitments and/or the Incremental Term Loans described in the relevant Increasing Lender Supplement or Augmenting Lender Supplement take effect (as applicable) is filed with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of that date; or

(ii) where the UK Borrower is not an Affiliate Borrower as at the relevant assignment date or the date on which the increase to the Commitments and/or the Incremental Term Loans described in the relevant Increasing Lender Supplement or Augmenting Lender Supplement take effect (as applicable) is filed with HM Revenue & Customs within 30 days of the date on which that UK Borrower becomes a Borrower.

UK Companies Act ” means the Companies Act 2006 of the United Kingdom.

UK CTA 2009 ” means the United Kingdom Corporation Tax Act 2009.

UK ITA 2007 ” means the United Kingdom Income Tax Act 2007.

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UK Qualifying Lender ” means (a) a Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document and is (i) a Lender (A) which is a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the UK ITA 2007) making an advance under a Loan Document and is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance or would be within such charge as respects such payments apart from section 18A of the UK CTA 2009; or (B) in respect of an advance made under a Loan Document by a person that was a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 879 of the UK ITA 2007) at the time that that advance was made and within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance; or (ii) a Lender which is: (A) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes or (B) a partnership each member of which is (x) a company so resident in the United Kingdom or (y) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK CTA 2009 or (C) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) of that company; or (iii) a UK Treaty Lender, or (b) a Lender which is a building society (as defined for the purposes of section 880 of the UK ITA 2007) making an advance under a Loan Document.

UK Relevant Entity ” means any Borrower or Material Subsidiary that is incorporated in England and Wales, or any other Borrower or Material Subsidiary capable of becoming subject of an order for winding-up or administration under the Insolvency Act 1986.

UK Tax Confirmation ” means a confirmation by a Lender that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is either (a) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes or (b) a partnership each member of which is (i) a company so resident in the United Kingdom or (ii) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK CTA 2009 or (c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) of that company.

UK Tax Deduction ” means a deduction or withholding for, or on account of, Tax imposed by the United Kingdom from a payment under a Loan Document, other than a FATCA Deduction.

UK Treaty ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “UK Treaty State”.

UK Treaty Lender ” means a Lender which is (i) treated as a resident of a UK Treaty State for the purposes of the relevant UK Treaty, (ii) does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment with which that Lender’s participation in the Loan is effectively connected, and (iii) subject to the completion of procedural formalities, fulfills any other conditions which must be fulfilled under the relevant UK Treaty to obtain exemption from Tax imposed by the United Kingdom on payments of interest.

UK Treaty State ” means a jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement with the United Kingdom (a “ UK Treaty ”) which makes provision for full exemption from Tax imposed by the United Kingdom on interest.

VAT ” means (a) any tax imposed in compliance with the Council Directive of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (EC Directive 2006/112); and (b) any other tax of a similar nature, whether imposed in a member state of the European Union in substitution for, or levied in addition to, such tax referred to in clause (a) above, or imposed elsewhere.

 

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Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally . 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”. The word “law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f) 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.

SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied without giving effect to such change until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (i) all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein (including computations in respect of compliance with Sections 6.01 and 6.02 ) shall be made (a) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Debt or other liabilities of the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein and (b) without giving effect to any treatment of Debt in respect of

 

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convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Debt in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Debt shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (ii) except to the extent contemplated by clause (b) of the second sentence of the definition of “Synthetic Lease Obligations”, without giving effect to any change to, or modification of, or the phase-in of the effectiveness of any amendments to, GAAP which would require the capitalization of leases characterized as “operating leases” as of the Effective Date (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, financial statements delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(a) and 5.01(b) shall be prepared without giving effect to this sentence).

SECTION 1.05 Interest Rates . The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “LIBO Rate” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate therefor (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to its obligation to apply the definition of such rate in accordance with its terms).

SECTION 1.06 Luxembourg Terms . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in this Agreement where it relates to any Affiliate Borrower which is organized under the laws of Luxembourg, a reference to: (a) a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, compulsory manager or other similar officer includes a juge délégué, commissaire, juge-commissaire, mandataire ad hoc, administrateur provisoire, liquidateur or curateur ; (b) liquidation, bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or any similar proceeding shall include (i) insolvency/bankruptcy (faillite) within the meaning of Articles 437 ff. of the Luxembourg Commercial Code , (ii) controlled management (gestion contrôlée) within the meaning of the grand ducal regulation of 24 May 1935 on controlled management, (iii) voluntary arrangement with creditors (concordat préventif de la faillite) within the meaning of the law of 14 April 1886 on arrangements to prevent insolvency, as amended, (iv) suspension of payments (sursis de paiement) within the meaning of Articles 593 ff. of the Luxembourg Commercial Code or (v) voluntary or compulsory winding-up pursuant to the law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended, (c) a lien or security interest includes any hypothèque, nantissement, gage, privilège, sûreté réelle, droit de rétention , and any type of security in rem ( sûreté réelle ) or agreement or arrangement having a similar effect and any transfer of title by way of security; (d) a person being unable to pay its debts includes that person being in a state of cessation of payments ( cessation de paiements ) or having lost or meeting the criteria to lose its commercial creditworthiness ( ébranlement de crédit ) ; (e) attachments or similar creditors process means an executory attachment ( saisie exécutoire ) or conservatory attachment ( saisie arrêt ); and (f) a “set-off” includes, for purposes of Luxembourg law, legal set-off.

SECTION 1.07 Certain Calculations . No Default or Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in Articles VI and VII under this Agreement being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Parent immediately preceding the fiscal quarter of the Parent in which such transaction requiring a determination occurs.

ARTICLE II.

THE CREDITS

SECTION 2.01 Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Revolving Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Agreed Loan Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not, subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates and Section  2.11.2 and subject to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing to any Swingline Loans outstanding pursuant to Section  2.10(a)(i) , result in (i) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of such Lender’s Revolving

 

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Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, (ii) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitments, (iii) subject to Section  2.04 , the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all Loans outstanding to Affiliate Borrowers exceeding the Affiliate Borrower Sublimit or (iv) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure, in each case denominated in Foreign Currencies, exceeding the Foreign Currency Sublimit, and (b) each Term Lender with a Term Loan Commitment (severally and not jointly) agrees to make a Term Loan to the Company in Dollars in a single drawing on the Closing Date, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment by making immediately available funds available to the Administrative Agent’s designated account, not later than the time specified by the Administrative Agent. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings . (a) Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the applicable Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section  2.05 . The Term Loans shall amortize as set forth in Section  2.10 .

(b) Subject to Section  2.14 , (i) each Revolving Borrowing and Term Loan Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the relevant Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that each ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars and no ABR Loan shall be made to a Designated Borrower and (ii) each Swingline Loan shall be (x) an ABR Loan in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in Dollars (other than a Designated Swingline Loan), (y) a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in any Foreign Currency or (z) a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan in the case of a Designated Swingline Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14 , 2.15 , 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 1,000,000 units of such currency) and not less than $5,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 5,000,000 units of such currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the aggregate Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section  2.06(e) . Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $25,000 (or, if such Swingline Loan is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 25,000 units of such currency) and not less than $100,000 (or, if such Swingline Loan is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 100,000 units of such currency). Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of fifteen (15) Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding.

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SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings . To request a Borrowing, the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request (a) by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request signed by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of such request) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 3:00 p.m., Local Time, three (3) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request signed by such Borrower, or the Company on its behalf) not later than three (3) Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency), in each case before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) by telephone in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on the Business Day of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, telecopy or e-mail in accordance with Section  9.01 to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section  2.02 :

(i) the name of the applicable Borrower;

(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing;

(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing and whether such Borrowing is a Revolving Borrowing or a Term Loan Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Agreed Currency and initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(vi) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section  2.07 .

If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars (other than a Designated Loan), the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04 Determination of Dollar Amounts . The Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar Amount of:

(a) (i) each Eurocurrency Borrowing (other than a Eurocurrency Swingline Borrowing) as of the date two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such Borrowing or, if applicable, the date of conversion/continuation of any Borrowing as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) each Eurocurrency Swingline Loan on the date of the making of such Swingline Loan,

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(c) all outstanding Credit Events on and as of the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and, during the continuation of an Event of Default, on any other Business Day elected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders.

Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) is herein described as a “Computation Date” with respect to each Credit Event for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or as of such day, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of all such determinations and related computations on such Computation Date.

SECTION 2.05 Swingline Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Swingline Lender may in its sole discretion make Swingline Loans in Agreed Loan Currencies to the Company from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal Dollar Amount at any time outstanding that will not, subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates and Section  2.11.2 , result in (i) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender exceeding such Swingline Lender’s Swingline Sublimit, except to the extent otherwise agreed by such Swingline Lender and the Company with notice to the Administrative Agent, (ii) subject to Section  2.04 , any Swingline Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment, (iii) subject to Section  2.04 , the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $75,000,000, (iv) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Revolving Commitment or (v) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency exceeding the Swingline Foreign Currency Sublimit; provided that a Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by (i) telephone (confirmed by telecopy or e-mail in accordance with Section  9.01 ) or via a written request (in accordance with Section  9.01 ) promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of such request, not later than 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan in Dollars (other than a Designated Swingline Loan) and (ii) irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request signed by the Company, promptly followed by telephonic confirmation of such request), not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the day of a proposed Eurocurrency Swingline Loan in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day), applicable currency, Interest Period (in the case of a Eurocurrency Swingline Loan), Type and amount of the requested Swingline Loan and the Swingline Lender to make such Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise such Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Company. Unless otherwise directed by the Company, each Swingline Lender shall (subject to such Swingline Lender’s discretion to make Swingline Loans as set forth in Section  2.05(a) ) make each Swingline Loan to be made by it available to the Company by means of a credit to an account of the Company with the Administrative Agent designated for such purpose (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section  2.06(e) , by remittance to the relevant Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., Local Time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

(c) Any Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations in all or a portion of its Swingline Loans outstanding in the applicable Agreed Currency of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount and Agreed Currency of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans and the applicable Agreed Currency of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon

 

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receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by 12:00 noon, Local Time, on a Business Day, no later than 5:00 p.m., Local Time, on such Business Day and if received after 12:00 noon, Local Time, on a Business Day, no later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay in the applicable Agreed Currency to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Swingline Lender, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section  2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section  2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company promptly of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to such Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by a Swingline Lender from the Company (or other party on behalf of the Company) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by such Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to such Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to such Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Company of any default in the payment thereof.

(d) Any Swingline Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Swingline Lender and the successor Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of the relevant Swingline Lender. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid interest accrued for the account of the replaced Swingline Lender pursuant to Section  2.13(a) . From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Swingline Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Swingline Lender, or to such successor and all previous Swingline Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement of a Swingline Lender hereunder, the replaced Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to its replacement, but shall not be required to make additional Swingline Loans.

(e) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Swingline Lender, any Swingline Lender may resign as a Swingline Lender at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Revolving Lenders, in which case, such Swingline Lender shall be replaced in accordance with Section  2.05(d) above.

SECTION 2.06 Letters of Credit . (a) General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of Letters of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit) denominated in Agreed LC Currencies for its own account, as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Subsidiaries’ obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Issuing Bank issuing such Letter of Credit, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of

 

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any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Company to, or entered into by the Company with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control; provided, however, if any Issuing Bank is requested to issue Letters of Credit with respect to a jurisdiction such Issuing Bank deems, in its reasonable judgment applied generally to substantially similar credit facilities for which it acts as an issuing bank, may at any time subject it to a New Money Credit Event or a Country Risk Event, the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Company of such determination prior to the issuance of any Letter of Credit, and the Company shall either withdraw its request to issue such Letter of Credit or, at the request of such Issuing Bank, guaranty and indemnify such Issuing Bank against any and all costs, liabilities and losses resulting from such New Money Credit Event or Country Risk Event, in each case in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuing Bank shall have any obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (i) to fund any activity or business of or with any Designated Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions, (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement or (iii) in any manner that would result in a violation of one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally. The Parent unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued for the support of any Subsidiary’s obligations as provided in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Parent will be fully responsible for the reimbursement of LC Disbursements in accordance with the terms hereof, the payment of interest thereon and the payment of fees due under Section  2.12(b) to the same extent as if it were the sole account party in respect of such Letter of Credit (the Parent hereby irrevocably waiving any defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of the obligations of such a Subsidiary that is an account party in respect of any such Letter of Credit).

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by such Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank (selected by the Company in its sole discretion) and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but in any event no less than three (3) Business Days in advance thereof unless a shorter period is acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank in its sole discretion) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the Agreed LC Currency applicable thereto, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by any Issuing Bank, the Company also shall submit a letter of credit application in a form agreed to by the Company in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended to increase the amount, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment to increase the amount, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but allowing for fluctuations in currency exchange rates and subject to Section  2.11.2 , (i) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $200,000,000, (ii) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the aggregate face amount of all Letters of Credit issued and then outstanding by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s Applicable LC Sublimit, (iii) subject to Section  2.04 , the sum of the Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments, (iv) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (v) subject to Section  2.04 , the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure, in each case denominated in Foreign Currencies, shall not exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit.

 

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(c) Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or, if set forth in such Letter of Credit, be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date two years after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, two years after such renewal or extension), unless the Required Lenders and the applicable Issuing Bank, in their discretion, have approved a later expiry date in writing and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided that, upon the Company’s request and subject to the approval, in its discretion, by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank that has issued such Letter of Credit, any such Letter of Credit may have a later expiry date (but in any event not later than one (1) year after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date) if Cash Collateralized in compliance with Section  2.06(j) below.

(d) Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of any Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement . If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent in Dollars the Dollar Amount equal to such LC Disbursement, calculated as of the date such Issuing Bank made such LC Disbursement (or if such Issuing Bank shall so elect in its sole discretion by notice to the Company, in such other Agreed LC Currency which was paid by such Issuing Bank pursuant to such LC Disbursement in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement) not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Company shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Company prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on (i) the Business Day that the Company receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, (i) to the extent such LC Disbursement was made in Dollars, such payment shall, automatically and without notice, be financed with (x) if the LC Disbursement is equal to or greater than $1,000,000, an ABR Revolving Borrowing in Dollars or, at the Company’s election, a Swingline Loan, or (y) if the LC Disbursement is equal to or greater than $100,000 but less than $1,000,000, a Swingline Loan, in each case in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement or (ii) to the extent such LC Disbursement was made in a Foreign Currency, the Company may request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with (i) an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in Dollars in the Dollar Amount of such LC Disbursement or (ii) to the extent that such LC Disbursement was made in a Foreign Currency, a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in such Foreign Currency (in the event such Foreign Currency is an Agreed Loan Currency) in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement, and, in each case, to the extent so financed, the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing, Swingline Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, as applicable. If the Company

 

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fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Company, in the same manner as provided in Section  2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section  2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders, provided that, with respect to any such payment in respect of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Agreed LC Currency that is not an Agreed Loan Currency, any Revolving Lender may make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Amount of such LC Disbursement), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to such Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans, Eurocurrency Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. If the Company’s reimbursement of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any Foreign Currency would subject the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Revolving Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or required to be made in Dollars, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company prior to payment by the Company, and the Company shall, at its option, either (x) pay the amount of any such tax requested by the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the relevant Revolving Lender or (y) reimburse each LC Disbursement made in such Foreign Currency in Dollars, in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount, calculated on the date such LC Disbursement is made, of such LC Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute . The Company’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) any payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Company’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor the Issuing Banks, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of an Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Company that are caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the

 

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generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures . Each Issuing Bank shall, within the time period stipulated by the terms and conditions of the applicable Letter of Credit following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. After such examination, such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Company by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or e-mail in accordance with Section  9.01 ) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement in accordance with Section  2.06(e) .

(h) Interim Interest . If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (or in the case such LC Disbursement is denominated in a Foreign Currency, at the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate for such Agreed LC Currency plus the then effective Applicable Rate with respect to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans); provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section  2.13(b) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse any Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of Issuing Bank . (A) Each Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section  2.12(b) . From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(B) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Issuing Bank, any Issuing Bank may resign as an Issuing Bank at any time upon thirty days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, in which case, such Issuing Bank shall be replaced in accordance with Section  2.06(i)(A) above.

(j) Cover . If (x) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this

 

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paragraph or (y) the Company requests the issuance of a Letter of Credit with an expiry date that is later than the expiry date prescribed in clause (c) of this Section 2.06 (an “ Extended Letter of Credit ”), the Company shall either (A) cover by arranging for the issuance of one or more standby letters of credit issued by an issuer, and otherwise on terms and conditions, satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (B) deposit cash in an account with the Administrative Agent, in each case in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Revolving Lenders, and in an amount equal to (1) with respect to a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars, 100% and (2) with respect to a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, 105%, in each case of the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure in respect of such Extended Letter of Credit (in the case of the foregoing clause (y)) or in the aggregate (in the case of the foregoing clause (x)) as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i) the portions of such amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of Credit or LC Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the Company is not late in reimbursing shall be covered or deposited in the applicable Foreign Currencies in an amount equal to 105% of the actual amounts of such undrawn Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements and (ii) the obligation to provide such letter(s) of credit cover or deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such cover or deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Company described in clause (f), (g) or (h) of Article VII . For the purposes of this paragraph, the Foreign Currency LC Exposure shall be calculated using the Dollar Amount thereof on the date notice demanding letter of credit cover or cash collateralization is delivered to the Company. The Company also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section  2.11.2 . Any such deposits shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Such deposits shall bear interest, and such deposits shall be invested by the Administrative Agent in direct short term obligations of, or in other short term obligations which are unconditionally guaranteed with respect to all principal thereof and interest thereon by, the United States, in each case maturing no later than the expiry date of the Letter of Credit giving rise to LC Exposure. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Company for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Obligations; provided that at any time that the money remaining in such account exceeds the LC Exposure by $100,000 or more, the Administrative Agent will, promptly after request therefor by the Company at any time that no Default shall exist, deliver such excess to the Company. If the Company is required to provide an amount of cash collateral or letter of credit cover hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount or letter of credit (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Company or the issuer of such letter of credit (as applicable) within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

(k) Conversion . In the event that the Loans become immediately due and payable on any date pursuant to Article VII, all amounts (i) that the Company is at the time or thereafter becomes required to reimburse or otherwise pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of LC Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit (other than amounts in respect of which the Company has provided letter of credit cover, or deposited cash collateral, pursuant to paragraph (j) above, if such letter of credit was issued, or cash collateral was deposited, in the applicable Foreign Currency to the extent so deposited or applied), (ii) that the Revolving Lenders are at the time or thereafter become required to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required to distribute to any Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section in respect of unreimbursed LC Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit and (iii) of each Revolving Lender’s participation in any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit under which an LC Disbursement has been made shall, automatically and with no further action required, be converted into the Dollar Amount thereof, calculated on such date (or in the case of any

 

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LC Disbursement made after such date, on the date such LC Disbursement is made), of such amounts. On and after such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Revolving Lender in respect of the obligations described in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder.

(l) Issuing Bank Agreements . Each Issuing Bank agrees that, unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on the first Business Day of each week, the daily activity (set forth by day) in respect of Letters of Credit during the immediately preceding week, including all issuances, extensions, amendments and renewals, all expirations and cancellations and all disbursements and reimbursements, (ii) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank expects to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed), it being understood that such Issuing Bank shall not permit any issuance, renewal, extension or amendment resulting in an increase in the amount of any Letter of Credit to occur without first obtaining written confirmation from the Administrative Agent that it is then permitted under this Agreement, (iii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date of such LC Disbursement and the amount of such LC Disbursement, (iv) on any Business Day on which any Borrower fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount and currency of such LC Disbursement and (v) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

SECTION 2.07 Funding of Borrowings . (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date specified in accordance with the terms hereof in the Borrowing Request (which shall be the Closing Date in the case of the Term Loans) solely by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars (other than a Designated Loan), by 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders and (ii) in the case of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency and Designated Loans, by 1:00 p.m., Local Time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency and at such Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section  2.05 . Except in respect of the provisions of this Agreement covering the reimbursement of Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the relevant Borrower by promptly crediting funds so received in the aforesaid account of the Administrative Agent to (x) an account of the Company maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City or Chicago and designated by the relevant Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars and (y) an account of such Borrower maintained in the relevant jurisdiction and designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency; provided that Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section  2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Issuing Bank.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing (or in the case of an ABR Borrowing, prior to 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the

 

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greater of the NYFRB and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency) or (ii) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections . (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request (or, if not so specified, as provided in Section 2.03) and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request (or, if not so specified, as provided in Section 2.03). Thereafter, the relevant Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. A Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower, or the Company on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by telephone or irrevocable written notice in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars (other than Designated Loans) or by irrevocable written notice (via an Interest Election Request signed by such Borrower, or the Company on its behalf) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Loan) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, telecopy or e-mail in accordance with Section 9.01 to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the relevant Borrower, or the Company on its behalf. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit any Borrower to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not available under the Class of Commitments pursuant to which such Borrowing was made.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section  2.02 :

(i) the name of the applicable Borrower and the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period and Agreed Currency to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

 

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If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the applicable Class of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the relevant Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period (i) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars (other than Designated Loans), such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing; provided that if the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent its customary standard documentation pre-authorizing automatic continuations, such Borrowing shall automatically continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars with an Interest Period of one month unless such Eurocurrency Borrowing is or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.11 and (ii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Loan in respect of which the applicable Borrower shall have failed to deliver an Interest Election Request prior to the third (3 rd ) Business Day preceding the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall automatically continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the same Agreed Currency with an Interest Period of one month unless such Eurocurrency Borrowing is or was repaid in accordance with Section 2.11. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing denominated in Dollars (other than Designated Loans) may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars (other than Designated Loans) shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency and each Designated Loan shall automatically be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.

SECTION 2.09 Termination and Reduction of Commitments .

(a) Unless previously terminated, the Term Loan Commitments shall terminate on the earlier of (i) 3:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the Spinoff Deadline Date or (ii) May 31, 2018 to the extent that they are terminated pursuant to the terms of Section  4.02 . Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (subject to Section  2.25 ) or (ii) May 31, 2018 to the extent that they are terminated pursuant to the terms of Section  4.02 .

(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments and/or the Term Loan Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of such Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section  2.11 , the Dollar Amount of the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the acquisition of one Lender by another Lender, or the merger, consolidation or other combination of any two or more Lenders (any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or other combination being referred to hereinafter as a “ Combination ” and each Lender which is a party to such Combination being hereinafter referred to as a “ Combined Lender ”), the Company may notify the Administrative Agent that it desires to reduce the Commitment of the Lender surviving such Combination (the “ Surviving Lender ”) to an amount equal to the Commitment of that Combined Lender which had the largest Commitment of each of the

 

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Combined Lenders party to such Combination (such largest Commitment being the “ Surviving Commitment ” and the Commitments of the other Combined Lenders being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “ Retired Commitments ”). If the Required Lenders (determined as set forth below) and the Administrative Agent agree to such reduction in the Surviving Lender’s Commitment, then (i) the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be reduced by the Retired Commitments effective upon the effective date of the Combination, provided, that, on or before such date the Borrowers have paid in full the outstanding principal amount of the Loans of each of the Combined Lenders other than the Combined Lender whose Commitment is the Surviving Commitment, (ii) from and after the effective date of such reduction, the Surviving Lender shall have no obligation with respect to the Retired Commitments, and (iii) the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent whether they wish such reduction to be a permanent reduction or a temporary reduction. If such reduction is to be a temporary reduction, then the Company shall be responsible for finding one or more financial institutions (each, a “ Replacement Lender ”), acceptable to the Administrative Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), willing to assume the obligations of a Lender hereunder with aggregate Commitments up to the amount of the Retired Commitments. The Administrative Agent may require the Replacement Lenders to execute such documents, instruments or agreements as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or desirable to evidence such Replacement Lenders’ agreement to become parties hereunder. For purposes of this Section  2.09(b) , Required Lenders shall be determined as if the reduction in the aggregate amount of the Commitments requested by the Company had occurred (i.e., the Combined Lenders shall be deemed to have a single Commitment equal to the Surviving Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be deemed to have been reduced by the Retired Commitments).

(d) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments or the Term Loan Commitments shall be made ratably among the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class.

SECTION 2.10 Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Indebtedness .

(a) (i) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (A) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made to such Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in the currency of such Loan and (B) in the case of the Company, to the relevant Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made by such Swingline Lender on the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the 14 th Business Day after the date such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Company shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding.

(ii) The Company shall repay Term Loans in installments as follows: (i) on the last day of the first full Calendar Quarter following the Closing Date and on the last day of the three Calendar Quarters ending immediately after such first full Calendar Quarter, 1.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans actually funded on the Closing Date (the “ Funded Amount ”); (ii) on the last day of the fifth full Calendar Quarter following the Closing Date and on the last day of the

 

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three Calendar Quarters ending immediately after such fifth full Calendar Quarter, 1.875% of the Funded Amount; and (iii) on the last day of the ninth full Calendar Quarter following the Closing Date and on the last day of each Calendar Quarter ending after such ninth full Calendar Quarter (and prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date), 2.5% of the Funded Amount (in each of the foregoing cases, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section  2.11.1(b) ). To the extent not previously repaid, all unpaid Term Loans shall be paid in full in Dollars by the Company on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class, Agreed Currency and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to any Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the relevant Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form attached hereto as Exhibit D-1 or D-2 , as applicable. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section  9.04 ) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form.

SECTION 2.11 Prepayment of Loans .

SECTION 2.11.1. Voluntary Prepayments .

(a) Any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that (i) each prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing (other than in connection with a prepayment of all outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowings and/or a prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing made to refinance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section  2.06(e)) shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 1,000,000 units of such currency) and not less than $5,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, 5,000,000 units of such currency) and (ii) each prepayment of an ABR Borrowing (other than in connection with a prepayment of all outstanding ABR Borrowings and/or a prepayment of an ABR Borrowing made to refinance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section  2.06(e)) shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $1,000,000.

(b) The applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or e-mail in accordance with Section  9.01 ) of any prepayment hereunder (other than a prepayment of a Swingline Loan) (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing and any Designated Loan, not later than 3:00 p.m., Local Time, three (3) Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the date of prepayment or (iii) in the

 

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case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section  2.09 , then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section  2.09 . Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the applicable Class of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section  2.02 . Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing, and each voluntary prepayment of a Term Loan Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Term Loan Borrowing in such order of application as directed by the Company. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section  2.13 and (ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section  2.16 .

SECTION 2.11.2. Mandatory Prepayments . If at any time, (i) other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, (w) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposures (calculated, with respect to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) exceeds the aggregate Revolving Commitments, (x) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all Loans (calculated, with respect to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) outstanding denominated in Foreign Currencies exceeds the Foreign Currency Sublimit, (y) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all Loans (calculated, with respect to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) outstanding to the Affiliate Borrowers exceeds the Affiliate Borrower Sublimit or (z) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all Swingline Loans (calculated, with respect to those Swingline Loans denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Swingline Loan) outstanding denominated in Foreign Currencies exceeds the Swingline Foreign Currency Sublimit or (ii) solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, (w) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the Total Revolving Credit Exposures (as so calculated) exceeds 105% of the aggregate Revolving Commitments, (x) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures (as so calculated) denominated in Foreign Currencies exceeds 105% of the Foreign Currency Sublimit, (y) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures (as so calculated) to the Affiliate Borrowers exceeds 105% of the Affiliate Borrower Sublimit or (z) the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all Swingline Loans (as so calculated) denominated in Foreign Currencies exceeds 105% of the Swingline Foreign Currency Sublimit, the Borrowers shall, promptly after receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent, repay Borrowings and, if no Borrowings are then outstanding, Cash Collateralize LC Exposure in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  2.06(j) , in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to eliminate any such excess.

SECTION 2.12 Fees . (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a facility fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average daily amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Revolving Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Revolving Commitment terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Revolving Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the fifteenth Business Day following the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any facility

 

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fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) The Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable LC Fee Rate (as defined below) on the average daily Dollar Amount of such Revolving Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Revolving Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum separately agreed upon between the Company and such Issuing Bank on the average daily Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit issued by the relevant Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the fifteenth Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable promptly after demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 30 days after demand accompanied by an invoice in reasonable detail. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). Participation fees and fronting fees in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars shall be paid in Dollars, and participation fees and fronting fees in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be paid in such Foreign Currency. As used above, “ Applicable LC Fee Rate ” means at any time (x) in the case of standby Letters of Credit (other than those described in the following clause (y)), the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans at such time and (y) in the case of commercial Letters of Credit and standby Letters of Credit issued to ensure the performance of services and/or delivery of goods, in each case at a per annum rate equal to 50% of the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans at such time.

(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent.

(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds in Dollars (except as expressly provided in this Section), to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the applicable Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.13 Interest .

(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (other than any Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate. Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum agreed upon between the Company and the relevant Swingline Lender (or, if such a rate per annum is not agreed upon between the Company and the relevant Swingline Lender in respect of a Swingline Loan, such Swingline Loan shall bear interest at (i) in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in Dollars other than a Designated Swingline Loan, the Alternate Base

 

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Rate plus the Applicable Rate for ABR Revolving Borrowings or (ii) in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Swingline Loan, the Eurocurrency Swingline Rate plus the Applicable Rate). The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing (other than any Eurocurrency Swingline Borrowing) shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any interest or fee, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(c) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(d) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest (i) computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and (ii) for Borrowings denominated in Pounds Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.

(e) By entering into this Agreement, the parties have assumed in bona fide that the interest payable hereunder is not and will not become subject to any deduction or withholding of Taxes for Swiss Withholding Tax. Nevertheless, if a deduction or withholding of Taxes for Swiss Withholding Tax is required by Swiss law to be made by the Swiss Borrower in respect of any interest payable by it under a Loan Document then:

(i) the applicable interest rate in relation to that interest payment shall be

(A) the interest rate which would have applied to that interest payment (as provided for in this Section  2.13 ) in the absence of this paragraph  (e) , divided by

(B) one (1) minus the rate at which the relevant deduction or withholding of Taxes for Swiss Withholding Tax is required to be made (where the rate at which the relevant deduction or withholding of Taxes for Swiss Withholding Tax is required to be made is for this purpose expressed as a fraction of (1) rather than as percentage);

(ii) the Swiss Borrower shall: (i) pay the relevant interest at the adjusted rate in accordance with paragraph  (a) above and (ii) make the deduction or withholding of Taxes for Swiss Withholding Tax on the interest so recalculated; and

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To the extent that interest payable by a Swiss Borrower under this Agreement becomes subject to Swiss Withholding Tax, each relevant Lender and each Swiss Borrower shall promptly cooperate by completing any procedural formalities (including submitting forms and documents required by the appropriate Tax authority) to the extent possible and necessary for that Swiss Borrower to obtain authorization to make interest payments without them being subject to Swiss Withholding Tax or to being subject to Swiss Withholding Tax at a rate reduced under applicable double taxation treaties.

In the event Swiss Withholding Tax is refunded to a Lender by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration, the relevant Lender shall forward, after deduction of any due payment to be made at the time of such refund by the relevant Swiss Borrower under this Agreement and costs, such amount to the relevant Swiss Borrower.

(f) The Swiss Borrower is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under paragraph  (e) above by reason of a deduction or withholding of Taxes for Swiss Withholding Tax due to a breach of the Swiss Non-Bank Rules (i) if such lender has made an incorrect declaration of its status as to whether or not it is a Swiss Qualifying Lender, (ii) has breached the assignment, transfer or exposure transfer restrictions pursuant to Section  9.04(b)(ii)(G) (Successors and Assigns), or (iii) has ceased to be a Swiss Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or double taxation treaty, or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority.

SECTION 2.14 Alternate Rate of Interest .

(a) If at the time that the Administrative Agent shall seek to determine the LIBOR Screen Rate on the Quotation Day for any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing the LIBOR Screen Rate shall not be available for such Interest Period and/or for the applicable currency with respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for any reason, and the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine that it is not possible to determine the Interpolated Rate (which conclusion shall be conclusive and binding absent demonstrable error), then the Reference Bank Rate shall be the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Borrowing; provided that if the Reference Bank Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement; provided , further , however, that if less than two Reference Banks shall supply a rate to the Administrative Agent for purposes of determining the LIBO Rate for such Eurocurrency Borrowing, (i) if such Borrowing shall be requested in Dollars (other than Designated Loans), then such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing at the Alternate Base Rate (disregarding clause (c) of the definition thereof) and (ii) if such Borrowing shall be requested in any Foreign Currency or if such Borrowing is a Designated Loan, the LIBO Rate shall be equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole reasonable discretion and consented to in writing by the Company and the Required Lenders (the “ Alternative Rate ”), provided, however, that until such time as the Alternative Rate shall be determined and so consented to by the Company and the Required Lenders, Borrowings shall not be available in such Foreign Currency or as a Designated Loan, as the case may be. It is hereby understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything to the foregoing set forth in this Section  2.14(a) , if at any time the conditions set forth in Section  2.14(c)(i) or (ii) are in effect, the provisions of this Section  2.14(a) shall no longer be applicable for any purpose of determining any alternative rate of interest under this Agreement and Section  2.14(c) shall instead be applicable for all purposes of determining any alternative rate of interest under this Agreement.

(b) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent demonstrable error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable (including, without limitation, because the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis), for a Loan in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period; or

 

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(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for a Loan in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for the applicable currency and such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice (in reasonable detail) thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Lenders of the applicable Class prior to the commencement of such Interest Period by telephone, telecopy or e-mail in accordance with Section  9.01 as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower and the Lenders of the applicable Class that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist (which notice the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to provide promptly after its determination of such circumstances ceasing to exist), (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be ineffective, (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars (other than a Designated Loan), such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing, and (iii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Loan, then the LIBO Rate for such Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be the Alternative Rate; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in Section  2.14(b)(i)  have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in Section  2.14(b)(i)  have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable; provided that, if such alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section  9.02 , such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this Section  2.14(c) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section  2.14(c) , only to the extent the LIBOR Screen Rate for the applicable currency and such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (x) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the applicable currency or for the applicable Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be ineffective, (y) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing and (z) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in a Foreign Currency, then such request shall be ineffective.

 

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SECTION 2.15 Increased Costs . (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any Issuing Bank;

(ii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or

(iii) subject the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations of the type that such Lender has hereunder, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Administrative Agent or such Lender of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, then the applicable Borrower will pay to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered as reasonably determined by such Lender or such Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and consistent with similarly situated customers of the applicable Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank under agreements having provisions similar to this Section  2.15 after consideration of such factors as such Lender or such Issuing Bank then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank reasonably determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered as reasonably determined by such Lender or such Issuing Bank (which determination shall be made in good faith (and not on an arbitrary or capricious basis) and consistent with similarly situated customers of the applicable Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank under agreements having provisions similar to this Section  2.15 after consideration of such factors as such Lender or such Issuing Bank then reasonably determines to be relevant).

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth in reasonable detail the computation of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Company contemporaneously with any demand for payment hereunder and shall be conclusive absent clearly demonstrable error. The Company shall pay, or cause the other Borrowers to pay, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

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(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions if such Lender or such Issuing Bank fails to notify the Company within 90 days after it obtains actual knowledge (or, in the exercise of ordinary due diligence, should have obtained actual knowledge) and such Lender and such Issuing Bank shall only be entitled to receive such compensation for any losses incurred by it or amounts to which it would otherwise be entitled from and after the date 90 days prior to the date such Lender or such Issuing Bank provided notice thereof to the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s claim for compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 90-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.16 Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section  2.11 ), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section  2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section  2.19 or 9.02(e) , then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth the computation in reasonable detail of any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower contemporaneously with the demand for payment and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17 Taxes .

(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the reasonable 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, subject to Section  2.17(m) and without duplication, (i) the sum payable by the relevant Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender, or any other recipient of such payments (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions or withholdings and (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law; provided , however , in no event will a payment be increased under this paragraph (a) by reason of a deduction on account of Taxes imposed by Luxembourg, if on the date on which the payment falls due a deduction is required in respect of the Luxembourg law of 23 December 2005, as amended, introducing in Luxembourg a 20% withholding tax as regards Luxembourg resident individuals.

 

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(b) In addition, each Borrower shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes related to such Borrower.

(c) The Loan Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such Borrower under any Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability together with a supporting document shall be delivered to the Company by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender contemporaneously with any demand for payment, and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. This paragraph (c) shall not apply to the extent such Taxes would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Section  2.17(m)(i) but were not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions set forth in Section  2.17(m)(iii) applied.

(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a copy of a receipt issued, if available, by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) (i) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which a Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to such Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by such Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by such Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section  2.17(e)(ii)(A) and (ii)(B) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section  2.17(e)(i) shall not apply to UK Treaty Lenders (to which the provisions of Section  2.17(m)(vi) shall apply).

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a U.S. Person:

(A) any U.S. Lender shall deliver to such 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 such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

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(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such 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 such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(2) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3) 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 H-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of such Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 or Exhibit H-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and 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 H-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(5) for purposes of furnishing the U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate as described in the foregoing clauses (3) and (4), if a Foreign Lender (or a foreign Participant) is a Disregarded Entity, the Foreign Lender will submit such certificate based on the status of the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of such Lender or Participant; and

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to such 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 such Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

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(f) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrowers or with respect to which a Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section  2.17 , it shall pay over such refund to such Borrower (but only to the extent of the indemnity payments made under this Section  2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such Lender or the Administrative Agent and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such Borrower, upon the request of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, shall repay to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (f) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will a Lender or the Administrative Agent be required to pay any amount to a Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, in a less favorable net after-Tax position than it would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to any Borrower or any other Person.

(g) Each Lender shall severally indemnify (i) the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after demand therefor, for (A) any Indemnified Taxes or Other 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 or Other Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) and (B) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section  9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (ii) the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after demand therefor, for any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section  2.17(g) .

(h) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section  2.17(h) , “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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(i) For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Effective Date, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) this Agreement and the Loans as not qualifying as “grandfathered obligations” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i) or 1.1471-2T(b)(2)(i).

(j) Each Lender, on or prior to the date it becomes a party hereto, shall inform the Parent whether it is an Irish Qualifying Lender by completing and providing to the Parent a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (such certificate, an “ Irish Qualifying Lender Confirmation ”). Each Lender shall, upon reasonable written request from the Company or the Administrative Agent provide an updated Irish Qualifying Lender Confirmation. No Irish Borrower is required to make an increased payment in respect of any withholding tax for or on account of Irish Taxes pursuant to Section  2.17(a) , if on the date on which the payment falls due: (i) the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a deduction for Irish Taxes if that Lender was an Irish Qualifying Lender, but on that date the Lender is not or has ceased to be an Irish Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any Change in Law after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement; or (ii) the relevant Lender is an Irish Treaty Lender and the Irish Borrower is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without withholding had that Lender co-operated in completing any procedural formalities necessary for the Irish Borrower to obtain authorisation to make the payment without withholding.

(k) The indemnity contained in Section  2.17(c) shall not apply to any loss, liability or cost in respect of Irish Taxes to the extent that it:

(i) is compensated for by an increased payment under Section  2.17(a) ; or

(ii) would have been compensated for by an increased payment under Section 2.17(a) but was not so compensated solely because the exclusion in Section  2.17(j) applied.

(l) Any Lender to which interest may be paid by the Irish Borrower free of withholding tax because such Lender falls within section 246(3)(h) of the Irish TCA shall, following a reasonable request in writing from the Irish Borrower (a) confirm its name, address and country of tax residence to the Irish Borrower for the purposes of complying with a reporting obligation under section 891A of the Irish TCA, and (b) provide the Irish Borrower with any information that is required for the Irish Borrower to comply with its obligations under Section 891E, 891F and 891G of the Irish TCA and any regulations made pursuant to those sections. Nothing in this Section  2.17(l) shall oblige a Lender to disclose any confidential information or computations in respect of Taxes or do anything, which would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation, any fiduciary duty or any duty of confidentiality.

(m) United Kingdom Withholding Matters .

(i) If a UK Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by any Loan Party, the amount of the payment due from that Loan Party shall be increased to an amount which (after making any UK Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no UK Tax Deduction had been required.

(ii) The Company shall promptly upon becoming aware that a Loan Party must make a UK Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a UK Tax Deduction) notify the Administrative Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender or Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender or Issuing Bank. If the Administrative Agent receives such notification from a Lender or Issuing Bank it shall promptly notify the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, any failure by a Lender or Issuing Bank to comply with this Section  2.17(m)(ii) shall not limit or otherwise affect any of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s rights under any Loan Document or any obligation of a Loan Party under any Loan Document.

 

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(iii) In the case of a Lender advancing a Loan to a UK Borrower, a payment by a UK Borrower shall not be increased pursuant to Section  2.17(a) or Section  2.17(m)(i) by reason of a UK Tax Deduction on interest if on the date on which the payment falls due (A) the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a UK Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a UK Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a UK Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or UK Treaty, or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority or (B) the relevant Lender is a UK Treaty Lender and the UK Borrower making the payment is able to demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the UK Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under Section  2.17(m)(vi) or Section  2.17(m)(vii) , as applicable, or (C) the relevant Lender is a UK Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of clause (a)(ii) of the definition of “UK Qualifying Lender” and (x) an officer of H.M. Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked) a direction (a “ Direction ”) under section 931 of the UK ITA 2007 which relates to the payment and that Lender has received from the Borrower making the payment a certified copy of that Direction and (y) the payment could have been made to the Lender without any UK Tax Deduction if that Direction had not been made, or (D) the relevant Lender is a UK Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of clause (a)(ii) of the definition of “UK Qualifying Lender” and (x) the relevant Lender has not given a UK Tax Confirmation to the relevant UK Borrower or the Company and (y) the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without any UK Tax Deduction if the Lender had given a UK Tax Confirmation to the relevant UK Borrower or the Company, on the basis that the UK Tax Confirmation would have enabled the UK Borrower to have formed a reasonable belief that the payment was an “excepted payment” for the purpose of section 930 of the UK ITA 2007.

(iv) Within thirty days of making either a UK Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that UK Tax Deduction the Loan Party making that UK Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Administrative Agent for the Recipient entitled to the payment a statement under section 975 of the UK ITA 2007 or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Recipient that the UK Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to HM Revenue & Customs.

(v) If a Loan Party is required to make a UK Tax Deduction, that Loan Party shall make that UK Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that UK Tax Deduction within the time allowed and the minimum amount required by law.

(vi) In the case of a Lender advancing a Loan to a UK Borrower:

(A) Subject to (B) below, each UK Treaty Lender and each Loan Party which makes a payment to which that UK Treaty Lender is entitled shall cooperate in completing any procedural formalities necessary for such Loan Party to obtain authorization to make such payment without a UK Tax Deduction.

(B) (1) A UK Treaty Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement (a “ Party ”) on the day on which this Agreement (or any amendment hereto) is entered into that (x) holds a passport under the HM Revenue & Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme and (y) wishes such scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall confirm its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence on its signature page to this Agreement (or any amendment hereto) or otherwise in writing to the Company; and

 

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(2) a Lender which becomes a Lender hereunder after the day on which this Agreement (or any amendment hereto) is entered into that (x) holds a passport under the HM Revenue & Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme and (y) wishes such scheme to apply to this Agreement, shall provide its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in the Assignment and Assumption, Increasing Lender Supplement or Augmenting Lender Supplement, as the case may be, or otherwise in writing to the Company;

and having done so, that Lender shall not be under any obligation pursuant to paragraph (A) above.

(C) Upon satisfying either paragraph (A), (B)(1) or (B)(2) above, such Lender shall have satisfied its obligations under Section  2.17(e)(i) (in respect of a UK Tax Deduction).

(vii) If a UK Treaty Lender has confirmed its scheme reference number and its jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with Section  2.17(m)(vi)(B) above, the UK Borrower(s) making payments to that UK Treaty Lender shall make a UK Borrower DTTP filing with respect to such Lender, and shall promptly provide such Lender with a copy of such filing; provided that, if a UK Borrower making a payment to that UK Treaty Lender has made a UK Borrower DTTP Filing in respect of that UK Treaty Lender but:

(A) such UK Borrower DTTP Filing has been rejected by HM Revenue & Customs; or

(B) HM Revenue & Customs has not given such UK Borrower authority to make payments to such Lender without a UK Tax Deduction within 60 days of the date of such UK Borrower DTTP Filing;

and in each case, such UK Borrower has notified that UK Treaty Lender in writing of either (A) or (B) above, then such UK Treaty Lender and such UK Borrower shall co-operate in completing any additional procedural formalities necessary for such UK Borrower to obtain authorization to make that payment without a UK Tax Deduction.

(viii) If a Lender has not confirmed its scheme reference number and jurisdiction of tax residence in accordance with Section  2.17(m)(vi)(B) above, no Loan Party shall make a UK Borrower DTTP Filing or file any other form relating to the HM Revenue & Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme in respect of that Lender’s Commitment(s) or its participation in any Loan unless the Lender otherwise agrees.

(ix) Each Lender which becomes a Party after the date of this Agreement (a “ New Lender ”) shall indicate in the relevant Assignment and Assumption, Increasing Lender Supplement or Augmenting Lender Supplement (as applicable) which it executes on becoming a Party, and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and without liability to any Loan Party, which of the following categories it falls in: (i) not a UK Qualifying Lender; (ii) a UK Qualifying Lender (other than a UK Treaty Lender); or (iii) a UK Treaty Lender, and if the New Lender fails to indicate its status in accordance with this Section  2.17(m)(ix) then such New Lender shall be treated for the purposes of this Agreement (including by each Loan Party) as if it is not a UK Qualifying Lender until such time as it notifies the Administrative Agent which category applies (and the Administrative Agent, upon receipt of such notification, shall inform the relevant UK Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, an Assignment and Assumption, Increasing Lender Supplement or Augmenting Lender Supplement shall not be invalidated by any failure of a Lender to comply with this Section  2.17(m)(ix) .

(x) Each UK Borrower shall pay and, within three (3) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Recipient against any cost, loss or liability that Recipient incurs in relation to all United Kingdom stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes payable in respect of any Loan Document.

 

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(n) VAT .

(i) All amounts set out or expressed in a Loan Document to be payable by any Party to any Recipient which (in whole or in part) constitute the consideration for any supply or supplies for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply or supplies, and accordingly, subject to Section  2.17(n)(ii) below, if VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Recipient to any Party under a Loan Document and such Recipient is required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, that Party shall pay to such Recipient, as applicable, (in addition to and at the same time as paying any other consideration for such supply) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT (and such Recipient, as applicable, shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to such Party).

(ii) If VAT is or becomes chargeable on any supply made by any Recipient (the “ Supplier ”) to any other Recipient (the “ VAT Recipient ”) under a Loan Document, and any Party other than the VAT Recipient (the “ Subject Party ”) is required by the terms of any Loan Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to reimburse the VAT Recipient in respect of that consideration):

(A) where the Supplier is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, the Subject Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT. The VAT Recipient will, where this Section  2.17(n)(ii)(A) applies, promptly pay to the Subject Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment obtained by the VAT Recipient from the relevant tax authority which the VAT Recipient reasonably determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply; and

(B) where the VAT Recipient is the person required to account to the relevant tax authority for the VAT, the Subject Party shall promptly, following demand from the VAT Recipient, pay to the VAT Recipient an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on that supply but only to the extent that the VAT Recipient reasonably determines that it is not entitled to credit or repayment from the relevant tax authority in respect of that VAT.

(iii) Where a Loan Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Recipient for any cost or expense, that Party shall reimburse or indemnify (as the case may be) such Recipient for the full amount of such cost or expense, including such part thereof as represents VAT, save to the extent that the Recipient reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority.

(iv) Any reference in this Section  2.17(n) to any Party shall, at any time when such Party is treated as a member of a group or unity (or fiscal unity) for VAT purposes, include (where appropriate and unless the context otherwise requires) a reference to the person who is treated at that time as making the supply, or (as appropriate) receiving the supply, under the grouping rules (provided for in Article 11 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC (or as implemented by the relevant member state of the European Union) or any other similar provision in any jurisdiction which is not a member state of the European Union) so that a reference to a Party shall be construed as a reference to that Party or the relevant group or unity (or fiscal unity) of which that Party is a member for VAT purposes at the relevant time or the relevant representative member (or head) of that group or unity (or fiscal unity) at the relevant time (as the case may be).

(o) In relation to any supply made by a Recipient to any Party under a Loan Document, if reasonably requested by such Recipient, that Party must promptly provide details of its VAT registration and such other information as is reasonably requested in connection with such Recipient’s VAT reporting requirements in relation to such supply.

 

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(p) Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section  2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(q) Defined Terms . For purposes of this Section  2.17 , the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

SECTION 2.18 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs .

(a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section  2.15 , 2.16 or 2.17 , or otherwise) prior to (i) in the case of payments denominated in Dollars (other than in respect of Designated Loans), 1:00 p.m., Chicago time and (ii) in the case of payments denominated in a Foreign Currency or in respect of Designated Loans, 1:00 p.m., Local Time, in the city of the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency or Designated Loan, as applicable, in each case on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made (i) in the same currency in which the applicable Credit Event was made (or where such currency has been converted to euro, in euro) and (ii) to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 or, in the case of a Credit Event denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Loan, the Administrative Agent’s Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency or Designated Loan, as applicable, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or a Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 , 2.16 , 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Credit Event in any Foreign Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit Event was made (the “ Original Currency ”) no longer exists or any Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by such Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrowers take all risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

(c) If, except as expressly provided herein, any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other similarly situated Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase

 

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(for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by all such Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; 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, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the relevant Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or an Issuing Bank hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the applicable Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the applicable Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank 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 NYFRB and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency).

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section  2.05(c) , 2.06(d) or (e) , 2.07(b) , 2.18(d) or 9.03(c) , then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders or the Issuing Banks to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section; in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion; it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent permitted by law, apply any cash collateral to such obligations when due.

SECTION 2.19 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders . (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section  2.15 , or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section  2.13(e) or Section  2.17 (other than amounts in respect of Other Taxes or VAT), then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section  2.13(e) , 2.15 or 2.17 , as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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(b) If (i) any Lender (or any of its Participants) requests compensation under Section  2.15 , (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender (or any of its Participants) or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender (or any of its Participants) pursuant to Section  2.13(e) or Section  2.17 , (iii) any Lender (w) has become the subject of a Bail-In Action (or any case or other proceeding in which a Bail-In Action may occur), (x) is or becomes a Defaulting Lender, a Disqualified Institution or a Swiss Non-Qualifying Lender (but only if such cessation will otherwise cause a breach of the Swiss Ten Non-Bank Rule or the Swiss Twenty Non-Bank Rule) or (y) rejects the designation of an Agreed Currency or of a Foreign Subsidiary as an Eligible Subsidiary if, in each case, such Agreed Currency or designation of a Foreign Subsidiary as an Eligible Subsidiary has otherwise been approved by the Required Lenders, (iv) any Lender shall determine that any law, regulation or treaty or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans as contemplated by this Agreement or (v) any Lender shall enter into, or purport to enter into, any assignment or participation with a Disqualified Institution in violation of this Agreement, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section  9.04 ), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section  2.15 or 2.17 ) and obligations under the 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) such Lender is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts). Each party hereto agrees that (1) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (2) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.

SECTION 2.20 Expansion Option . The Company may from time to time (but in no event prior to the Spinoff Date) elect to increase the Revolving Commitments or enter into one or more tranches of term loans (each an “ Incremental Term Loan ”), in each case in a minimum amount of $25,000,000 and minimum increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such increases and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed $300,000,000. The Company may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Revolving Commitment, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, an “ Increasing Lender ”), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an “ Augmenting Lender ”; provided that no Ineligible Institution may be an Augmenting Lender), which agree to increase their existing Revolving Commitments, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, or provide new Revolving Commitments, as the case may be; provided that (i) each Augmenting Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Company, the Administrative Agent, and in the case of an increase in the Revolving Commitments, each Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender (each such consent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (ii) (x) in the case of an Increasing Lender, the Company and such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit  C-1 hereto, and (y) in the case of an Augmenting Lender, the Company and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit  C-2 hereto. No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the increase or any Incremental Term

 

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Loan) shall be required for any increase in Revolving Commitments or Incremental Term Loan pursuant to this Section  2.20 . Increases and new Revolving Commitments and Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to this Section  2.20 shall become effective on the date agreed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Revolving Commitments (or in the Revolving Commitment of any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective under this paragraph unless, (i) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase or Incremental Term Loans, (A) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section  4.03 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Company and (B) the Company shall be in compliance (on a pro forma basis) with the covenants contained in Sections  6.01 and 6.02 and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received documents and opinions consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the organizational power and authority of the Borrowers to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be. On the effective date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments or any Incremental Term Loans being made, (i) each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lender’s portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii) the Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of any increase in the Revolving Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, in accordance with the requirements of Section  2.03 ). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section  2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Revolving Loans and the initial Term Loans, (b) shall not mature earlier than the latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans (but may have amortization prior to such date) and (c) shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Revolving Loans and the initial Term Loans; provided that (i) the terms and conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans maturing after the latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans may provide for material additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment requirements applicable only during periods after the latest Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans and (ii) the Incremental Term Loans may be priced differently than the Revolving Loans and the initial Term Loans. Incremental Term Loans may be made hereunder pursuant to an amendment or restatement (an “ Incremental Term Loan Amendment ”) of this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers, each Increasing Lender participating in such tranche, each Augmenting Lender participating in such tranche, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan 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, to effect the provisions of this Section  2.20 . Nothing contained in this Section  2.20 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Revolving Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time.

SECTION 2.21 Market Disruption . Notwithstanding the satisfaction of all conditions referred to in Article II and Article IV with respect to any Credit Event to be effected in any Foreign Currency, if (i) there shall occur on or prior to the date of such Credit Event any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which would in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing

 

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Bank (if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit) or the Required Lenders make it impracticable for the Eurocurrency Borrowings or Letters of Credit comprising such Credit Event to be denominated in the Agreed Currency specified by the applicable Borrower or (ii) a Dollar Amount of such currency is not readily calculable, then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to such Borrower, the Lenders and, if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Bank, and such Credit Events shall not be denominated in such Agreed Currency but shall, except as otherwise set forth in Section  2.07 , be made on the date of such Credit Event in Dollars, (a) if such Credit Event is a Borrowing, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related request for a Credit Event or Interest Election Request, as the case may be, as ABR Loans, unless such Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the occurrence of such Credit Event that (i) it elects not to borrow on such date or (ii) it elects to borrow on such date in a different Agreed Currency, as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Loans would in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders be practicable and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related request for a Credit Event or Interest Election Request, as the case may be or (b) if such Credit Event is a Letter of Credit, in a face amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the face amount specified in the related request or application for such Letter of Credit, unless such Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent prior to the occurrence of such Credit Event that (i) it elects not to request the issuance of such Letter of Credit on such date or (ii) it elects to have such Letter of Credit issued on such date in a different Agreed Currency, as the case may be, in which the denomination of such Letter of Credit would in the reasonable opinion of the Issuing Bank which has issued such Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders be practicable and in face amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the face amount specified in the related request or application for such Letter of Credit, as the case may be.

SECTION 2.22 Judgment Currency . If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from any Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the “ specified currency ”) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agent’s main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, each Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a) the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b) any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section  2.18 , such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to such Borrower.

SECTION 2.23 Designation of Affiliate Borrowers . On the Effective Date, and subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions in Article IV hereto, the Initial Affiliate Borrower shall be an Affiliate Borrower hereunder until the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent an Affiliate Borrowing Termination with respect to the Initial Affiliate Borrower and complied with the terms and conditions of Section  5.10 , whereupon the Initial Affiliate Borrower shall cease to be an Affiliate Borrower hereunder. After the Effective Date, the Company may at any time and from time to time designate any Eligible Subsidiary as an Affiliate Borrower by

 

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delivery to the Administrative Agent of an Affiliate Borrowing Agreement executed by such Subsidiary and the Company and the satisfaction of the other conditions precedent set forth in Section  4.04 , and upon such delivery and satisfaction such Subsidiary shall for all purposes of this Agreement be an Affiliate Borrower and a party to this Agreement until the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent an Affiliate Borrowing Termination with respect to such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Affiliate Borrower and a party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no Affiliate Borrowing Termination will become effective as to any Affiliate Borrower at a time when any principal of or interest on any Loan to such Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder, provided that such Affiliate Borrowing Termination shall be effective to terminate the right of such Affiliate Borrower to make further Borrowings under this Agreement. As soon as practicable upon receipt of an Affiliate Borrowing Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall furnish a copy thereof to each Lender.

SECTION 2.24 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:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section  2.12(a) ;

(b) any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section  9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent (but as promptly as commercially practicable) hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; third , to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section; fourth , as the Company may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Company, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with this Section; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Revolving Lenders, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Revolving Lender, the Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; seventh , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the any Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section  4.03 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Loans are held by the Revolving Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving effect to clause (d) below. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this Section shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Revolving Lender irrevocably consents hereto;

 

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(c) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure 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  9.02 ); provided , that, except as otherwise provided in Section  9.02 , this clause (c) 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;

(d) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x)  first , prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y)  second , Cash Collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Banks only the Borrowers’ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section  2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Company Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section  2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is Cash Collateralized;

(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section  2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Applicable Percentages; and

(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor Cash Collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all facility fees that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment that was utilized by such LC Exposure) and letter of credit fees payable under Section  2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Banks until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or Cash Collateralized; and

(e) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lenders shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Banks shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with Section  2.24(d) , and participating interests in any such newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section  2.24(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

 

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If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) any Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank 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, no Swingline Lender shall be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender, satisfactory to each Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks, 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 Company, each Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

SECTION 2.25 Extension of Maturity Date.

(a) Requests for Extension . The Company may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the applicable Class of Lenders) during the Extension Availability Period, request that each applicable Lender extend such Lender’s Revolving Credit Maturity Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be (the “ Applicable Maturity Date ”), to a date (the “ Extended Maturity Date ”) that does not cause the tenor of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment or any Lender’s outstanding Term Loans to exceed five (5) years from the date upon which the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of such extension of the Applicable Maturity Date set forth in clause  (f) below have been satisfied (an “ Extension Date ”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may request extensions of any Class without requesting an extension of the other Class.

(b) Lender Elections to Extend . Each Lender of the applicable Class, acting in its sole and individual discretion, shall, by notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall be irrevocable unless the Company otherwise consents in writing in its sole discretion) given not later than the date that is 15 days after the date on which the Administrative Agent received the Company’s extension request (the “ Lender Notice Date ”), advise the Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to such extension (each Lender of the applicable Class that determines to so extend its Applicable Maturity Date, an “ Extending Lender ”). Each Lender of the applicable Class that determines not to so extend its Applicable Maturity Date (a “ Non-Extending Lender ”) shall notify the Administrative Agent of such fact promptly after such determination (but in any event no later than the Lender Notice Date), and any Lender of the applicable Class that does not so advise the Administrative Agent on or before the Lender Notice Date shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Lender. The election of any Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree, and it is understood and agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation whatsoever to agree to any request made by the Company for extension of the Applicable Maturity Date.

(c) Notification by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of each applicable Lender’s determination under this Section promptly after the Administrative Agent’s receipt thereof and, in any event, no later than the date that is 15 days prior to the applicable Extension Date (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day).

 

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(d) Additional Commitment Lenders . The Company shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, on or before the Applicable Maturity Date for any Non-Extending Lender to replace such Non-Extending Lender with, and add as a “Revolving Lender” (in the case of any extension of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date) or as a “Term Lender” (in the case of any extension of the Term Loan Maturity Date) under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more financial institutions that are not Ineligible Institutions (each, an “ Additional Commitment Lender ”) approved by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an Additional Commitment Lender assuming a new or additional Revolving Commitment, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lenders and Administrative Agent (in each case, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) in accordance with the procedures provided in Section  2.19(b) , each of which applicable Additional Commitment Lenders shall have entered into an Assignment and Assumption (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section  9.04 , with the Company or replacement Lender obligated to pay any applicable processing or recordation fee) with such Non-Extending Lender, pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lenders shall, effective on or before the Applicable Maturity Date for such Non-Extending Lender, assume a Revolving Commitment and/or Term Loans, as the case may be (and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender of the applicable Class, its Revolving Commitment and/or its outstanding Term Loans, as applicable, so assumed shall be in addition to such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and/or its outstanding Term Loans, as applicable, hereunder on such date). Prior to any Non-Extending Lender being replaced by one or more Additional Commitment Lenders pursuant hereto, such Non-Extending Lender may elect, in its sole discretion, by giving irrevocable notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Company (which notice shall set forth such Lender’s new Applicable Maturity Date), to become an Extending Lender, provided that the Company consents thereto in writing in its sole discretion. The Administrative Agent may effect such amendments to this Agreement as are reasonably necessary to provide for any such extensions with the consent of the Company but without the consent of any other Lenders.

(e) Minimum Extension Requirement . If (and only if) the total of the applicable Revolving Commitments or the applicable outstanding Term Loans of the Lenders of the applicable Class that have agreed to extend their Applicable Maturity Date and the new or increased Revolving Commitments or the applicable newly assumed outstanding Term Loans of any Additional Commitment Lenders is more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments or the applicable outstanding Term Loans, as applicable, in effect immediately prior to the applicable Extension Date, then, effective as of the applicable Extension Date, the Applicable Maturity Date of each Extending Lender and of each Additional Commitment Lender of the applicable Class shall be extended to the Extended Maturity Date (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, such Applicable Maturity Date as so extended shall be the next preceding Business Day) and each Additional Commitment Lender of such Class shall thereupon become a “Revolving Lender”, and/or a “Term Lender”, as the case may be, for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement as a Revolving Lender and/or Term Lender, as the case may be, hereunder and shall have the obligations of a Revolving Lender and/or a Term Lender, as the case may be, hereunder.

(f) Conditions to Effectiveness of Extension . Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) no more than two (2) extensions of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and no more than two (2) extensions of the Term Loan Maturity Date shall be permitted hereunder and (y) any extension of any Maturity Date pursuant to this Section  2.25 shall not be effective with respect to any Extending Lender and each Additional Commitment Lender unless:

(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the applicable Extension Date and immediately after giving effect thereto;

(ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement (other than the representations contained in Sections 3.04(b) and 3.05 ) shall be true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the applicable Extension Date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date); and

 

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(iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Company signed by a Financial Officer of the Company (A) certifying the accuracy of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) and (B) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by each Borrower approving or consenting to such extension.

(g) Maturity Date for Non-Extending Lenders . On the Applicable Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, (i) to the extent of the Revolving Commitments and Term Loans of each Non-Extending Lender of the relevant Class not assigned to the Additional Commitment Lenders of such Class, the Revolving Commitment of each Non-Extending Lender of such Class shall automatically terminate and (ii) the Company shall repay such Non-Extending Lender of such Class in accordance with Section  2.10 (and shall pay to such Non-Extending Lender all of the other Obligations due and owing to it under this Agreement) and after giving effect thereto shall prepay any Loans of the applicable Class outstanding on such date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section  2.16 ) to the extent necessary to keep outstanding Loans of the applicable Class ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages of the respective Lenders of such Class effective as of such date, and the Administrative Agent shall administer any necessary reallocation of the applicable Credit Exposures (without regard to any minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and/or pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement).

(h) Conflicting Provisions . This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section  2.18 or Section  9.02 to the contrary.

ARTICLE III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Effective beginning on the Closing Date, each Loan Party, as applicable, represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the Closing Date and to the extent contemplated by Section  4.03 , that:

SECTION 3.01 Corporate Existence and Power . Subject to transactions permitted under Section  6.04 , such Loan Party is validly existing and, to the extent such concept is relevant in the applicable jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and, except to the extent that the failure to have the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Loan Party has all organizational powers and all material Governmental Authority licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted.

SECTION 3.02 Corporate and Governmental Authorization; Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement are within their respective corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority (other than informational filings with the SEC or any similar Governmental Authority) and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of the Organizational Documents of any Loan Party or of any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other material instrument binding upon any Loan Party or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than under the Loan Documents) on any asset of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including any Borrower).

 

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SECTION 3.03 Binding Effect . This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each Loan Party enforceable against the applicable Loan Parties in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter affecting creditors’ rights generally, any mandatory applicable provisions of Luxembourg law of general application and general principles of equity.

SECTION 3.04 Financial Information .

(a) The audited combined balance sheet of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at December 31, 2017 and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP and set forth in the Form 10, a copy of which has been made available to each Lender, fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at such date and their consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such fiscal year.

(b) Except as disclosed in the Form 10, no change, occurrence or development has occurred since December 31, 2017 that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

SECTION 3.05 Litigation , etc. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened in writing against the Parent or any Subsidiary before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator (a) in which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision that could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, consolidated financial position or consolidated results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as disclosed in the Form 10; or (b) that in any manner questions the validity of this Agreement or the financing contemplated hereby.

SECTION 3.06 ERISA Compliance . Each of the Parent and each ERISA Affiliate has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each applicable Plan and is in compliance with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, and has not incurred any liability to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA (other than premiums which have been timely paid or for which an extension of the time for payment has been granted), other than failures to fund or comply or the incurrence of liabilities to the PBGC or any Plan that would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07 Taxes . The Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all United States federal income tax returns, and all other material federal, foreign, state and local income, excise and other material tax returns, which are required to be filed by them and have paid or made provision for the payment of all United States federal and material foreign, state and other taxes which have become due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment in respect thereof received by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except (a) for the payment of taxes that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided or (b) where the failure to so file or pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Under the laws of Luxembourg it is not necessary that the Loan Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with any court or other authority in any jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar Taxes be paid on or in relation to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, except (i) where the Loan Documents are physically attached ( annexé(s) ) to a public deed or to any other document subject to mandatory registration, in which case either a nominal registration duty or an ad valorem duty (of, for instance, 0.24 per cent. of the amount of the payment obligation mentioned in the document so registered) will be payable depending on the nature of the document to be registered, and (ii) in the case of voluntary registration of the Loan Documents.

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SECTION 3.09 Environmental Matters . The Parent conducts in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and existing Environmental Claims on the business, operations and properties of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, and as a result thereof the Parent has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and Environmental Claims could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, consolidated financial position or consolidated results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

SECTION 3.10 Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Credit Events solely for the purposes described in Section  5.02 .

SECTION 3.11 Disclosure . No written report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading when taken as a whole; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, such Loan Party represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being understood and agreed that projected financial information is simply an estimate, and there is no guarantee that projected results will in fact be achieved).

SECTION 3.12 Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions .

(a) Each of the Parent and its Subsidiaries and, to its Knowledge, its controlled affiliated companies and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents are conducting their business in compliance in all material respects with Anti-Corruption Laws and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws in all material respects.

(b) None of the Parent or its Subsidiaries or, to its Knowledge, their respective directors, officers, employees or agents acting in any capacity in connection with, or directly benefiting from, the Credit Events:

(i) is a Designated Person;

(ii) is a Person that is owned or controlled by a Designated Person or by a Sanctioned Country;

(iii) is incorporated, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, in violation of Sanctions; or

(iv) is (or, except as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date, has, to the Parent’s Knowledge, within the year preceding the Effective Date) directly or, to the Parent’s Knowledge, indirectly engaged in, any dealings or transactions, in each case in violation of any Sanctions, (1) with any Designated Person or (2) in any Sanctioned Country to the extent that after giving effect to such dealings or transactions the Parent and its Subsidiaries have more than 5% of their consolidated assets in Sanctioned Countries or derive more than 5% of their consolidated revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Countries.

SECTION 3.13 Domiciliation; Centre of Main Interests . In the case of a Loan Party organized under the laws of Luxembourg, the head office ( administration centrale ) and the place of effective management ( siège de direction effective ) are located at the place of its registered office

 

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( siège statutaire ) in Luxembourg and, for the purposes of the Insolvency Regulation, the centre of main interests ( centre des intérêts principaux ) is located at the place of its registered office ( siège statutaire ) in Luxembourg. Each UK Loan Party incorporated or organized in an EU jurisdiction represents and warrants to the Lenders that its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is in its jurisdiction of incorporation and it has no establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction. Each UK Loan Party incorporated in England and Wales and the Irish Guarantor represents and warrants to the Lenders that its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is in England and Wales and it has no establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction. Each Irish Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) is in Ireland and it has no establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 3.14 Swiss Non-Bank Rules . Each Swiss Loan Party is in compliance with the Swiss Non-Bank Rules. For the purposes of this Section  3.14 , (a) each Swiss Loan Party shall assume that the aggregate number of Lenders under this Agreement which are Swiss Non-Qualifying Lenders is five (5), and (b) no Default or Event of Default with respect to this Section  3.14 shall be deemed to exist due to any inaccuracy of the representation and warranty contained herein that arises from (i) an inaccurate representation and warranty by a Lender pursuant to Section  9.17 , (ii) any assignment or participation by a Lender to a Person that is a Swiss Non-Qualifying Lender without the consent of the Company or (iii) any Lender ceasing to be a Swiss Qualifying Lender so long as commencing promptly after the Company obtains Knowledge of such event, the Company and each Swiss Loan Party take all reasonable steps to cause each Swiss Loan Party to be in compliance with the Swiss Non-Bank Rules.

SECTION 3.15 EEA Financial Institutions . No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.

SECTION 3.16 Irish Loan Party . The entry into by any Irish Loan Party of this Agreement and the performance by any Irish Loan Party of the transactions contemplated hereby and the obligations incurred hereunder does not constitute the provision of financial assistance within the meaning of Section 82 of the Irish Companies Act. The prohibition contained in Section 239 of the Irish Companies Act does not apply to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby by reason of the fact that each Irish Loan Party and each other company whose liabilities are hereby guaranteed are members of a group of companies consisting of a holding company and its subsidiaries for the purposes of Section 243 of the Irish Companies Act.

SECTION 3.17 Tax Residence . Each Loan Party (other than the Parent) represents that it is resident for Tax purposes only in its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Parent represents that it is resident for Tax purposes only in the United Kingdom.

ARTICLE IV.

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01 Effective Date . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  9.02 ):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of (i) Foley & Lardner LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties, (ii) Arthur Cox, special Irish counsel for the Loan Parties, and (iii) Allen & Overy, Société en Commandite Simple, inscrite au barreau de Luxembourg , special Luxembourg counsel for the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibits B-1 , B-2 and B-3 , respectively, and covering such other matters relating to the Parent, the Company, the Initial Affiliate Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Company hereby requests each such counsels to deliver such opinions.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Loan Parties (which shall include, in the case of the Irish Loan Party, evidence that such Loan Party has complied with Section 82 of the Companies Act 2014 of Ireland), the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Parent, the Company, the Initial Affiliate Borrower, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in Section I of the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E .

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

SECTION 4.02 Closing Date . The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  9.02 ):

(a) The Effective Date shall have occurred.

(b) The SEC shall have declared the Form 10 effective (it being understood that the consummation of the Spinoff is not a condition to the occurrence of the Closing Date).

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in Section II of the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E .

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by a Manager of the Company, certifying that (i) as of the Closing Date and upon giving effect (including giving effect on a pro forma basis) to the Spinoff and the Spinoff Transactions, (x) the Parent and its Subsidiaries will be Solvent on a consolidated basis and (y) the Company will be in compliance upon giving effect (including giving effect on a pro forma basis) to the Spinoff and the Spinoff Transactions, with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.01 and 6.02 (such certificate setting forth reasonably detailed computations evidencing such compliance, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) the Spinoff shall occur no later than the Spinoff Deadline Date.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Manager of the Company, certifying that as of the Closing Date, (i) all conditions to the Spinoff set forth in the Form 10 shall have been satisfied (or shall be satisfied no later than the Spinoff Deadline Date following the occurrence of the Spinoff), (ii) the Spinoff and all related material transactions shall have been consummated or shall be consummated no later than the Spinoff Deadline Date, on terms consistent in all material respects with the information set forth in, and the forms of agreements filed with, the Form

 

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10, (iii) there is no litigation or administrative proceeding that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Spinoff and (iv) (x) all requisite governmental authorities and material third parties have approved or consented to the Spinoff to the extent required, (y) all applicable notice or appeal periods have expired and (z) there is no governmental or judicial action, actual or threatened, that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose burdensome conditions on the Spinoff or the Spinoff Transactions.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Manager of the Company, certifying (i) compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section  4.03 and (ii) that since December 31, 2017, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, operations, business or assets of the Parent, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (except as disclosed in the Form 10).

(g) The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied that the capitalization and organizational structure of the Parent and the Company after the Spinoff shall be consistent with the Form 10 and with the pro forma financial projections delivered to the Arrangers prior to the Effective Date, except to the extent of any variations that are not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, and shall be otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(h) The terms of all Spinoff Agreements shall be consistent in all material respects with the information set forth in, and the forms of such agreements filed with, the Form 10 or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that the terms set forth in, and the forms of such agreements filed with, the Form 10 on or prior to the Effective Date are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), and no term or condition of such agreements shall have been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner material and adverse to the rights or interests of the Lenders without the prior approval of the Administrative Agent, it being agreed that the Administrative Agent will act reasonably in making any such determination.

(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the “Commitments” under (and as defined in) the Pentair Credit Agreement have been (or contemporaneously with the Closing Date will be) ratably and permanently reduced to $800,000,000 or less (it being understood that such reduction may be effectuated by a commitment reduction under, an amendment to, an amendment and restatement of or a replacement of the Pentair Credit Agreement).

(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced (in reasonable detail) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Closing Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions set forth in this Section  4.02 shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  9.02 ) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 31, 2018, and it is hereby understood and agreed that in the event each of such foregoing conditions shall not have been so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall automatically and irrevocably terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 31, 2018.

 

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SECTION 4.03 Each Credit Event . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan, and of the Issuing Banks to issue, increase, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) the representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement (other than the representations contained in Sections 3.04(b) and 3.05 ) shall be true and correct in all material respects ( provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such Loan (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) or the date of issuance, amendment to increase, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable.

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Loan or the issuance, amendment to increase, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Loan and each issuance, amendment to increase, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

SECTION 4.04 Designation of an Affiliate Borrower . The designation of an Affiliate Borrower pursuant to Section  2.23 is subject to the conditions precedent that:

(a) The Company or such proposed Affiliate Borrower shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent:

(i) subject to clauses (d) and (e) below, copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other appropriate officer, manager or director) of such Subsidiary, of its board of directors’ (or other applicable governing body’s) resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) approving the Affiliate Borrowing Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party and such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of such Subsidiary;

(ii) an incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other appropriate officer, manager or director) of such Subsidiary, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signature of the officers or other representatives of such Subsidiary authorized to request Borrowings hereunder and sign the Affiliate Borrowing Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Company or such Subsidiary;

(iii) opinions of counsel to such Subsidiary (which may include inside counsel to such Subsidiary for certain matters), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, with respect to the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and such other matters as are reasonably requested by counsel to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders;

(iv) any promissory notes requested by any Lender, and any other instruments and documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including in connection with the Patriot Act); and

(v) any documentation and other information related to such Subsidiary reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender under applicable “know your customer” or similar rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act;

 

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(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all of such Affiliate Borrower’s then existing credit facilities shall have been cancelled and terminated and all indebtedness thereunder shall have been fully repaid (except to the extent being so repaid with the initial Revolving Loans to such Borrower or otherwise permitted to be outstanding pursuant to this Agreement);

(c) In the event an Affiliate Borrower is organized under the laws of Luxembourg, (i) an excerpt ( extrait ) issued by the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register dated as of the date of its designation and (ii) a non-registration certificate ( certificate de non-inscription d’une décision judiciaire ) issued by the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register regarding the absence of judicial proceedings dated as of the date of its designation;

(d) In the event an Affiliate Borrower is organized under the laws of Switzerland, (i) a copy of the constitutional documents of such Affiliate Borrower, being a certified excerpt of the competent commercial register, a certified copy of the articles of association (containing a financial assistance clause allowing for up- and cross-stream security) and (if applicable and relevant), a copy of the duly signed and approved organizational regulations; (ii) a copy of a resolution of the board of directors of such Affiliate Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a party; (iii) a copy of a resolution of its shareholders’ meeting, approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Loan Documents to which such Affiliate Borrower is a party and (iv) a certificate of the board of directors of such Affiliate Borrower certifying (a) that there have been no changes in the constitutional documents of such Affiliate Borrower as set out in Section  4.04(a)(i) above, as attached thereto and as certified as of a recent date by the commercial register, if applicable, since the date of the certification thereof by such commercial register, (b) resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Affiliate Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and (c) the names and true signatures of the authorized signatories of such Affiliate Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and authorized to request Borrowings and/or LC Disbursements under the Credit Agreement; and

(e) In the event an Affiliate Borrower is incorporated under the laws of Ireland, evidence that entry into and performance of the Loan Documents by such Affiliate Borrower will not constitute a breach of Section 239 of the Companies Act, 2014 of Ireland or a breach of Section 82 of the Companies Act, 2014 of Ireland.

ARTICLE V.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Effective beginning on the Closing Date, the Loan Parties agree that so long as any Lender has any Commitment hereunder or any amount payable by any Borrower hereunder remains unpaid (other than contingent indemnification and similar obligations not yet due and obligations that are Cash Collateralized):

SECTION 5.01 Information . The Parent will deliver to the Administrative Agent (and, upon receipt, the Administrative Agent will promptly deliver to each of the Lenders):

(a) Annual Financial Statements . Within five Business Days after the date on which the Parent files such documents with the SEC, but in no event later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing.

 

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(b) Quarterly Financial Statements . Within five Business Days after the date on which the Parent files such documents with the SEC, but in no event later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year, a consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding quarter and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes) the financial position and results of operations of the Parent and the Consolidated Subsidiaries.

(c) Compliance Certificates . Simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer (i) setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to establish whether the Parent was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 6.01 and 6.02 on the date of such financial statements and (ii) stating whether there exists on the date of such certificate any Event of Default or Default and, if any such event then exists, setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Parent is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

(d) Notice of Default . Forthwith upon the occurrence of any Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of any Event of Default or Default, a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Parent is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

(e) Shareholder Information . Promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Parent generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed.

(f) SEC Filings . Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q which the Parent shall have filed with the SEC.

(g) ERISA Notices . If and when the Parent or ERISA Affiliate 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 could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for a distress or PBGC-initiated 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, a copy of the notice of such reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC.

(h) Notice of Other Material Events . Promptly upon obtaining knowledge thereof, notice of the commencement of any litigation or Governmental Authority proceeding affecting the Parent or any Subsidiary (including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law) in which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) Ratings . Promptly upon the public announcement thereof, notice of any downgrade in any credit rating (including the Public Debt Rating) with respect to the Company or the Parent by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch.

(j) Other Information . From time to time such additional information regarding the financial position or business of the Loan Parties as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may reasonably request.

 

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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 3.04 or 5.01 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date such documents are posted on the Parent’s behalf on SyndTrak/IntraLinks/IntraAgency, on EDGAR (the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system of the SEC) or any successor thereto, or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that, except in the case of any filing on EDGAR or any successor thereto, the Parent shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent and each Lender of the posting of any such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Parent with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

If any financial materials and related certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) , (b) and/or (c)  shall be required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of such Section(s) on a day that is not a Business Day, the required date for such delivery shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.

SECTION 5.02 Use of Proceeds . The Parent shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, use the proceeds of the Term Loans on or prior to the Spinoff Date, to finance certain payments to Pentair in conjunction with the Spinoff Transactions and to pay Transaction Expenses (it being understood and agreed that the proceeds of the Term Loans may not be used for any purpose other than as set forth in this sentence). The Parent shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans (a) on or prior to the Spinoff Date, to finance certain payments to Pentair in conjunction with the Spinoff Transactions and to pay Transaction Expenses and (b) thereafter, solely for working capital needs and for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions, permitted share repurchases, capital expenditures and repayment of Debt) of the Parent, each Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, use the proceeds of any Credit Events, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” in violation of Regulation U of the Board. In no event shall the proceeds of the Loans be utilized for any purpose that would constitute unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of sections 678 or 679 of the UK Companies Act 2006 or section 82 of the Irish Companies Act.

SECTION 5.03 Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws . The Parent shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all applicable laws and regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its business the non-compliance with which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, each Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by such Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.

SECTION 5.04 Insurance . The Parent shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers (as determined at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed in the good faith judgment of the Parent or relevant Subsidiary) and/or pursuant to a self-insurance program, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses and covering similar properties in the same or similar localities, of such types, with such deductibles, covering such risks and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05 Ownership of Borrowers . The Parent shall at all times own and control, directly or indirectly, all of the equity interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares and other than as may be required by law) of each Borrower (unless, in the case of any Borrower other than the Company, such Borrower and has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to Section  2.23 ).

 

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SECTION 5.06 Payment of Taxes . The Parent shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, pay or make provision for the payment of all United States federal and material foreign, state and other taxes which have become due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment in respect thereof received by the Parent or any Subsidiary, except (a) taxes that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided and/or (b) where the failure to so pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.07 Swiss Non-Bank Rule s . Each Swiss Loan Party shall at all times comply with the Swiss Twenty Non-Bank Rule, to the extent applicable; provided that a Swiss Loan Party shall not be in breach of this Section  5.07 if non-compliance arises solely as a consequence of (a) an inaccurate representation and warranty by a Lender pursuant to Section  9.17 ; (b) any assignment or participation by a Lender to a Person that is not a Swiss Qualifying Lender without the consent of the Company; or (c) any Lender ceasing to be a Swiss Qualifying Lender so long as commencing promptly after the Company obtains knowledge of such event, the Company and such Swiss Loan Party take all reasonable steps to cause the number of creditors of such Swiss Loan Party relevant under the Swiss Twenty Non-Bank Rule to be not more than 20.

SECTION 5.08 Loan Party Location . The Parent will cause (i) each Borrower and each Material Subsidiary incorporated or organized in an EU jurisdiction to cause its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) to be situated solely in its jurisdiction of incorporation and not to have an establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) situated outside its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable and (ii) each Borrower and each Material Subsidiary incorporated in England and Wales to cause its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) to be situated solely in England and Wales and not to have an establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) situated outside its jurisdiction of incorporation. The Parent will cause its centre of main interest (as that term is used in Article 3(1) of the Insolvency Regulation) to be situated solely in its jurisdiction of incorporation and not to have an establishment (as that term is used in Article 2(10) of the Insolvency Regulation) situated outside its jurisdiction of incorporation.

SECTION 5.09 Tax Residence . No Loan Party may change its residence for Tax purposes.

SECTION 5.10 Service of Process Agent . To the extent that the Company wishes to terminate the Initial Affiliate Borrower as a Borrower hereunder, the Company will provide to the Administrative Agent prior to, or substantially contemporaneously with, such termination a letter from the Service of Process Agent described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Service of Process Agent” (or any other Service of Process Agent acceptable to the Administrative Agent), and such letter will confirm such Service of Process Agent’s consent to its appointment by the Parent, the Company and each Affiliate Borrower as their agent to receive service of process as specified in this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Effective beginning on the Closing Date, the Loan Parties agree that so long as any Lender has any Commitment hereunder or any amount payable by any Borrower hereunder remains unpaid (other than contingent indemnification and similar obligations not yet due and obligations that are Cash Collateralized):

 

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SECTION 6.01 Maximum Net Leverage Ratio . The Parent shall not permit the Net Leverage Ratio on the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent to exceed 3.75 to 1.00; provided , that (i) the Company may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders and not more than two times during any five consecutive year term of this Agreement, elect to increase the maximum Net Leverage Ratio permitted under this Section  6.01 to 4.25 to 1.00 as of the end of each of the first four (4) periods of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or after the date of a Permitted Acquisition, if the aggregate consideration paid or to be paid in respect of such Permitted Acquisition is equal to or greater than $250,000,000 (any such four consecutive periods of four consecutive fiscal quarters following such a Permitted Acquisition, an “ Adjusted Covenant Period ”) and (ii) in connection with any such election, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five business days prior to consummating such Acquisition, notice of such Acquisition and pro forma calculations (in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) demonstrating compliance with the maximum Net Leverage Ratio required by the foregoing clause (i) (it being understood and agreed that (A) the Company may not elect an Adjusted Covenant Period for at least two (2) fiscal quarters following the end of an Adjusted Covenant Period before a new Adjusted Covenant Period is available again pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) and (B) at the end of an Adjusted Covenant Period, the maximum Net Leverage Ratio permitted under this Section  6.01 shall revert to 3.75 to 1.00 as of the end of each subsequent fiscal quarter unless and until another Adjusted Covenant Period is elected pursuant to the terms and conditions described above).

SECTION 6.02 Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio . The Parent shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Parent ending on the last day of a fiscal quarter of the Parent to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.

SECTION 6.03 Negative Pledge . Neither the Parent nor any Material Subsidiary will create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by any of them, except:

(a) any Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and set forth in Schedule 6.03 ;

(b) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or charges of any Governmental Authority for claims which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days, or to the extent that such Lien is being contested in good faith by appropriate actions and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained therefor, provided that no notice of Lien has been filed or recorded under the Code;

(c) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other Liens imposed by law or created in the ordinary course of business, provided that (i) the obligation secured by the applicable Lien has not been delinquent for more than 90 days or remains payable without penalty and, in each case, the property subject to such Lien is not subject to forfeiture as a result of such Lien or (ii) the applicable Lien is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject thereto;

(d) Liens (other than any Lien imposed under ERISA) consisting of pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business (i) required in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers to secure obligations with respect to casualty or liability insurance maintained by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;

(e) Liens on property of the Parent or any Subsidiary securing (i) the non-delinquent performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases or statutory obligations, (ii) surety bonds (excluding appeal bonds and other bonds posted in connection with court proceedings or judgments) and (iii) other non-delinquent obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(f) Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment liens and Liens securing contingent obligations on appeal bonds and other bonds posted in connection with court proceedings or judgments, to the extent that such Liens do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (j)  of Article VII ;

(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances on real property which in the aggregate do not materially detract from the value of such property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the businesses of the Parent and its Subsidiaries;

(h) Liens securing obligations in respect of capital leases on assets subject to such leases, provided that such leases are otherwise permitted hereunder;

(i) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers’ liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies (or, with respect to accounts located in Luxembourg, contractual provisions) as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution and/or Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to deposit accounts relating to intercompany cash pooling, interest set-off and/or sweeping arrangements; provided that (i) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the Parent or the applicable Subsidiary in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and (ii) such deposit account is not intended by the Parent or any Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository institution;

(j) Liens arising in connection with Securitization Transactions;

(k) Liens on property of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Debt of such Foreign Subsidiary and/or any other Foreign Subsidiary that is permitted under Section  6.05 ;

(l) any Lien existing on property (and the proceeds thereof) existing at the time of its acquisition (by merger or otherwise) or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, in each case after the date hereof (other than any Lien on the equity interests of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary); provided that (i) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary; and (ii) the Debt or other obligation secured thereby is not prohibited by Section  6.05 ;

(m) Liens arising out of the conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens solely on cash earnest money deposits made by the Parent or any Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

(o) Liens securing reimbursement obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business for trade letters of credit or banker’s acceptances, which Liens encumber only goods, or documents of title covering goods, that are purchased in transactions for which such letters of credit or banker’s acceptances are issued;

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(q) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including, in the case of licenses and sublicenses, of intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Parent or any Subsidiary and do not secure any Debt;

(r) Liens of a collecting bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the ordinary course of collection;

(s) options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar rights relating to investments in joint ventures, partnerships and other similar investments not prohibited by this Agreement;

(t) rights of first refusal, put, call and similar rights arising in connection with repurchase agreements that are not prohibited by this Agreement;

(u) any Lien arising under any Loan Document;

(v) any Lien on an asset arising out of an agreement to dispose of such asset, to the extent such disposition is not prohibited by this Agreement and such Lien does not secure any other obligation;

(w) any extension, renewal or substitution of or for any Lien described in clause (a) or (l) above, in each case (A) to the extent that the amount of the Debt or other obligation secured by the applicable Lien shall not exceed the amount of the Debt or other obligation existing immediately prior to such extension, renewal or substitution and (B) so long as the scope of the property subject to such Lien is not increased;

(x) Liens relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Parent or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(y) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same create Liens on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;

(z) Liens on assets pledged in respect of defeased or discharged indebtedness; and

(aa) in addition to Liens permitted by clauses (a) through (z) above, any other Lien, to the extent that the outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby, expressed as a Dollar Amount, at the time of creation thereof, in the aggregate with the outstanding principal amount of all other Debt and other obligations then secured pursuant to this clause (aa), does not exceed the greater of (i) $300,000,000 and (ii) 6.5% of the Parent’s Consolidated Total Assets as shown on the then most recent consolidated financial statements of the Parent delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  5.01 (or, prior to such initial delivery pursuant to Section  5.01 , Section  3.04 ).

Any lien permitted above under this Section  6.03 on any property may extend to identifiable proceeds of such property.

SECTION 6.04 Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets; Acquisitions. No Loan Party will merge or consolidate with any other non-affiliated Person or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets as an entirety to any other non-affiliated Person unless:

(i) in the case of a merger or consolidation, the Person surviving such transaction is the applicable Loan Party; and

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

 

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(b) The Parent will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make any Acquisition other than Permitted Acquisitions.

SECTION 6.05 Subsidiary Debt . The Parent will not permit any Material Subsidiary (other than the Company) to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt except:

(a) Debt arising under Securitization Transactions in an aggregate amount outstanding not exceeding $250,000,000 at any time;

(b) Debt existing on the Effective Date and identified on Schedule  6.05 and any refinancing, extension or renewal thereof or of any Debt under this clause  (b) , in each case, to the extent the principal amount thereof is not increased (including extensions, renewals or replacements of guarantees in respect of such Debt as so refinanced, extended or renewed);

(c) (i) Debt of a Subsidiary owed to the Parent or another Subsidiary; and (ii) Guarantees by a Subsidiary of Debt of the Parent or another Subsidiary to the extent this Agreement does not prohibit the Parent’s or such other Subsidiary’s incurrence of such Debt;

(d) Debt incurred as an account party in respect of any trade letter of credit;

(e) deferred compensation owed to employees incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(f) to the extent constituting Debt, obligations with respect to deferred compensation, retiree healthcare medical benefits or other similar employment arrangements incurred in connection with acquisitions or dispositions permitted under this Agreement;

(g) to the extent constituting Debt, obligations incurred in respect of cash management services, netting services, overdraft protection and similar arrangements and hedging transactions with a term not exceeding two years, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(h) Debt constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other reimbursement-type obligations relating to regarding workers’ compensation claims incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(i) obligations in respect of performance and surety, stay, customs, appeal and performance bonds, performance and completion guarantees and similar instruments or obligations in respect of letters of credit in respect thereof, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(j) Debt that has maturities and other terms, and is subordinated to the Obligations in a manner, satisfactory to the Required Lenders;

(k) Debt arising under capital leases in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 outstanding at any time;

(l) Debt of Affiliate Borrowers arising under the Loan Documents; and

(m) other Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $325,000,000 and (ii) 7% of the Parent’s Consolidated Total Assets as shown on the then most recent consolidated financial statements of the Parent delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section  5.01 (or, prior to such initial delivery pursuant to Section  5.01 , Section  3.04 ), outstanding at any time.

 

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SECTION 6.06 OFAC and Anti-Corruption Laws .

(a) The Parent shall not, and shall ensure that none of the Borrowers or its other controlled affiliated companies will, directly or, to the Parent’s Knowledge, indirectly use the proceeds of Credit Events hereunder:

(i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws;

(ii) to fund or finance any activities, business or transaction of or with any Designated Person or in any Sanctioned Country, in either case, to the extent such activities, business or transaction would violate Sanctions (assuming, for purposes of this covenant only, that each Affiliate Borrower were a Domestic Subsidiary for purposes of determining its compliance with Sanctions); or

(iii) in any other manner that will result in liability to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any applicable Sanctions or a breach by the Administrative Agent or any Lenders of any Sanctions.

(b) The Parent shall not, and shall ensure that none of the Borrowers or its other controlled affiliated companies will, use funds or assets obtained directly or, to the Parent’s Knowledge, indirectly from transactions with or from (i) Designated Persons or (ii) any Sanctioned Country, in either case, in violation of Sanctions (assuming, for purposes of this covenant only, that each Affiliate Borrower were a Domestic Subsidiary for purposes of determining its compliance with Sanctions), to pay or repay any amount owing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document.

(c) The Parent shall, and shall ensure that each Borrower and each of its other controlled affiliated companies will:

(i) conduct its business in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws in all material respects;

(ii) maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance in all material respects with Anti-Corruption Laws; and

(iii) have reasonable controls and safeguards in place designed to prevent any proceeds of any Credit Event hereunder from being used contrary to the representations and undertakings set forth herein.

ARTICLE VII.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

If one or more of the following events (each, an “ Event of Default ”) shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay within two (2) Business Days of the date due any principal of any Loan; or any Borrower shall fail to pay within five days of the date due any interest on any Loan, any fee or any other amount payable hereunder;

(b) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any applicable covenant contained in Section  5.02 , Section  5.05 or any of Sections 6.01 to 6.06 , inclusive;

 

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(c) any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement for 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which written notice thereof has been given to the Parent by the Administrative Agent at the request of any Lender or (ii) if the Parent fails to promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of such failure as required by Section  5.01(d) , the date on which a Senior Financial Officer had actual knowledge of such failure;

(d) any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by any of the Loan Parties in this Agreement or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;

(e) the Parent or any Subsidiary (i) fails to make any payment of Material Financial Obligations when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise, but after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period); or (ii) fails to perform or observe any other condition or covenant, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, under one or more agreements or instruments relating to Material Financial Obligations, if the effect of such failure, event or condition is to cause (or require), or to permit the holder or holders of such Material Financial Obligations (or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Material Financial Obligations (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries)) to cause (or require), such Material Financial Obligations to become due and payable (or to be purchased, repurchased, defeased or Cash Collateralized) prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that any such failure relating to a Material Financial Obligation that was the Debt of a Person acquired by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and which was assumed by the Parent or such Subsidiary as part of such acquisition shall not constitute an Event of Default or Default pursuant to this clause (e) so long as such Material Financial Obligation is repaid in full or such failure is cured within 30 days of such acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under this clause (e)  of Article VII unless such event results in the acceleration of Material Financial Obligations: (i) any secured Debt becoming due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Debt, (ii) any change of control offer made within 60 days after an acquisition with respect to, and effectuated pursuant to, Debt of an acquired business, (iii) any default under Debt of an acquired business if such default is cured, or such Indebtedness is repaid, within 60 days after the acquisition of such business so long as no other creditor accelerates or commences any kind of enforcement action in respect of such Debt or (iv) mandatory prepayment requirements arising from the receipt of net cash proceeds from debt, dispositions (including casualty losses, governmental takings and other involuntary dispositions), equity issues or excess cash flow;

(f) the Parent or any Material Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, examinership, reorganization or other relief (including, in the case of any Luxembourg Person, any Luxembourg Relief) with respect to itself, its assets or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, administrator, custodian, examiner or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall commence or consent to a proceeding for approval of a plan of arrangement with respect to its debts or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing; or any of the shareholders of a Material Subsidiary shall take any action to initiate any of the foregoing with respect to such Material Subsidiary;

(g) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Parent or any Material Subsidiary seeking liquidation, examinership, reorganization or other relief (including, in the case of any Luxembourg Person, any Luxembourg Relief) with respect to it, its assets or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, administrator, custodian, examiner or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or any of the Parent’s shareholders shall take any action to initiate a proceeding of the type described in clause (f) above with respect to the Parent, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief shall be entered against the Parent or any Material Subsidiary under the federal bankruptcy laws or similar bankruptcy or insolvency laws of any other applicable jurisdiction as now or hereafter in effect; or a UK Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to any UK Relevant Entity;

 

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(h) without prejudice to any other provisions of this Article VII , (i) any of the following occurs in respect of a Swiss Loan Party: the occurrence of any event or procedure in relation to a Swiss Borrower which is analogous to those listed in the clauses (a) , (f) and (g)  of this Article VII above including, inter alia , “ hälftiger Kapitalverlust ” or “ Überschuldung ” within the meaning of art. 725 and art. 820 para. 1 of the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations (CO) (half of the share capital and the legal reserves not covered; over-indebtedness, i.e. liabilities not covered by the assets), duty of filing of the balance sheet with the judge due to over-indebtedness or insolvency pursuant to art. 725a and art. 820 para. 1 CO, “ Konkurseröffnung und Konkurs ” (declaration of bankruptcy and bankruptcy), “ Nachlassverfahren ” (composition with creditors) including in particular “ Nachlassstundung ” (moratorium) and proceedings regarding “ Nachlassvertrag ” (composition agreements) and “ Notstundung ” (emergency moratorium), proceedings regarding “ Fälligkeitsaufschub ” (postponement of maturity), “ Konkursaufschub / Gesellschaftsrechtliches Moratorium ” (postponement of the opening of bankruptcy; moratorium proceedings) pursuant to art. 725a or art. 820 para. 2 CO, notification of the judge of a capital loss or over-indebtedness under these provisions and “ Auflösung / Liquidation ” (dissolution/liquidation);

(i) the Parent or any ERISA Affiliate shall fail to pay when due an amount which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which it shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or the Parent or an ERISA Affiliate shall file a distress termination notice with the PBGC and the amount of the Unfunded Vested Liabilities under that filing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or the PBGC shall institute judicial proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any such Plan or Plans which have Unfunded Vested Liabilities which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or a judicial proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any such Plan or Plans to enforce Section 515 of ERISA, the aggregate amount of delinquent contributions claimed to be owed pursuant to such Section 515 in such proceeding which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and such proceeding shall not have been dismissed within 30 days;

(j) a judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of a Dollar Amount of $100,000,000 shall be rendered against any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (net of insurance proceeds in the event a solvent insurer with an investment grade long term bond rating has acknowledged in writing its obligation to satisfy such judgment) and such judgment or order is not within 60 days of the entry thereof bonded, discharged or stayed;

(k) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 30% or more of the outstanding shares of voting stock of the Parent (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, as a result of the Spinoff Transactions);

(l) a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent ceases to be individuals who (i) were members of such board of directors as of the Closing Date or (ii) were nominated or appointed to be members of such board by a majority of the members of such board who, at the time of such nomination or appointment, were individuals described in the foregoing clause (i) or this clause (ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent cease to be individuals described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, it shall not constitute an Event of Default under this clause (l)  of Article VII if a majority of the Parent’s board of directors (comprised of the individuals described in clauses (i) and (ii)) approves such changes;

 

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(m) except as otherwise expressly permitted under the Loan Documents (i) this Agreement, the Notes or any other document executed in connection herewith, at any time after its execution and delivery, ceases to be in full force and effect against any applicable Loan Party; (ii) any Loan Party or any other Person acting on behalf of any Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any such document against any applicable Loan Party; or (iii) any Loan Party or any other Person acting on behalf of any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any such document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any such document; or

(n) the Spinoff Transaction shall fail to be consummated by the Spinoff Deadline Date;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Parent or any Borrower described in clause (f) , (g) or (h)  of this Article VII ), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Company, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties, and (iii) require cash collateral for the LC Exposure in accordance with Section  2.06(j) ; and in case of any event with respect to the Parent or any Borrower described in clause (f) , (g) or (h)  of this Article VII , the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding and cash collateral for the LC Exposure, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties.

ARTICLE VIII.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

SECTION 8.01 Authorization and Action .

(a) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns to serve as the administrative agent under the Loan Documents and each Lender and each Issuing Bank authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.

(b) As to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan Documents), and, unless and until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender and each Issuing Bank; provided , however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that (i) the Administrative Agent reasonably and in good faith believes exposes it to liability unless the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders and the Issuing Banks with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this

 

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Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership or reorganization or relief of debtors or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided , further , that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting until such clarification or direction has been provided. Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Parent, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(c) In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (except in limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties are entirely mechanical and administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(i) the Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender, Issuing Bank or holder of any other Obligation other than as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties); additionally, each Lender agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;

(ii) to the extent that English law is applicable to the duties of the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 of the United Kingdom shall not apply to the duties of the Administrative Agent in relation to the trusts constituted by that Loan Document; where there are inconsistencies between the Trustee Act 1925 or the Trustee Act 2000 of the United Kingdom and the provisions of this Agreement or such Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, prevail and, in the case of any inconsistency with the Trustee Act 2000 of the United Kingdom, the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of that Act; and

(iii) nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by the Administrative Agent for its own account.

(d) The Administrative Agent may perform any 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 of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-

 

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agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities pursuant to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agent.

(e) None of any Syndication Agent, any Documentation Agent or any Arranger shall have obligations or duties whatsoever in such capacity under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall incur no liability hereunder or thereunder in such capacity, but all such persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.

(f) In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Loan Party) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Disbursements and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12 , 2.13 , 2.15 , 2.17 and 9.03 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, examiner, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section  9.03 ). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.

(g) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except solely to the extent of the Company’s rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, none of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under any such provisions. Each party that is a holder of Obligations, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the guarantees of the Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article.

SECTION 8.02 Administrative Agent s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc .

(a) Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (x) with the consent of 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 reasonably believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to

 

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be presumed unless otherwise determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a “notice of default”) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and 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 any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance with Section  9.04 , (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section  9.04(b) , (iii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Company), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or Issuing Bank and shall not be responsible to any Lender or Issuing Bank for any statements, warranties or representations made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) 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 an Issuing Bank, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (vi) shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).

SECTION 8.03 Posting of Communications .

(a) The Company agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting the Communications on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other similar electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent reasonably and in good faith to be its electronic transmission system and used by it for such purpose with respect to its credit facilities generally (the “ Approved Electronic Platform ”).

 

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(b) Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Company hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution, other than risks arising from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any of the foregoing parties (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment).

(c) THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER, ANY DOCUMENTATION AGENT, ANY SYNDICATION AGENT OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “ APPLICABLE PARTIES ”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, OTHER THAN DIRECT ACTUAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF ANY APPLICABLE PARTY (AS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT).

(d) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.

(e) Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Company agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.

(f) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.

 

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SECTION 8.04 The Administrative Agent Individually . With respect to its Commitment, Loans and Letters of Credit, the Person serving as the Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be. The terms “Issuing Banks”, “Lenders”, “Required Lenders” and any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender, Issuing Bank or as one of the Required Lenders, as applicable. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with, the Parent, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such Person was not acting as the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks.

SECTION 8.05 Successor Administrative Agent .

(a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company, whether or not a successor Administrative Agent has been appointed. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with (and, so long as no Default shall then exist, the consent of, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) the Company, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank. In both cases, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Company (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Prior to any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agent’s resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section  9.03 , as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, 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.

 

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SECTION 8.06 Acknowledgement of Lenders and Issuing Banks .

(a) Each Lender represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Parent and its Affiliates) 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.

(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.

SECTION 8.07 Certain ERISA Matters .

(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments;

(ii) the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue to be satisfied in connection therewith;

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; or

 

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(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

(b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Loan Party, that:

(i) none of the Administrative Agent, or any Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto);

(ii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21, as amended from time to time) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50,000,000, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E);

(iii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the obligations);

(iv) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder; and

(v) no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent, or any Arranger or any their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent, and each Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

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ARTICLE IX.

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01 Notices .

(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone or other means permitted hereunder (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(i) if to any Loan Party, to nVent Finance S.à r.l. (in care of nVent Management Company), 1665 Utica Avenue, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416, Attention: Stacy McMahan (Telecopy No. 763-656-5407; Email Stacy.McMahan@pentair.com; Telephone No. 763-656-5503), with a copy to, in the case of any notice of Default or Event of Default, nVent Finance S.à r.l. (in care of nVent Management Company), 1665 Utica Avenue, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416, Attention: Sara Zawoyski (Telecopy No. 763-656-5407; Email Sara.Zawoyski@pentair.com; Telephone No. 763-656-5244);

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, (A) in the case of Borrowings denominated in Dollars (other than Designated Loans), to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, Floor L2, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Loan and Agency (Telecopy No. 888-303-9732; Email jpm.agency.servicing.cri@jpmchase.com), (B) in the case of Borrowings denominated in Foreign Currencies and Designated Loans, to J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, Attention of The Manager, Loan & Agency Services (Telecopy No. 44 207 777 2360; Email loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com), and in each case with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, 9th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Suzanne Ergastolo (Telecopy No. (312) 794-7682; Email suzanne.ergastolo@jpmorgan.com) and (C) in the case of a notification of the DQ List, to JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan.com;

(iii) if to an Issuing Bank, to it at (a) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, Floor L2, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Letter of Credit Team (Telecopy No. 214-307-6874; Email Chicago.LC.Agency.Activity.Team@JPMChase.com) or (b) in the case of any other Issuing Bank, to it at the address and telecopy number specified from time to time by such Issuing Bank to the Company and the Administrative Agent;

(iv) if to JPMorgan in its capacity as a Swingline Lender, (A) in the case of Swingline Loans denominated in Dollars (other than Designated Swingline Loans), to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 South Dearborn, Floor L2, Chicago, Illinois 60603, Attention of Loan and Agency (Telecopy No. 888-303-9732; Email jpm.agency.servicing.cri@jpmchase.com) and (B) in the case of Swingline Loans denominated in Foreign Currencies and Designated Swingline Loans, to it at J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JP, Attention of The Manager, Loan & Agency Services (Telecopy No. 44 207 777 2360; Email loan_and_agency_london@jpmorgan.com) or (b) in the case of any other Swingline Lender, to it at the address and telecopy number specified from time to time by such Swingline Lender to the Company and the Administrative Agent; and

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Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Approved Electronic Platforms, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article  II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Company 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 sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments .

(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Except as provided in Section  2.25 with respect to the extension of the Maturity Date, or as provided in Section  2.20 with respect to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment or as provided in Section  2.14(c) , neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon (other than waivers or amendments with respect to the application of a default rate of interest pursuant to Section  2.13(b) ), or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (except that neither

 

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(A) any amendment or modification of the financial covenants in this Agreement (or defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement) or (B) any amendment entered into pursuant to the terms of Section  2.14(c) shall constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (ii)), (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (other than any reduction of the amount of, or any extension of the payment date for, the mandatory prepayments required under Section  2.11 , in each case which shall only require the approval of the Required Lenders), (iv) change Section  2.18(b) or (c)  in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by Section  2.20 to be parties to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Incremental Term Loans may be included in the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Effective Date) or (vi) release the Parent from its obligations under Article X (other than with respect to any Borrower ceasing to be a Borrower in accordance with this Agreement) without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Swingline Lender, as the case may be (it being understood that any change to Section  2.24 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lenders). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement shall be required of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be directly affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification, and (B) as to any amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification otherwise approved in accordance with this Section, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent or approval of any Lender that, upon giving effect to such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification, would have no Commitment or outstanding Loans, so long as such Lender receives payment in full of the principal of and interest on each Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification becomes effective.

(c) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby,” the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”), then the Company may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section  9.04 , and (ii) each Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by such Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17 , and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section  2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender. Each party hereto agrees that (1) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected

 

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pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (2) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (x) to add one or more credit facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment) to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans, the initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.

(e) If the Administrative Agent and the Company acting together identify any ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect, and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.

SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver . (a) The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and JPMCB in its capacity as an Arranger, including the reasonable, documented and invoiced fees, disbursements and other charges of one primary counsel (and one additional local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, 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); provided that, in advance of contacting outside counsel of the Administrative Agent regarding matters concerning the administration of this Agreement in respect of which the Administrative Agent will expect to be reimbursed by the Company, the Administrative Agent will notify the Company of its intent to contact such outside counsel, (ii) all reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable, documented and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one primary counsel (and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for the Administrative Agent, one additional counsel for all the Lenders other than the Administrative Agent and additional counsel as any Lender reasonably determines are necessary to avoid actual or potential conflicts of interest or the availability of different claims or defenses, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document at any time during a Default, including its rights under this Section, or 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 during an Event of Default in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

 

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(b) The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each 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, penalties and related costs and expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, as and when incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, or the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from (a) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Indemnified Persons, (b) a dispute among the Indemnitees not arising from an act or omission of the Company or any of its Affiliates (other than a dispute involving a claim against an Indemnitee for its acts or omissions in its capacity as an arranger, bookrunner, agent or similar role in respect of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement, except, with respect to this clause (b), to the extent such acts or omissions are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have constituted the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee in such capacity) or (c) such Indemnitee’s or any of its Related Indemnified Persons’ material breach of the Loan Documents (as determined pursuant to a claim asserted by the Company, whether as a claim, counterclaim or otherwise). This Section  9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim. For purposes of this Section  9.03(b) , a “ Related Indemnified Person ” of an Indemnitee means (1) any controlled Affiliate of such Indemnitee, (2) the respective directors, managers, officers and employees of such Indemnitee and of its controlled Affiliates and (3) the respective agents of such Indemnitee and its controlled Affiliates, in the case of this clause (3), acting at the express instructions of such Indemnitee or such controlled Affiliate; provided that each reference to a controlled affiliate, director, manager, officer or employee in this sentence pertains to a controlled affiliate, director, manager, officer or employee involved in the structuring, arrangement, negotiation or syndication of the credit facilities evidenced by this Agreement and/or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

(c) Each Lender severally agrees to pay any amount required to be paid by the Company under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section  9.03 to the Administrative Agent, and each Revolving Lender severally agrees to pay to each Issuing Bank and each Swingline Lender, as the case may be, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each, an “ Agent Indemnitee ”) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so), ratably according to their respective Applicable Percentage in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Applicable Percentage immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent Indemnitee under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a

 

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final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, (i) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), other than for direct or actual damages 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 (ii) 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 or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan, any Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 30 days after written demand therefor accompanied by a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount demanded.

SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns . (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of an Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of an Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, it being understood that in the case of any assignment that requires the Company’s consent, without limiting any other factors that may be reasonable, it shall be reasonable for the Company to consider a proposed assignee’s right to require reimbursement for increased costs when determining whether to consent to such an assignment) of:

(A) the Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof), provided that no consent of the Company shall be required (but notice to the Company, either prior to or promptly after such assignment, shall be required) for an assignment to (1) a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; and

 

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(B) the Administrative Agent;

(C) the Issuing Banks; provided that no consent of the Issuing Banks shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan Commitment or a Term Loan; and

(D) the Swingline Lenders; provided that no consent of the Swingline Lenders shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan Commitment or a Term Loan.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 (in the case of Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans) or $500,000 (in the case of Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans) unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders;

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Company and its Affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws;

(E) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, no assignment shall be made to a prospective assignee that bears a relationship to the Company described in Section 108(e)(4) of the Code;

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(G) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section  9.04 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the consent of each Swiss Borrower shall, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, be required (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) for an assignment or participation to an assignee or Participant that is a Swiss Non-Qualifying Lender; provided , however , that such a consent shall not be required by any Swiss Borrower, if, taking into consideration the contemplated assignment or participation, the number of Lenders or Participants, as applicable, that are Swiss Non-Qualifying Lenders, does not exceed ten (10).

For the purposes of this Section  9.04(b) , the term “ Approved Fund ” and “ Ineligible Institution ” have the following meanings:

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its 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.

Ineligible Institution ” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c) the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates, (d) a company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof or (e) a Disqualified Institution.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15 , 2.16 , 2.17 and 9.03 ). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section  9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of each Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of (x) a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section  2.05(c) , 2.06(d) or (e) , 2.07(b) , 2.18(d) or 9.03(c) , the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

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(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Company, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (C) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (D) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, no participation shall be sold to a prospective participant that bears a relationship to the Company described in Section 108(e)(4) of the Code and (E) each Participant shall be a Swiss Qualifying Lender or, if not, the prior written consent of each Swiss Borrower has been obtained (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that no Swiss Borrower shall consent to a participation that would be in violation of the Swiss Non-Bank Rules; provided, further, that no consent of any Swiss Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section  9.02(b) or in clause (i) of Section  9.04(a) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15 , 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section  2.17(j)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section  9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section  2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c) and Proposed Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(b) (or any amended or successor version). 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.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section  2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Company’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section  2.17 unless the Company is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Company, to comply with Section  2.17(e) and (h)  as though it were a Lender.

 

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(d) 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 without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) Disqualified Institutions .

(i) No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “ Trade Date ”) on which the assigning Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or grant a participation in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Company has consented to such assignment or participation in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment or participation). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or Participant that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee or Participant shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender or Participant and (y) the execution by the Company of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment or participation in violation of this clause (e)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (e)  shall apply.

(ii) If any assignment or participation is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Company’s prior written consent in violation of clause (i)  above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date, the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, require such Disqualified Institution to assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section  9.04 ), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Persons (other than an Ineligible Institution) at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions to whom an assignment or participation is made in violation of clause (i) above (A) will not have the right to (x) receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Company, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders (or any of them) and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter.

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Company hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Company and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “ DQ List ”) on a Platform, including that portion of such Platform that is designated for “public side” Lenders and/or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender or potential Lender requesting the same.

 

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(v) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, by any other Person to any Disqualified Institution.

SECTION 9.05 Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15 , 2.16 , 2.17 , 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, 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 thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Except as provided in Section  4.01 , this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, e-mailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

SECTION 9.07 Severability . Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, but excluding deposits held in a trustee, fiduciary, agency or similar capacity or otherwise for the benefit of a third party) at any time held, and other obligations at any time owing, by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of such Borrower may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section  2.24 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Company 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.

SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process . (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to only the jurisdiction of (i) the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan and (ii) any U.S. federal or Illinois state court sitting in Chicago, Illinois, and in each case any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by 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 any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

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(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section  9.01 . The Parent, the Company and each Affiliate Borrower irrevocably designates and appoints the Service of Process Agent, as its authorized agent, to accept and acknowledge on its behalf, service of any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section  9.09(b) in any federal or New York State court sitting in New York City. The Initial Affiliate Borrower hereby represents, warrants and confirms that the Initial Affiliate Borrower has agreed to accept such appointment. Subject to the terms and conditions of Section  5.10 , said designation and appointment shall be irrevocable by the Parent, the Company, and such designation shall also be irrevocable by each such Affiliate Borrower until all Loans, all reimbursement obligations, interest thereon and all other amounts payable by such Affiliate Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof and such Affiliate Borrower shall have been terminated as a Borrower hereunder pursuant to Section  2.23 . The Parent, the Company and each Affiliate Borrower hereby consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section  9.09(b) in any federal or New York State court sitting in New York City by service of process upon the Service of Process Agent as provided in this Section  9.09(d) ; provided that, to the extent lawful and possible, notice of said service upon such agent shall be mailed by registered or certified air mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Service of Process Agent, and to the Parent, the Company and each such Affiliate Borrower at its address set forth in the Affiliate Borrowing Agreement to which it is a party or to any other address of which the Company or such Affiliate Borrower, as applicable, shall have given written notice to the Administrative Agent (with a copy thereof to the Service of Process Agent). The Parent, the Company and each Affiliate Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all claim of error by reason of any such service in such manner and agrees that such service shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Parent, the Company or such Affiliate Borrower, as applicable, in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid and personal service upon and personal delivery to the Parent, the Company or such Affiliate Borrower, as applicable. To the extent the Parent, the Company or any Affiliate Borrower has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether from service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment, execution or otherwise), the Parent, the Company and each Affiliate Borrower hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY 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, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY 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.

SECTION 9.11 Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (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 to the same extent as if they were parties hereto), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required (i) by applicable laws or regulations or (ii) by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to any assignee or Participant, or prospective assignee or Participant, in reliance on and subject to the terms of this clause (f)(i)) or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations, (g) on a confidential basis to (A) any rating agency in connection with rating the Company or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein or (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (h) with the written consent of the Company or (i) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, as applicable, reasonably believes is not prohibited from disclosing such information to such party in violation of a duty of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. In the event of disclosure pursuant to clause  (c)(ii) above, the applicable disclosing Person shall, (x) to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, as promptly as practicable notify the Company in writing of such required disclosure, (y) so furnish only that portion of the Information which such disclosing Person reasonably determines (which may be in reliance on the advice of legal counsel) it is legally required to disclose and (z) use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any such Information so disclosed is accorded confidential treatment. For the purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information which is received from or on behalf of the Company relating to the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or their respective business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company and other than information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. 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 but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit the Administrative Agent, any Swingline Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Lender from disclosing Information in any manner subject to protection under any foreign, federal, state or local whistleblower law.

EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COMPANY AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

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ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW AND AGREES TO UPDATE SUCH CREDIT CONTACT BY NOTICE TO THE COMPANY AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FROM TIME TO TIME AS NECESSARY TO CAUSE THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATION TO BE TRUE AT ALL TIMES.

SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”) hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Patriot Act.

SECTION 9.14 Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRB to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.15 No Fiduciary Duty, etc . Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that no Credit Party will have any obligations except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to such Loan Party with respect to the Loan Documents and the transaction contemplated therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, such Loan Party or any other person. Each Loan Party agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Credit Party based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Additionally, each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that no Credit Party is advising such Loan Party as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction. Each Loan Party shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to any Loan Party with respect thereto.

Each Loan Party further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other

 

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obligations) of, such Loan Party, its Subsidiaries and other companies with which such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.

In addition, each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries’ understanding, that each Credit Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. No Credit Party will use confidential information obtained from the Loan Party by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with the Loan Party in connection with the performance by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and no Credit Party will furnish any such information to other companies. Each Loan Party also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, confidential information obtained from other companies.

SECTION 9.16 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 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 entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

SECTION 9.17 Confirmation of Lender s Status as Swiss Qualifying Lender . Each Lender represents and warrants to the Loan Parties that, on the date of this Agreement (or, if later, the date such Lender becomes a party hereto), unless notified in writing to the Company and the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date (or such later date), it is a Swiss Qualifying Lender and has not entered into a participation arrangement with respect to this Agreement with any Person that is a Swiss Non-Qualifying Lender. Any Person that shall become a successor, assign or Participant with respect to any Lender pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is a Swiss Qualifying Lender and has not entered into a participation arrangement with respect to this Agreement with any Person that is a Swiss Non-Qualifying Lender or, if not, such Person accounts as one single creditor for purposes of the Swiss Non-Bank Rules. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent if for any reason it ceases to be a Swiss Qualifying Lender and/or it enters into a participation arrangement with respect to this Agreement with any Person that is a Swiss Non-Qualifying Lender.

 

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ARTICLE X.

PARENT GUARANTEE

In order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers hereunder or to any of the Parent’s Subsidiaries under Hedging Agreements and Banking Services Agreements, and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged) the Parent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the payment when and as due, subject to the notice provisions contained in this Article X , of the Obligations and the Specified Ancillary Obligations (collectively, the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). The Parent further agrees that the due and punctual payment of such Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any such Guaranteed Obligation. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, (i) the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no event be broader than the performance of the related Obligations or Specified Ancillary Obligations in accordance with their terms and (ii) nothing contained in this Article X shall affect or otherwise impair any rights (including rights of setoff or counterclaim) that the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary may have against any holder of Guaranteed Obligation under the applicable Hedging Agreement and/or Banking Services Agreement, as applicable, by reason of any action or failure to act of such holder thereunder (including, without limitation, any breach or default of such holder under the related Hedging Agreement or Banking Services Agreement).

The Parent waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Subsidiary of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives, other than as set forth in this Article X , notice of acceptance of its obligations and notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of the Parent under this Article  X shall not be affected by: (a) the failure of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of its Affiliates) to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Subsidiary under the provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Hedging Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Hedging Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any other agreement (other than to the extent provided for in any express, written release, amendment, modification or waiver with respect to any of this Article  X made in accordance with Section  9.02 ); (d) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (e) the failure of the Administrative Agent (or any applicable Lender (or any of its Affiliates)) to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any; (f) any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence, structure or ownership of any Subsidiary or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (g) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against any Subsidiary or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Hedging Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any provision of applicable law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the payment by such Subsidiary or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (h) any other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Parent or otherwise operate as a discharge of a guarantor as a matter of law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of the Parent to subrogation.

 

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The Parent further agrees that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of its Affiliates) to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person.

The obligations of the Parent hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise.

The Parent further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall constitute a continuing and irrevocable guarantee of all Guaranteed Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation (including a payment effected through exercise of a right of setoff) is rescinded, or is or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of its Affiliates) upon the insolvency, examinership, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Subsidiary or otherwise (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by a holder of Guaranteed Obligations in its discretion).

In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of its Affiliates) may have at law or in equity against the Parent by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any Subsidiary to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, the Parent hereby promises to and will, promptly but in any event within two (2) Business Days following receipt of written demand by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of its Affiliates), forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of its Affiliates) in cash an amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the Guaranteed Obligations then due, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon. The Parent further agrees that if payment in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation shall be due in a currency other than Dollars and/or at a place of payment other than New York, Chicago or any other Eurocurrency Payment Office and if, by reason of any Change in Law, disruption of currency or foreign exchange markets, war or civil disturbance or other similar event, payment of such Guaranteed Obligation in such currency or at such place of payment shall be impossible or, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of its Affiliates), disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender (or any of such Lender’s Affiliates) in any material respect, then, at the election of the Administrative Agent, the Parent shall make payment of such Guaranteed Obligation in Dollars (based upon the Dollar Amount of such Specified Ancillary Obligation on the date of payment) and/or in New York, Chicago or such other Eurocurrency Payment Office as is designated by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and, as a separate and independent obligation, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender (and such Lender’s Affiliates), as applicable, against any losses or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that it shall sustain as a result of such alternative payment.

Upon payment by the Parent of any sums as provided above, all rights of the Parent against any Subsidiary arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations owed by such Subsidiary.

Nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of the Parent hereunder except the full performance and payment in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L., as the Company
By  

/s/ Sara E. Zawoyski

  Name: Sara E. Zawoyski
  Title: Manager
PENTAIR TECHNICAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, INC., as the Initial Affiliate Borrower
By  

/s/ Sara E. Zawoyski

  Name: Sara E. Zawoyski
  Title: Vice President, Finance
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC, as the Parent
By  

/s/ Neil S. Mackintosh

  Name: Neil S. Mackintosh
  Title: Director
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender, as a Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent
By  

/s/ Suzanne Ergastolo

  Name: Suzanne Ergastolo
  Title: Executive Director
Jurisdiction of tax residence: USA
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/M/268710/DTTP
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., individually as a Lender, as a Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Syndication Agent
By  

/s/ Michael Contreras

  Name: Michael Contreras
  Title: Vice President

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

nVent Finance S.à r.l.


Jurisdiction of tax residence: USA
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/B/7418/DTTP
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., individually as a Lender, as a Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Syndication Agent
By  

/s/ Eric Hill

  Name: Eric Hill
  Title: Authorized Signatory
Jurisdiction of tax residence: Japan
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 43/B/322072/DTTP
CITIBANK, N.A., individually as a Lender, as a Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Syndication Agent
By  

/s/ Sameer Nanabhai

  Name: Sameer Nanabhai
  Title: Vice President
Jurisdiction of tax residence: USA
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/C/62301/DTTP
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually as a Lender, as a Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Syndication Agent
By  

/s/ Edward B. Hanson

  Name: Edward B. Hanson
  Title: Senior Vice President
Jurisdiction of tax residence: Untied States
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/U/62184/DTTP
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender and as Documentation Agent
By  

/s/ Ryan Durkin

  Name: Ryan Durkin
  Title: Authorized Signatory

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

nVent Finance S.à r.l.


Jurisdiction of tax residence: USA
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/G/0351779/DTTP
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender and as Documentation Agent
By  

/s/ Christopher Borin

  Name: Christopher Borin
  Title: EVP
Jurisdiction of tax residence: USA
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/W/61173/DTTP
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Documentation Agent
By  

/s/ Ming K. Chu

  Name: Ming K. Chu
  Title: Director
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Documentation Agent
By  

/s/ David Noah

  Name: David Noah
  Title: Managing Director
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By  

/s/ Fik Durmus

  Name: Fik Durmus
  Title: Director
Jurisdiction of tax residence: USA
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/H/314375/DTTP
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By  

/s/ Ming K. Chu

  Name: Ming K. Chu
  Title: Director

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

nVent Finance S.à r.l.


DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By  

/s/ Douglas Darman

  Name: Douglas Darman
  Title: Director

Jurisdiction of tax residence:

Federal Republic of Germany

Treaty Passport scheme reference number:

07/D/70006/DTTP

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By  

/s/ Edward Han

  Name: Edward Han
  Title: Vice President
Jurisdiction of tax residence: United States
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 13/P/63904/DTTP
BANK OF MONTREAL, LONDON BRANCH as a Lender
By  

/s/ Tom Woolgar

  Name: Tom Woolgar
  Title: M.D.
By  

/s/ Scott Matthews

  Name: Scott Matthews
  Title: M.D.
Jurisdiction of tax residence: Canada
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 3/M/270436/DTTP
BANK OF CHINA, LOS ANGELES BRANCH, as a Lender
By  

/s/ Lixin Guo

  Name: Lixin Guo
  Title: SVP & Branch Manager
Jurisdiction of tax residence: China
Treaty Passport scheme reference number: 23/B/368424/DTTP

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

nVent Finance S.à r.l.


SCHEDULE 2.01

COMMITMENTS

 

LENDER

   REVOLVING
COMMITMENT
     TERM LOAN
COMMITMENT
 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

   $ 62,231,332.36      $ 25,768,667.64  

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

   $ 62,231,332.36      $ 25,768,667.64  

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

   $ 62,231,332.36      $ 25,768,667.64  

CITIBANK, N.A.

   $ 62,231,332.36      $ 25,768,667.64  

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

   $ 62,231,332.36      $ 25,768,667.64  

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

   $ 58,500,000.00      $ 0.00  

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

   $ 41,369,692.53      $ 17,130,307.47  

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

   $ 41,369,692.53      $ 17,130,307.47  

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH

   $ 58,500,000.00      $ 0.00  

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

   $ 30,408,491.95      $ 12,591,508.05  

BANK OF MONTREAL, LONDON BRANCH

   $ 30,408,491.95      $ 12,591,508.05  

BANK OF CHINA, LOS ANGELES BRANCH

   $ 28,286,969.24      $ 11,713,030.76  

AGGREGATE COMMITMENTS

   $ 600,000,000      $ 200,000,000  


SCHEDULE 2.05

SWINGLINE SUBLIMITS

 

LENDER

   SWINGLINE
SUBLIMIT
 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

   $ 15,000,000  

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

   $ 15,000,000  

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

   $ 15,000,000  

CITIBANK, N.A.

   $ 15,000,000  

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

   $ 15,000,000  


SCHEDULE 6.03

LIST OF EXISTING LIENS

None.


SCHEDULE 6.05

EXISTING DEBT

None.


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “ Assignment and Assumption ”) 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 amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, 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 and Assumption 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 Assignor’s 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 any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans 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 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 collectively as the “ Assigned Interest ”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

1.    Assignor:                                                                                                              
2.    Assignee:                                                                                                              
      [and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender] 1 ]
3.    Borrowers:   

nVent Finance S.à r.l. and Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc.

4.    Administrative Agent:    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement
5.    Credit Agreement:    The Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 among nVent Finance S.à r.l., nVent Electric plc, Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties thereto
6.    Assigned Interest:   

 

1   Select as applicable.


Facility Assigned 2

   Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all Lenders
     Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage Assigned of
Commitment/Loans 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 Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Parent, the Company, the other Loan Parties and/or their Related Parties and/or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including federal and state securities laws.

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:  

 

  Title:
ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:  

 

  Title:

 

Consented to and Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent [and an Issuing Bank and a Swingline Lender]
By:  

 

  Title:
[Consented to:] 4
[OTHER ISSUING BANKS AND SWINGLINE LENDERS]

 

 

 

 

2   Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g., “Revolving Commitment”, “Term Loan Commitment”, etc.).
3   Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
4   To be added only if the consent of the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lenders is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.


[Consented to:] 5
NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:  

 

  Title:

 

 

5   To be added only if the consent of the Company is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.


ANNEX I

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

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 and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; 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 Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, (iv) any requirements under applicable law for the Assignee to become a lender under the Credit Agreement or to charge interest at the rate set forth therein from time to time or (v) the performance or observance by the Parent, 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 Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section  5.01 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 Assumption 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, any arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by the Credit Agreement or any other Lender and their respective Related Parties, (v) attached to the Assignment and Assumption 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 (vi) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section  9.04 of the Credit Agreement; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, any arranger of the credit facilities evidenced by the Credit Agreement, the Assignor or any other Lender and their respective Related Parties, 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.

3. General Provisions . This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Acceptance and adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption by the Assignee and the Assignor by Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by any Approved Electronic Platform shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.


4. [The Assignee confirms for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties but without liability to any Loan Party, that it is [not a UK Qualifying Lender] [a UK Qualifying Lender (other than a UK Treaty Lender)] [(a UK Treaty Lender]]. 6

5. [The Assignee confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Assignee in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is either (a) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes or (b) a partnership each member of which is (i) a company so resident in the United Kingdom or (ii) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK CTA 2009 or (c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) of that company.] 7

6. [The Assignee confirms that it holds a passport under the HM Revenue and Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme (reference number [        ]) and is tax resident in [            ] 8 , so that interest payable to it by borrowers is generally subject to full exemption from United Kingdom withholding tax and requests that the Company notify:

(i) each UK Borrower which is a party to the Credit Agreement as a Borrower as at the date of this Assignment and Assumption; and

(ii) each UK Borrower which becomes a Borrower after the date of this Assignment and Assumption,

that it wishes that scheme to apply to the Credit Agreement.] 9

 

6   Delete as applicable – each Assignee is required to confirm which of these three categories it falls within.
7   Insert if comes within clause (a)(ii) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender.
8   Insert jurisdiction of tax residence.
9   Include if the Assignee holds a passport under the HM Revenue and Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to the Credit Agreement.


EXHIBIT B-1

FORM OF OPINION OF FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

[ATTACHED]

 


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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

 

777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE, WI 53202-5306

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www.foley.com

 

CLIENT/MATTER NUMBER 065215-0234

        
        
        

March 23, 2018

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Agent, and

the Lenders (in each case, as defined below)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ’’), nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company (the “ Parent ”), and Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Opinion Party ”), in connection with the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Company, the Parent, the Opinion Party, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “ Lenders ”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Agent ”).

This opinion letter is provided to you at the request of the Loan Parties pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated herein, capitalized definitional terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. The Opinion Party, the Company and the Parent are collectively referred to herein as the “ Loan Parties ” and each individually as a “ Loan Party ”.

We note that various issues concerning, among other things, (i) certain Luxembourg law matters are addressed in the opinion letter of Allen & Overy, Société en Commandite Simple, inscrite au barreau de Luxembourg , and (ii) certain Irish law matters are addressed in the opinion letter of Arthur Cox, in each case dated the date hereof, separately provided to you. We express no opinion as to the matters addressed in each of the foregoing opinion letters (and we have, with your permission, relied in this opinion letter on such opinion letters as to such matters without independent verification of the substance of such opinion letters).

In rendering this opinion letter, we have, with your permission, and without investigation, verification or inquiry, (i) relied as to all factual matters on (a) the officer’s certificate annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Officer’s Certificate ”), and (b) the representations, warranties and certifications of the parties set forth in the Credit Agreement and each of the certificates delivered pursuant thereto and (ii) assumed that:

 

BOSTON    JACKSONVILLE    MILWAUKEE    SAN DIEGO    TAMPA
BRUSSELS    LOS ANGELES    NEW YORK    SAN FRANCISCO    TOKYO
CHICAGO    MADISON    ORLANDO    SILICON VALLEY    WASHINGTON, D.C.
DETROIT    MIAMI    SACRAMENTO    TALLAHASSEE   


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(a) Each of the parties to the Credit Agreement (other than the Opinion Party) is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation;

(b) Each of the parties to the Credit Agreement (other than the Opinion Party) has the necessary right, power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Credit Agreement; the transactions therein contemplated have been duly authorized by all parties thereto (other than the Opinion Party); the Credit Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of all parties thereto (other than the Loan Parties, to the extent expressly set forth herein), enforceable against all such parties in accordance with its terms; and the Credit Agreement has been duly executed, delivered and accepted by all parties thereto (other than the Opinion Party);

(c) There are no agreements or understandings between the parties, written or oral, and there is no usage of trade or course of prior dealing between the parties, that would, in either case, define, supplement, or qualify the terms of the Credit Agreement or that would have an effect on the opinions expressed herein; there are no judgments, decrees or orders that impair or limit the ability of the Loan Parties to enter into, execute and deliver, and perform, observe and be bound by the Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein (however we have no knowledge of any such judgments, decrees or orders); all material terms and conditions of the relevant transactions among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agent are correctly and completely reflected in the Credit Agreement; and there has been no waiver, amendment or other change in any of the provisions of the Credit Agreement by conduct of the parties or otherwise;

(d) All natural persons who are signatories to the Credit Agreement or the other documents reviewed by us were legally competent at the time of execution; all signatures on the Credit Agreement and the other documents reviewed by us are genuine; the copies of all documents submitted to us are accurate and complete, each such document that is original is authentic and each such document that is a copy conforms to an authentic original; and the documents executed and delivered by the parties are in substantially the same form as the forms of those documents that we have reviewed in rendering this opinion; and

(e) Each Loan Party has received adequate consideration with respect to the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, and such execution and delivery are within the corporate or company powers of the Company and the Parent.

Based upon the foregoing, but subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. Based solely on a certificate of the Delaware Secretary of State, the Opinion Party is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has a legal corporate existence.


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2. The Opinion Party has the corporate power to enter into, and perform its obligations under, the Credit Agreement. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Credit Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Opinion Party.

3. The Credit Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Opinion Party.

4. The Credit Agreement is the valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.

5. The execution and delivery of, and performance by each Loan Party of its obligations under, the Credit Agreement do not: (a) constitute a breach or violation of the organizational documents of the Opinion Party; (b) result in a violation of any applicable law, statute, or regulation of the United States or the State of New York or the Delaware General Corporation Law (other than those laws, rules, and regulations specifically excluded below or otherwise specifically addressed in this opinion), which, in our experience, is normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Credit Agreement, without our having made any special investigation as to the applicability of any specific law, rule or regulation; (c) result in a violation of any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, determination, or award of which we have knowledge; or (d) to our knowledge, result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of any Loan Party, except as contemplated by the Credit Agreement.

6. No authorization, consent, approval, or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required to be obtained or made by any Loan Party under the federal laws of the United States, the laws of the State of New York, or the Delaware General Corporation Law for the due execution and delivery of, or performance of its payment obligations under, the Credit Agreement, except (a) such as have been duly obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) those that may be required under federal securities laws and regulations or state blue sky laws and regulations (as to which we express no opinion) or any other laws, regulations or governmental requirements which are excluded from the coverage of this opinion letter, and (c) such as may be required by orders, decrees, and the like that are specifically applicable to any Loan Party and of which we do not have knowledge.

7. No Loan Party is an “Investment Company” or a company “controlled” by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.


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The foregoing opinions are subject to the following additional assumptions and qualifications:

A.    Wherever we indicate that our opinion with respect to the existence or absence of facts is “to our knowledge” or with reference to matters of which we are aware or which are known to us, or with similar qualification, our opinion is, with your permission, based solely on the Officer’s Certificate and the current conscious awareness of facts or other information of the attorneys currently with our firm who have participated directly and substantively in the specific financing transaction to which this opinion relates and without any special or additional investigation undertaken for purposes of this opinion.

 

  B. Our opinion is limited by:

 

  (i) Applicable bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, preference and other laws and judicially developed doctrines relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured creditors’ rights and remedies generally;

 

  (ii) General principles of equity, regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and limitations on the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies; principles which limit the availability of a remedy under certain circumstances where another remedy has been elected; principles requiring reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing in the performance and enforcement of an agreement by the party seeking enforcement; principles which may permit a party to cure a material failure to perform its obligations; and principles affording equitable defenses such as waiver, laches and estoppel;

 

  (iii) The possibility that certain rights, remedies, waivers, and other provisions of the Credit Agreement may not be enforceable; nevertheless, such unenforceability should not render the Credit Agreement invalid as a whole or preclude:    (a) judicial enforcement of the obligation of the Company and the Opinion Party to repay the principal, together with interest thereon (to the extent not deemed a penalty) as provided in the Credit Agreement, or (b) acceleration of the obligation of the Company and the Opinion Party to repay such principal, together with such interest, upon a material default in a material provision of the Credit Agreement;

 

  (iv) The effect of suretyship defenses, to the extent such defenses have not been effectively waived; and

 

  (v) The requirement that the enforcing party act in a commercially reasonable manner and in good faith in exercising its rights under the Credit Agreement.


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C. We have not examined the records of the Lenders, the Loan Parties, the Agent, or any court or any public, quasi-public, private or other office in any jurisdiction or the files of our firm, and our opinions are subject to matters that an examination of such records would reveal.

D. We have made no examination of, and express no opinion as to, whether or not any Loan Party is in compliance with any representations or warranties, affirmative or negative covenants, or other obligations contained in the Credit Agreement.

E. With respect to our opinions in paragraphs 5(b) and 6, we express no opinion as to compliance by the Loan Parties with any federal or state laws, statutes, and regulations generally applicable to the conduct of their businesses or as to consents, approvals, or other actions by federal or state regulatory authorities generally required for the conduct of their businesses.

F. We express no opinion as to the effect on the opinions expressed herein of (i) the compliance or non-compliance of any party to the Credit Agreement (other than the Loan Parties to the extent expressly set forth herein) with any state, federal or other laws or regulations applicable to it, except as expressly provided in opinion paragraph 7, or (ii) the legal or regulatory status or the nature of the business of any party (other than the Loan Parties to the extent expressly set forth herein).

G. We express no opinion herein as to: (i) except as expressly provided in opinion paragraph 7, securities or blue sky laws or regulations or Federal Reserve Board margin regulations; (ii) antitrust or unfair competition laws or regulations; (iii) zoning, land use, or subdivision laws or regulations; (iv) labor, ERISA, pension or other employee benefit laws or regulations; (v) tax, environmental, racketeering, or health and safety laws or regulations; (vi) banking, insurance or tax laws or regulations; (vii) public utility laws or regulations; (viii) laws, regulations or policies relating to national or local emergencies; (ix) treaties with foreign nations or local laws, regulations, or ordinances (whether or not created or enabled through legislative action at the federal, state or regional level); (x) anti-money laundering or anti-terrorism laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Public L. 107-56), the Bank Secrecy Act, and Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001) and any other United States Executive Orders)); (xi) the Foreign Assistance Act; (xii) the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, any other laws regarding sanctions or export limitations or controls, or any regulations issued thereunder, including, without limitation, regulations of the Office of Foreign Assets Control; (xiii) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any regulations issued thereunder; (xiv) the laws of Ireland or the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; (xv) possible judicial deference to the laws of sovereign states or the actions of foreign government authorities; (xvi) criminal and civil forfeiture laws; (xvii) compliance with fiduciary duty requirements; or (xviii) any laws which in our experience are not customarily applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Credit Agreement.


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H. We express no opinion as to the obligations of any party with respect to any derivatives transaction (collectively, “ Derivatives Transaction ”), including, without limitation: (i) any obligations in the Credit Agreement relating to any Derivatives Transaction; (ii) the enforceability of any Derivatives Transaction or of any of the documents evidencing any Derivatives Transaction; (iii) the enforceability of the Credit Agreement or of any obligations of any parties under the Credit Agreement as they relate to any Derivatives Transaction; or (iv) compliance with any state, federal or other laws or regulations with respect to Derivative Transactions, including without limitation, the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “ CEA ”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and any regulations thereunder, and any applicable rules of a derivatives clearing organization, a clearing agency, or other self-regulatory organization. The term “ Derivatives Transaction ” includes, without limitation, any “swap” as defined in the CEA and any regulations thereunder, and any “security-based swap” as defined in the Exchange Act, and any regulations thereunder.

I. We express no opinion as to the Loan Parties’ acknowledgment and consent to, and agreement to be bound by, the application of Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority or the effects of any Bail-In Action with respect to an EEA Financial Institution.

J. For purposes of our opinions regarding the Delaware General Corporation Law set forth in opinion paragraphs 1, 2 and 5, we have reviewed the Delaware General Corporation Law as set forth at http://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/ (Title 8, Chapter 1) as of March 14, 2018, and our opinion is based solely on such review. We are not licensed to practice law in the State of Delaware, do not purport to be experts on the laws of the State of Delaware, and did not consult local counsel in Delaware.

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the internal laws of the State of New York, the federal laws of the United States, and solely with respect to our opinions referred to in the preceding paragraph, and subject to the limitations set forth in such paragraph, the Delaware General Corporation Law, on the date hereof as they presently apply and we express no opinion herein as to the laws of any other jurisdiction (including, without limitation, the laws of Ireland or the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg). These opinions are given as of the date hereof, they are intended to apply only to those facts and circumstances that exist as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation or responsibility to update or supplement these opinions to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in laws that may hereafter occur, or to inform the addressees of any change in circumstances occurring after the date hereof that would alter the opinions rendered herein.

This opinion is limited to the matters set forth herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond the matters expressly contained herein. Except as expressly set forth herein, this opinion is being provided solely for the purpose of complying with the requirements of Section 4.01(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement, and is being rendered solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders who are or become parties to the Credit Agreement (including permitted


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assignees and permitted participants of such Lenders). This opinion may not be used or relied upon for any other purpose, relied upon by any other party, or filed with or disclosed to any Governmental Authority other than a court in connection with the enforcement or protection of the rights or remedies of the Lenders and their permitted assignees and permitted participants under the Credit Agreement or to a banking examiner or regulator in connection with an examination of any of the Lenders by such Governmental Authority or as otherwise required by law or legal process, without our prior written consent.

 

Very truly yours,
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP


EXHIBIT A

OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

 


Execution Version

EXHIBIT A

COMPOSITE OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.

NVENT ELECTRIC PLC

PENTAIR TECHNICAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, INC.

March 23, 2018

The undersigned, on behalf of nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Sociètè à responsabilitè limitèe ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (R.C.S. Luxembourg) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company (the “Parent”), and Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Opinion Party ”), do hereby certify to Foley & Lardner LLP for use in connection with its legal opinion (the “ Opinion ”; capitalized definitional terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Opinion) to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Company, the Parent, the Opinion Party, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, that:

1. Judgments, Awards, Etc . There are no judgments, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees, determinations, awards or the like which would (a) limit any Loan Party’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement or limit any Loan Party’s ability to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement, (b) impair or limit the ability of any Loan Party to enter into, execute, and deliver and perform, observe, and be bound by the Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein, or (c) require any Loan Party to obtain or make, for the due execution and delivery of, or performance of their respective obligations under, the Credit Agreement, the authorization, consent, approval, or other action by, or notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body.

2. Liens . The execution and delivery of, and performance by each Loan Party of its obligations under, the Credit Agreement do not result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of any Loan Party, except as contemplated by the Credit Agreement.

3. Authorization, Consent, Approval, etc . No authorization, consent, approval, or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required to be obtained or made by any Loan Party for the due execution and delivery of, or performance of their respective obligations under, the Credit Agreement, except (a) such as have been duly obtained or made and are in full force and effect, and (b) those that may be required under federal securities laws and regulations or state blue sky laws and regulations.

4. Investment Company Status . Each Loan Party, and each direct or indirect subsidiary of each Loan Party, is primarily engaged, directly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary or subsidiaries, in a business or businesses other than that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities. No Loan Party nor any direct or indirect subsidiary of any Loan Party (a) is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the


business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, (b) is or has been engaged or proposes to engage in the business of issuing face-amount certificates of the installment type within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ Investment Company Act ”), or (c) owns or proposes to acquire securities (excluding (i) any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person 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 (collectively, “Government securities”), (ii) securities issued by employees’ securities companies and (iii) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that are not investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of “investment company” in Section 3(c)(1) or (7) of the Investment Company Act) having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (excluding Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.

5. Resolutions . The unanimous written consent action of the Board of Directors of the Opinion Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement has been or will be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

The undersigned hereby authorize Foley & Lardner LLP to rely upon the statements contained herein in rendering its Opinion relating to the Credit Agreement and related transactions.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:  

/s/ Sara E. Zawoyski

  Name:   Sara E. Zawoyski
  Title:   Manager
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC
By:  

/s/ Neil S. Mackintosh

  Name:   Neil S. Mackintosh
  Title:   Director
PENTAIR TECHNICAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Sara E. Zawoyski

  Name:   Sara E. Zawoyski
  Title:   Vice President, Finance

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EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF OPINION OF ARTHUR COX

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Ten Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380, Ireland | tel : +353 1 920 1000 | dx : 27 dublin | email : dublin@arthurcox.com

 

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March 23, 2018

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

 

To:    (1)    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
      10 South Dearborn
      Chicago
      Illinois 60603
      (in its capacity as Administrative Agent (as defined in the Transaction Document (as defined in Schedule 1 hereto)); and
   (2)    the Lenders as listed in Schedule 2 hereto and any entity that becomes a Lender as a result of primary syndication in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Document no later than 6 months after the date of the Opinion,
   (together the “Addressees”)
Re:    nVent Electric plc (the “Company”) incorporated in Ireland under registered number 536025 having its registered office at 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380, Ireland

Dear Sirs,

 

1. Basis of Opinion

 

  1.1 We act as solicitors in Ireland for the Company. We have been requested to furnish this Opinion in connection with the entry into of the Transaction Document (as defined in Schedule 1 hereto) by the Company (the “Transaction” ). This Opinion is solely for the benefit of the Addressees and may not be relied upon, used, transmitted, referred to, quoted from, circulated, copied, filed with any governmental agency or authority, disseminated or disclosed by or to any other person or entity for any purposes without our prior written consent, provided that it may be disclosed to regulatory authorities to whom disclosure may be required by applicable laws or regulations and to your legal adviser(s) on the basis that it is for information only, such persons may not rely upon this Opinion, we have no responsibility to such persons in connection with this Opinion and such persons are bound by restrictions as to disclosure and reliance set out in this Opinion.

 

  1.2 This Opinion is given on the basis that our client is the Company. For the purposes of giving this Opinion, we have taken instructions solely from the Company and Foley & Lardner LLP.

John S Walsh, Eugene McCague, David O’Donohoe, Colm Duggan, Isabel Foley, Conor McDonnell, Grainne Hennessy, Séamus Given, Caroline Devlin, Ciarán Bolger (Chairman), Gregory Glynn, Stephen Hegarty, Sarah Cunniff, Kathleen Garrett, Pádraig Ó Ríordáin, Elizabeth Bothwell, William Day, Andrew Lenny, John Menton, Orla O’Connor, Brian O’Gorman (Managing Partner), Mark Saunders, Mark Barr, John Matson, Deborah Spence, Kevin Murphy, Cormac Kissane, Kevin Langford, Eve Mulconry, Philip Smith, Kenneth Egan, Conor Hurley, Alex McLean, Glenn Butt, Niav O’Higgins, Fintan Clancy, Rob Corbet, Pearse Ryan, Ultan Shannon, Dr Thomas B Courtney, Aaron Boyle, Rachel Hussey, Colin Kavanagh, Kevin Lynch, Geoff Moore, Fiona McKeever, Chris McLaughlin, Maura McLaughlin, Joanelle O’Cleirigh, Paul Robinson, Richard Willis, Deirdre Barrett, Cían Beecher, Ailish Finnerty, Robert Cain, Connor Manning, Keith Smith, John Donald, Dara Harrington, David Molloy, Stephen Ranalow, Gavin Woods, Simon Hannigan, Colin Monaghan, Niamh Quinn, Colin Rooney, Catherine Austin, Hilary Callanan, Jennifer McCarthy, Aiden Small, Adrian Mulryan, John Barrett, Phil Cody, Karen Killoran, Richard Ryan, Aisling Burke, Danielle Conaghan, Brian O’Rourke, Cian McCourt, Florence Loric, Louise O’Byrne, Michael Twomey

Consultants: Niamh Burke, Dr Robert Clark, Donogh Crowley, David Foley, John Glackin, Michael Meghen, Daniel O’Connor, Dr Yvonne Scannell, Bryan Strahan

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  1.3 This Opinion is confined to and given in all respects on the basis of the laws of Ireland in force as at the date hereof as currently applied by the courts of Ireland. We have made no investigations of and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction or the effect thereof. In particular, we express no opinion on the laws of the European Union as they affect any jurisdiction other than Ireland. We have assumed without investigation that insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ireland are relevant, such laws do not prohibit and are not inconsistent with any of the obligations or rights expressed in the Transaction Document or the Transaction.

 

  1.4 This Opinion is also strictly confined to:

 

  (a) the matters expressly stated herein and is not to be read as extending by implication or otherwise to any other matter;

 

  (b) the Transaction Document (and no other documents whatsoever) and the Searches (see paragraph 1.8 below),

and is subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out below.

In giving this Opinion, we have relied upon the Corporate Certificate (as defined in Schedule 1 hereto) and the Searches (see paragraph 1.8 below) and we give this Opinion expressly on the terms that no further investigation or diligence in respect of any matter referred to in the Corporate Certificate or the Searches is required of us.

 

  1.5 No opinion is expressed as to the taxation consequences of the Transaction Document or the Transaction, save as set out in paragraphs 2.10 and 2.11. The opinions given in that paragraph are confined to and given in all respects on the basis of the laws of Ireland relating to tax in force as at the date hereof as currently applied by the courts of Ireland and on the basis of our understanding of the current practice of the Revenue Commissioners on the date hereof.

 

  1.6 For the purpose of giving this Opinion, we have examined copies sent to us by email in pdf or other electronic format of the Transaction Document.

 

  1.7 All words and phrases defined in the Transaction Document and not defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as are respectively assigned to them in the Transaction Document. References in this Opinion to:

 

  (a) the “Companies Act” means the Companies Act 2014;

 

  (b) the “CRO” means the Irish Companies Registration Office;

 

  (c) “Ireland” means Ireland exclusive of Northern Ireland;

 

  (d) the “Revenue Commissioners” means the Irish Revenue Commissioners; and

 

  (e) the “Searches” means the searches listed in paragraph 1.8.

 

  1.8 For the purpose of giving this Opinion, we have caused to be made the following legal searches against the Company on March 23, 2018:

 

  (a) on the file of the Company maintained by the Registrar of Companies in the CRO for mortgages, debentures, or similar charges or notices thereof and for the appointment of any examiner, receiver or liquidator;

 

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  (b) in the Judgments Office of the High Court for unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees and the like for the twelve years immediately preceding the date of the search;

 

  (c) in the Central Office of the High Court for any petitions filed in respect of the Company;

 

  (d) in the Central Office of the High Court for any proceedings filed against the Company; and

 

  (e) on the register of persons disqualified or restricted from acting as directors of companies incorporated in Ireland, which is maintained by the Registrar of Companies in the CRO, against the names of the current directors of the Company as identified in the search results referred to in sub-paragraph (a) above.

 

  1.9 This Opinion is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland (as interpreted by the courts of Ireland at the date hereof) and anyone seeking to rely on this Opinion agrees, for our benefit, that the Courts of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of, or in connection with, this Opinion. This Opinion speaks only as of its date. We assume no obligation to update this Opinion at any time in the future or to advise you of any change in law or change in the practice of the Revenue Commissioners change in interpretation of law which may occur after the date of this Opinion.

 

2. Opinion

Subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out in this Opinion, we are of the opinion that:

Capacity, Authority and Status

 

  2.1 The Company is a public limited company and is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland.

 

  2.2 The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority under its Constitution to execute and deliver any and all of the Transaction Document to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Document.

 

  2.3 The entry into the Transaction Document by the Company does not contravene:

 

  (a) any law of Ireland applicable to the Company; or

 

  (b) the Company’s Constitution.

 

  2.4 All necessary corporate action required on the part of the Company to authorise the execution and delivery of the Transaction Document and the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Document has been duly taken.

 

  2.5 The Transaction Document has been duly executed by the Company.

 

  2.6 No consent, authorisation, licence or approval from any Irish Governmental or public body or public authority and no registration, filing or recording of the Transaction Document or any instrument relating thereto in any Irish public office, governmental authority or regulatory body is necessary under the laws of Ireland to ensure the validity and enforceability of the Transaction Document against the Company.

 

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  2.7 The Company does not have 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) under the laws of Ireland.

 

  2.8 The Company has not taken any corporate action for its winding up, dissolution, court protection or reorganisation or for the appointment of an examiner, liquidator, trustee or similar officer in respect of the Company or any or all of its assets. No other party has taken any action or commenced any proceedings for the winding up, dissolution, court protection or reorganisation of the Company or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, examiner, trustee or similar officer in respect of the Company or any or all of the Company’s assets, revenues or undertakings.

No Licences required

 

  2.9 It is not necessary that the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents or the Syndication Agents be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in Ireland to enable it to execute and perform its obligations under the Transaction Document.

Stamp Duty and Withholding Tax

 

  2.10 Payments of interest pursuant to the Transaction Document may be made by the Company without deduction or withholding for or on account of Irish income tax provided that all such payments are beneficially owned by an Irish Qualifying Lender and all applicable administrative procedures have been completed.

 

  2.11 Under the laws of Ireland there is no stamp duty payable in Ireland in relation to the execution and delivery of the Transaction Document.

Governing law and Jurisdiction

 

  2.12 In any proceedings taken in Ireland for the enforcement of the Transaction Document, the choice of the law of the State of New York as the governing law of the Transaction Document will be recognised by the courts of Ireland pursuant to Article 3 of the Rome I Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (the “Rome I Regulation”) with respect to matters falling within the scope of the Rome I Regulation.

 

  2.13 Council Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (the “Rome II Regulation”) has force of law in Ireland. The incorporation of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of non-contractual obligations arising out of the Transaction Document is in respect of non-contractual obligations which are within the scope of the Rome II Regulation, valid in accordance with Article 14(1) of the Rome II Regulation and, accordingly, the laws of the State of New York will be applied by the courts of Ireland if any claim to enforce such non-contractual obligations against the Company comes under their jurisdiction.

 

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  2.14 The courts of Ireland will enforce the submission by the Company to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and a judgment of the courts of the State of New York will be enforced by the courts of Ireland if the following general requirements are met:

 

  (a) the foreign judgment is for a definite sum;

 

  (b) the foreign court must have had jurisdiction in relation to the particular defendant according to Irish conflict of law rules; and

 

  (c) the foreign judgment must be final and conclusive and the decree must be final and unalterable in the court which pronounces it.

 

3. Assumptions

For the purpose of giving this Opinion we assume the following, without any responsibility on our part if any assumption proves to have been untrue as we have not verified independently any assumption:

Authenticity and bona fides

 

  3.1 The truth, completeness, accuracy and authenticity of all copy letters, resolutions, certificates, permissions, minutes, authorisations and all other documents of any kind submitted to us as originals or copies of originals, and (in the case of copies) conformity to the originals of copy documents, the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals thereon that any signatures are the signatures of the persons who they purport to be and that each original was executed in the manner appearing on the copy.

 

  3.2 That the Transaction Document has been executed in a form and content having no material difference to the final draft provided to us.

 

  3.3 That the copies produced to us of minutes of meetings and/or of resolutions correctly record the proceedings at such meetings and/or the subject matter which they purport to record and that any meetings referred to in such copies were duly convened, duly quorate and held and all formalities were duly observed, that those present at any such meetings were entitled to attend and vote at the meeting and acted bona fide throughout, that no further resolutions have been passed or corporate or other action taken which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof and that such resolutions have not been amended or rescinded and are in full force and effect.

 

  3.4 That each director of the Company has disclosed any interest which he may have in the Transaction in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act and the Constitution of the Company and none of the directors of the Company has any interest in the Transaction except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the Company.

 

  3.5 The absence of fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence and lack of bad faith on the part of the parties to the Transaction Document and their respective officers, employees, agents and (with the exception of Arthur Cox) advisers.

 

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  3.6 That, based only on the searches referred to in paragraph 1.8(e), no person who has been appointed or acts in any way, whether directly or indirectly, as a director or secretary of, or who has been concerned in or taken part in the promotion of, the Company has:

 

  (a) been the subject of any declaration, order or deemed order for disqualification or restriction under the Companies Act (including Part 14, Chapters 3 and 4 thereof) or any analogous legislation; or

 

  (b) received any notice under the Companies Act (including Part 14, Chapter 5 thereof) or any analogous legislation regarding a disqualification or restriction undertaking.

Accuracy of Searches and the Corporate Certificate

 

  3.7 The accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed in the Searches and that such information is accurate as of the date of this Opinion and has not since the time of such search been altered. In this connection, it should be noted that:

 

  (a) the matters disclosed in the Searches may not present a complete summary of the actual position on the matters we have caused searches to be conducted for;

 

  (b) the position reflected by the Searches may not be fully up-to-date; and

 

  (c) searches at the CRO do not necessarily reveal whether or not a prior charge has been created or a resolution has been passed or a petition presented or any other action taken for the winding-up of, or the appointment of a receiver or an examiner to, the Company or its assets.

 

  3.8 The truth, completeness and accuracy of all representations and statements as to factual matters contained in the Corporate Certificate (as defined in Schedule 1 hereto) at the time they were made and at all times thereafter.

Commercial Benefit

 

  3.9 That the Transaction Document has been entered into for bona fide commercial purposes, on arm’s length terms and for the benefit of each party thereto and are in those parties’ respective commercial interests and for their respective corporate benefit.

No other information and compliance

 

  3.10 That the Transaction Document is the only document relating to the subject matter of the Transaction (for the purposes of the Opinion) and that there are no agreements or arrangements of any sort in existence between the parties to the Transaction Document and/or any other party which in any way amend or vary or are inconsistent with the terms of the Transaction Document or in any way bear upon or are inconsistent with the opinions stated herein.

Authority, Capacity and Execution

 

  3.11 That:

 

  (a) no party to the Transaction Document is a consumer for the purposes of Irish law or a personal consumer for the purposes of the Central Bank of Ireland’s Consumer Protection Code 2012;

 

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  (b) the parties to the Transaction Document (other than the Company to the extent opined on herein) are duly incorporated and validly in existence and they and their respective signatories have the appropriate capacity, power and authority to execute the Transaction Document, to exercise and perform their respective rights and obligations thereunder and to render those Transaction Document and all obligations thereunder legal, valid, binding and enforceable on them; and

 

  (c) each party to the Transaction Document (other than the Company to the extent opined on herein) has taken all necessary corporate action and other steps to execute, deliver, exercise and perform the Transaction Document and the rights and obligations set out therein.

 

  3.12 That the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Document:

 

  (a) does not and will not contravene the laws of any jurisdiction outside Ireland;

 

  (b) does not and will not result in any breach of any agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Company is a party; and

 

  (c) is not and will not be illegal or unenforceable by virtue of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Ireland.

 

  3.13 That the Company was not mistaken in entering into the Transaction Document as to any material relevant fact.

 

  3.14 That the Transaction Document constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction other than Ireland insofar as opined on herein.

Solvency and Insolvency

 

  3.15 That:

 

  (a) the Company was not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Sections 509(3) and 570 of the Companies Act or any analogous provision under any applicable laws immediately after the execution and delivery of the Transaction Document;

 

  (b) the Company will not, as a consequence of doing any act or thing which any Transaction Document contemplates, permits or requires the relevant party to do, be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of such Sections or any analogous provisions under any applicable laws;

 

  (c) no liquidator, receiver or examiner or other similar or analogous officer has been appointed in relation to the Company or any of its assets or undertaking; and

 

  (d) no petition for the making of a winding-up order or the appointment of an examiner or any similar officer or any analogous procedure has been presented in relation to the Company.

Financial Assistance and Connected Transactions.

 

  3.16 The Company is not by entering into the Transaction Document or performing its obligations thereunder, providing financial assistance for the purpose of an acquisition (by way of subscription, purchase, exchange or otherwise) made or to be made by any person of any shares in the Company or its holding company which would be prohibited by Section 82 of the Companies Act.

 

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  3.17 That none of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Document are prohibited by virtue of Section 239 of the Companies Act, which prohibits certain transactions between companies and its directors or persons connected with its directors.

Foreign Laws

 

  3.18 That as a matter of all relevant laws (other than the laws of Ireland):

 

  (a) all consents, approvals, notices, filings, recordations, publications, registrations and other steps necessary or desirable to permit the execution, delivery (where relevant) and performance of the Transaction Document or to perfect, protect or preserve any of the interests created by the Transaction Document have been obtained, made or done, or will be obtained, made or done, within any relevant time period(s); and

 

  (b) the legal effect of the Transaction Document, and the Transaction, and the creation of any interest the subject thereof will, upon execution and, where relevant, delivery of the Transaction Document be effective.

Governing law and jurisdiction

 

  3.19 That under all applicable laws (other than those of Ireland):

 

  (a) the choice of the law of the State of New York as the governing law of the Transaction Document (to the extent that they are expressed to be governed by the law of the State of New York) is a valid and binding selection which will be upheld, recognised and given effect by the courts of any relevant jurisdiction (other than those of Ireland); and

 

  (b) the submission of each party to the Transaction Document to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York (to the extent that they are so expressed) is valid and binding and will be upheld, recognised and given effect by the courts of any relevant jurisdiction (other than those of Ireland).

 

4. Qualifications

 

  The opinions set out in this Opinion are subject to the following reservations:

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

  4.1 Regarding the Rome I Regulation and the opinion at paragraph 2.12 above, where all other elements relevant to the situation are located in a country other than that of the governing law, and that country has laws which cannot be derogated from by agreement, the courts of Ireland will apply those overriding laws. This principle also applies to Community law provisions which cannot be derogated from by agreement in circumstances where all other elements are located in one or more EU Member States but the law of a non-EU Member State has been chosen. In addition, it is open to the courts of Ireland to give effect to the overriding mandatory provisions of the law of the country where the obligations arising out of the contract have to be or have been performed, insofar as those overriding mandatory provisions render the performance of the contract unlawful. In considering whether to give effect to those overriding mandatory provisions regard shall be had to their nature and purpose and

 

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  to the consequence of their applicability or non-applicability. To the extent that such mandatory rules affect any part of the transaction, an Irish court is likely to restrict the application of those rules to the relevant part of the transaction and to apply the law of the State of New York in the remainder. The courts of Ireland may however refuse to enforce foreign laws which may be considered repugnant to Irish public policy.

 

  4.2 Regarding the Rome II Regulation and the opinion at paragraph 2.13 above, under Article 14 of the Rome II Regulation, the parties may agree to submit non-contractual obligations to the law of their choice either by:

 

  (a) an agreement entered into after the event giving rise to the damage occurred; or

 

  (b) where all the parties are pursuing a commercial activity, also by an agreement freely negotiated before the event giving rise to the damage occurred.

1 The choice of law will not, where all the elements relevant to the situation at the time when the event giving rise to the damage occurs are located in a country other than a country whose law has been chosen, prejudice the application of provisions of the law of the country which cannot be derogated from by agreement. Furthermore, the choice of law of a non-EU Member State will not, where all the elements relevant to the situation at the time when the event giving rise to the damage occurs are located in one or more of the EU Member States, prejudice the application of provisions of European Union law, where appropriate as implemented in the EU Member State of the forum, which cannot be derogated from by agreement. In addition, the application of the provisions of the law of the forum in a situation where they are mandatory shall not be restricted irrespective of the law otherwise applicable to the non-contractual obligation.

 

  4.3 Regarding the opinion at paragraph 2.14 above, it should be noted that the courts of Ireland may refuse to enforce a judgment of the courts of the State of New York which meets the requirements set out in paragraph 2.14 for one of the following reasons:

 

  (a) the foreign judgment was obtained by fraud;

 

  (b) the enforcement of the foreign judgment in Ireland would be contrary to natural or constitutional justice;

 

  (c) the foreign judgment is contrary to Irish public policy or involves certain foreign laws which will not be enforced in Ireland; and

 

  (d) jurisdiction cannot be obtained by the courts of Ireland over the judgment debtors in the enforcement proceedings by personal service in Ireland or outside Ireland under Order 11 of the Superior Courts Rules.

General Matters

 

  4.4 Without prejudice to paragraph 2.3(b), we express no opinion as to whether the Transaction Document breaches any other agreement or instrument.

 

1   Parties cannot enter into an agreement under Article 14 with a view to derogating from the application of the special rules on the law applicable to unfair competition and infringement of intellectual property rights (Articles 6 and 8).

 

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  4.5 A particular course of dealing among the parties or an oral amendment, variation or waiver may result in an Irish court finding that the terms of the Transaction Document have been amended, varied or waived even if such course of dealing or oral amendment, variation or waiver is not reflected in writing among the parties.

 

  4.6 No opinion is expressed on the irrevocability of any power of attorney under the Transaction Document.

 

  4.7 No opinion is expressed on any deed of assignment, transfer, accession or similar document executed after the date of this opinion in relation to any of the rights and obligations contained in the Transaction Document.

 

  4.8 No opinion is expressed on any deed or agreement envisaged by the Transaction Document to be entered at a future date or any future action taken by a party under the Transaction Document.

Taxes

 

  4.9 The case law on the nature of guarantee payments is equivocal, but in summary and on the basis that guarantee payments take their nature from the payment which they replace:

 

  (a) a payment under a guarantee in respect of a repayment of an advance should not attract a requirement to withhold or deduct for or on account of Irish income tax; and

 

  (b) a payment under a guarantee in respect of interest on an advance should be treated as being a payment of interest but, on the basis that such payment is beneficially owned by an Irish Qualifying Lender, should not attract a requirement to withhold or deduct for or on account of Irish tax.

 

  4.10 It is possible, however, that payments under the guarantee included in the Transaction Document would be treated as being “sui generis” (i.e. having their own nature) and not as taking their nature from the payment which they replace, an obligation to withhold would only arise if such payments were annual payments with an Irish source. In that regard:

 

  (a) a once-off payment under the Transaction Document should not be viewed as an annual payment as it should lack the recurrent nature required to be so treated; and

 

  (b) any of a series of payments may be treated as annual payments (resulting in an obligation to make a withholding of 20% from the payment) unless the recipient receives the payments for the purposes of its trade and in this context, banks are usually regarded as traders in respect of all receipts from their banking business.

Due Diligence and Searches

 

  4.11 We have not investigated the nature of or the title to property and assets the subject of the Transaction Document or insurance, merger/competition, regulatory or environmental status or compliance nor have we considered any implications or perfection or other requirements arising in respect thereof. Other than the Searches, we have not conducted any other searches whatsoever. We have conducted no due diligence nor checked the regulatory status or compliance of the Company or any of its affiliates or shareholders, or banks, or any other person. We have not conducted

 

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  any due diligence on the status of any person other than the Company to the extent opined herein, and in particular have not considered any due diligence on any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Documentation Agents or the Syndication Agents or enquired or investigated as to whether they hold appropriate licenses or approvals.

Execution of Documents

 

  4.12 We note the decision in the English case of R (on the application of Mercury Tax Ltd) v. Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2008] EWHC 2721 . Although this decision will not be binding on the courts of Ireland it will be considered as persuasive authority. One of the decisions in that case would appear to indicate that a previously executed signature page from one document may not be transferred to another document, even where the documents in question are simply updated versions of the same document. Our Opinion is qualified by reference to the above referenced decision.

Guarantees

 

  4.13 The provision by a company of a guarantee or indemnity or any equivalent covenant to pay the debts of another person could be construed by the courts of Ireland as constituting the carrying on of an assurance business, particularly if the relevant company receives payment in consideration of the provision of that guarantee or indemnity. In addition, it is an offence for a person to carry on an assurance business in Ireland without a licence, although following the repeal of Section 9 of the Insurance Act 1936 (as amended) it seems that a guarantee and/or indemnity given by a person who does not possess a licence would still be enforceable. We are of the view that it is unlikely that the courts of Ireland would consider the giving of the guarantee and indemnity by the Company pursuant to the Transaction Document as constituting the carrying on of assurance business. We also note that the courts of Ireland have considered the giving of guarantees by group companies in the context of borrowings by another group company and have held that the directors of the guarantor may have regard to the interests of the group as a whole when deciding if it is to the commercial benefit of the guarantor to issue the guarantee. By implication, it would not be unreasonable to assume that the courts of Ireland do not consider the giving of a guarantee and indemnity in respect of another group company’s obligations as constituting the carrying on of assurance business. It should be noted that there has been UK caselaw to the effect that an isolated transaction could amount to carrying on business however, there has been contrasting caselaw in Ireland whereby it has been held that business “ presupposes some sort of continuation of activity as contrasted with one or two isolated transactions ”.

Sanctions

 

  4.14 If a party to the Transaction Document or to any transfer of, or payment in respect of, the Transaction Document is controlled by or otherwise connected with a person (or is itself) resident in, incorporated in or constituted under the laws of a country which is the subject of United Nations, European Union or Irish sanctions or sanctions under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as amended, or is otherwise the target of any such sanctions, then obligations to that party under the Transaction Document or in respect of the relevant transfer or payment may be unenforceable or void.

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SCHEDULE 1

Transaction Document

 

1. Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 among nVent Electric plc, nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Société à responsabilité limitée), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 219846, the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Citibank, N.A. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Syndication Agents and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, HSBC Bank USA, National Association and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Documentation Agents (the “Transaction Document”).

 

2. A certificate of a director of the Company (the “Corporate Certificate”) of the Company attaching copies of:

 

  (a) the Company’s certificate of incorporation;

 

  (b) the Company’s Constitution;

 

  (c) a list of the Company’s director(s) and company secretary;

 

  (d) a resolution of the board of directors of the Company; and

 

  (e) specimen signatures of each person authorised to sign the Transaction Document.

 

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SCHEDULE 2

The Lenders

 

1. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

2. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

3. THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.

 

4. CITIBANK, N.A.

 

5. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

6. GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

 

7. WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

8. HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

9. DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH

 

10. PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

11. BMO HARRIS BANK, NA

 

12. BANK OF CHINA, LOS ANGELES BRANCH

 

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EXHIBIT B-3

FORM OF OPINION OF ALLEN & OVERY

[ATTACHED]


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      Allen & Overy
      société en commandite simple, inscrite au
      barreau de Luxembourg
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent acting on behalf of the Lenders (as defined in the Agreement (as defined below))      

33 avenue J.F. Kennedy L-1855 Luxembourg

Boîte postale 5017 L-1050 Luxembourg

      Tel                 +352 4444 55 1
(the Addressees )       Fax                +352 4444 55 557
      frank.mausen@allenovery.com

Our ref                     A&O/0118485-0000007 LU:12998725.3

Luxembourg, 23 March 2018

nVent Finance S.à r.l. – USD800,000,000 Credit Agreement

Dear Sir or Madam,

 

1. We have acted as legal advisers in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Luxembourg ) to nVent Finance S.à r.l, a private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg trade and companies register ( Registre de commerce et des sociétés, Luxembourg ) (the Register ) under number B 219846 (the Company ) in connection with the Agreement.

 

2. DOCUMENTS

We have examined, to the exclusion of any other document, copies of the documents listed below:

 

2.1 an e-mailed scanned copy of the articles of association ( statuts ) of the Company in a version dated 27 November 2017 (the Articles );

 

2.2 an electronic copy of a negative certificate ( certificat négatif ) issued by the Register in respect of the Company dated 22 March 2018 stating that on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the negative certificate, there were no records at the Register of any court order regarding, amongst others, a (i) bankruptcy adjudication against the Company, (ii) reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), (iii) controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ) or (iv) composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de la faillite ) (the Certificate );

 

2.3 an e-mailed scanned signed copy of the resolutions taken by the board of managers of the Company on 28 February 2018 (the Resolutions ); and

 

2.4 an e-mailed scanned signed copy of a New York law governed USD800,000,000 credit agreement dated 23 March 2018 and made between, among others, nVent Electric Plc as parent, the Company as company, Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. as affiliate borrower and the Addressees (the Agreement ).

Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple, is an affiliated office of Allen & Overy LLP. Allen & Overy LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in each of: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Belfast, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest (associated office), Budapest, Casablanca, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta (associated office), Johannesburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Prague, Riyadh (cooperation office), Rome, São Paulo, Séoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington, D.C. and Yangon.

 


The term “Agreement” includes, for the purposes of paragraphs 3. and 5. below, any document in connection therewith.

Unless otherwise provided herein, terms and expressions shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.

 

3. ASSUMPTIONS

In giving this legal opinion, we have assumed with your consent, and we have not verified independently:

 

3.1 the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals, the completeness and conformity to the originals of all the documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, faxed, scanned or e-mailed copies or specimens and the authenticity of the originals of such documents and that the individuals purported to have signed, have in fact signed (and had the general legal capacity to sign) these documents;

 

3.2 the due authorisation, execution and delivery of the Agreement by all the parties thereto (other than the Company) as well as the capacity, power, authority and legal right of all the parties thereto (other than the Company) to enter into, execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations thereunder, and the compliance with all internal authorisation procedures by each party (other than the Company) for the execution by it of the Agreement;

 

3.3 that all factual matters and statements relied upon or assumed herein were, are and will be (as the case may be) true, complete and accurate on the date of execution of the Agreement;

 

3.4 that all authorisations, approvals and consents under any applicable law (other than Luxembourg law to the extent opined upon herein) which may be required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement have been or will be obtained;

 

3.5 that the Agreement has in fact been signed on behalf of the Company by Sara E. Zawoyski;

 

3.6 that the place of the central administration ( siège de l'administration centrale ), the principal place of business ( principal établissement ) and the centre of main interests (within the meaning given to such term in Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings (recast), as amended (the European Insolvency Regulation )) of the Company are located at the place of its registered office ( siège statutaire ) in Luxembourg and that the Company has no establishment (as such term is defined in the European Insolvency Regulation) outside Luxembourg;

 

3.7 that the Company complies with the provisions of the Luxembourg act dated 31 May 1999 concerning the domiciliation of companies, as amended (to the extent it is applicable to the Company);

 

3.8 that the Agreement is legally valid, binding and enforceable under its governing law (other than Luxembourg law to the extent opined upon herein), that the choices of such governing law and of the jurisdiction clause are valid (as a matter of such governing law and all other applicable laws (other than Luxembourg law to the extent opined upon herein)) as the choice of the governing law and the submission to the jurisdiction of the chosen courts for the Agreement;

 

3.9 that the Agreement is entered into and performed by the parties thereto in good faith and without any intention of fraud or intention to deprive of any legal benefit any persons (including for the avoidance of doubt third parties) or to circumvent any applicable mandatory laws or regulations of any jurisdiction (including without limitation any tax laws);

 

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3.10 that there are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Luxembourg which would adversely affect, or otherwise have any negative impact on, the opinions expressed in this legal opinion;

 

3.11 that all the parties to the Agreement (other than the Company) are companies duly organised, incorporated and existing in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of their respective incorporation and/or their registered office and/or the place of effective management; that in respect of all the parties to the Agreement, no steps have been taken pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or equivalent or analogous proceedings to appoint an administrator, bankruptcy receiver, insolvency officer or liquidator over the respective parties or their assets and that no voluntary or judicial winding-up or liquidation of such parties has been resolved or become effective at the date hereof. In respect of the Company, we refer to the Certificate;

 

3.12 that the entry into and performance of the Agreement are for the corporate benefit ( intérêt social ) of the Company;

 

3.13 that the Resolutions have not been amended, rescinded, revoked or declared void and that the meeting of the board of managers of the Company (as referred to in paragraph 2.3) has been duly convened and validly held and included a proper discussion and deliberation in respect of all the items of the agenda of the meeting;

 

3.14 that the Articles have not been modified since the date referred to in paragraph 2.1 above;

 

3.15 that the Company does not carry out an activity in the financial sector on a professional basis (as referred to in the Luxembourg act dated 5 April 1993 relating to the financial sector, as amended (the Banking Act 1993 )). This assumption does not specifically affect the entry into and the performance by the Company of the Agreement;

 

3.16 that the Company does not carry out an activity requiring the granting of a business licence under the Luxembourg act dated 2 September 2011 relating to the establishment of certain businesses and business licences, as amended;

 

3.17 the absence of any other arrangement by or between any of the parties to the Agreement or between the parties to the Agreement and any third parties which modifies or supersedes any of the terms of the Agreement or otherwise affects the opinions expressed herein;

 

3.18 there is neither a vitiated consent ( vice de consentement ) by reason of mistake ( erreur ), fraud ( dol ), duress ( violence ) or inadequacy ( lésion ), nor an illicit cause ( cause illicite ) in relation to the Agreement;

 

3.19 that all agreed conditions to the effectiveness of the Agreement have been or will be satisfied; and

 

3.20 that the Company does not or will not process personal data in relation to which it has not made a notification to, or obtained an authorisation from, the relevant Luxembourg authorities under applicable data protection laws.

 

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4. OPINIONS

Based upon, and subject to, the assumptions made above and the qualifications set out below and subject to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that, under the laws of Luxembourg in effect, as construed and applied by the Luxembourg courts in published Luxembourg court decisions, on the date hereof:

 

4.1 Status

The Company is a private limited liability company ( société à responsabilité limitée ) formed for an unlimited duration and legally existing under the laws of Luxembourg.

 

4,2 Power, authority and authorisation

The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform the Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate actions to authorise the execution of the Agreement.

 

4.3 Execution

The Agreement has been duly executed on behalf of the Company.

 

4.4 Non-conflict

The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Agreement, and the compliance by the Company with the terms, of such Agreement do not violate the Articles or any applicable law of Luxembourg relating to private limited liability companies generally.

 

4.5 No consents

No authorisations, approvals or consents of governmental, judicial and public bodies and authorities of or in Luxembourg are required under statute in connection with the entry into or performance by the Company of the Agreement.

 

4.6 No registration

It is not necessary in order to ensure the enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Agreement, that it be notarised or subject to any other formality or be filed, recorded, registered or enrolled with any court or official authority in Luxembourg.

 

4.7 Application of governing law

The choice of New York law as the governing law of the Agreement would be upheld as a valid choice of law by the courts of Luxembourg and applied by those courts in proceedings in relation to the Agreement as the governing law thereof.

 

4,8 Submission to jurisdiction

The submission to the jurisdiction of (i) the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan and (ii) any U.S. federal or Illinois state court sitting in Chicago by the Company contained in the Agreement constitutes an effective submission by the Company to the jurisdiction of such courts.

 

4.9 Enforcement of judgments

 

  (a) A final and conclusive judgment in respect of the Agreement obtained against the Company in (i) the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan and (ii) any U.S. federal or Illinois state court sitting in Chicago would be recognised and enforced by the Luxembourg courts subject to the applicable enforcement procedure (as set out in the relevant provisions of the Luxembourg New Civil Procedure Code).

 

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Pursuant to Luxembourg case law, the enforcement of such judgment is subject to the following requirements;

 

    the foreign judgment must be enforceable in the country of origin,

 

    the court of origin must have had jurisdiction both according to its own laws and to the Luxembourg conflict of jurisdictions rules,

 

    the foreign proceedings must have been regular in light of the laws of the country of origin,

 

    the rights of defence must not have been violated,

 

    the foreign court must have applied the law which is designated by the Luxembourg conflict of laws rules, or, at least, the judgment must not contravene the principles underlying these rules,

 

    the considerations of the foreign judgment as well as the judgment as such must not contravene Luxembourg international public policy,

 

    the foreign judgment must not have been rendered as a result of or in connection with an evasion of Luxembourg law (" fraude à la loi ").

 

  (b) Any judgment awarded in the courts of Luxembourg may be expressed in a currency other than the euro. However, any obligation to pay a sum of money would be enforceable in Luxembourg in terms of the euro only.

 

4.10 Certificate

According to the Certificate, on the day immediately prior to the date of issuance of the Certificate, no court order was recorded with the Register pursuant to which the Company had been adjudicated bankrupt ( faillite ) or become subject to, or benefited from, a reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ) or composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de la faillite ), judicial liquidation or judicial appointment of a temporary administrator.

 

5. QUALIFICATIONS

The above opinions are subject to the following qualifications:

 

5.1 The opinions expressed herein are subject to, and may be affected or limited by, the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy ( faillite ), insolvency, liquidation, reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ), composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de la faillite ), reorganisation proceedings or similar Luxembourg or foreign law proceedings or regimes affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

5.2 The provisions of a jurisdiction clause whereby the taking of proceedings in one or more jurisdictions shall not preclude the taking of proceedings in any other jurisdiction whether concurrently or not, might not be entirely enforceable in a Luxembourg court. If proceedings were previously commenced between the same parties and on the same grounds as the proceedings in Luxembourg, a plea of pendency might be opposed in the Luxembourg court and proceedings either stayed pending the termination of the proceedings abroad or dismissed, as the case may be. A Luxembourg court might decline jurisdiction where it determines that there is no effective jurisdiction agreement between the parties.

 

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5.3 Notwithstanding a foreign jurisdiction clause or an arbitration clause, the Luxembourg courts would, in principle, have jurisdiction to order provisional measures in connection with assets or persons located in Luxembourg and such measures would most likely be governed by Luxembourg law.

 

5.4 International public policy means the fundamental concepts of Luxembourg law that the Luxembourg courts may deem to be of such significance so as to exclude the application of an (otherwise applicable) foreign law (deemed to be contrary in its results to such concepts). International public policy is a matter which is constantly evolving on the basis of the position of Luxembourg courts with respect to cases they hear. Accordingly, there are uncertainties as to what is considered as international public policy under Luxembourg law.

 

5.5 The registration of the Agreement with the Administration de l'Enregistrement et des Domaines in Luxembourg will be required where the Agreement is physically attached ( annexé (s) ) to a public deed or to any other document subject to mandatory registration, in which case either a nominal registration duty or an ad valorem duty (of, for instance, 0.24 (zero point twenty four) per cent. of the amount of the payment obligation mentioned in the document so registered) will be payable depending on the nature of the document to be registered. These registration duties will equally be payable in the case of voluntary registration of the Agreement.

 

5.6 Claims may become barred under statutory limitation period rules and may be subject to defences of set-off or counter-claims.

 

5.7 With respect to the opinions expressed in paragraph 4.7 above, the Luxembourg courts might not apply a chosen foreign law if that choice was not made bona fide and/or:

 

  (a) if it were not pleaded and proved; or

 

  (b) if such foreign law would be contrary to the mandatory provisions ( lois impératives ) or overriding mandatory provisions ( lois de police ) of Luxembourg law or manifestly incompatible with Luxembourg public policy; or

 

  (c) to the extent that relevant contractual obligations or matters fall outside of the scope of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations; or

 

  (d) if all other elements relevant to the situation are located in a country other than the jurisdiction of the chosen governing law, in which case the Luxembourg courts may apply the applicable mandatory provisions of such country; or

 

  (e) where the chosen governing law is not the law of an EU Member State, if all other elements relevant to the situation are located in one or several EU Member States, in which case the Luxembourg courts may apply applicable mandatory EU law provisions (as implemented in Luxembourg); or

 

  (f) where contractual obligations are to be or have been performed in another country where such performance is prohibited by overriding mandatory provisions; or

 

  (g) if a party is subject to insolvency proceedings, in which case the Luxembourg courts would apply the law of the jurisdiction where such insolvency proceedings have been duly opened ( lex concursus ) to the effects of such insolvency proceedings without prejudice to the exceptions provided for in the European Insolvency Regulation.

 

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5.8 The corporate documents of, and relevant court orders affecting, a Luxembourg company (including, but not limited to, the notice of a winding-up order or resolution, notice of the appointment of a receiver or similar officer) may not be held at the Register immediately and there is generally a delay in the relevant document appearing on the files regarding the company concerned. Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that the required filing of documents has not occurred or that documents filed with the Register may have been mislaid or lost. In accordance with Luxembourg company law, changes or amendments to corporate documents to be filed at the Register will be effective ( opposable ) vis-à-vis third parties only as of the day of their publication in the Luxembourg official gazette ( Mémorial C, Recueil des Sociétés et Associations or RESA, Recueil électronique des sociétés et associations, as applicable) (the Official Gazette ) unless the company proves that the relevant third parties had prior knowledge thereof.

 

5.9 We express no tax opinion whatsoever in respect of the Company or the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement.

 

5.10 We have not made any enquiry regarding, and no opinion is expressed or implied in relation to, the accuracy of any representation or warranty given by, or concerning, any of the parties to the Agreement or whether such parties or any of them have complied with or will comply with any covenant or undertaking given by them or the terms and conditions of any obligations binding upon them, save as expressly provided herein.

 

5.11 The rights and obligations of the parties under the Agreement may be limited by the effects of (i) criminal law measures, including without limitation criminal freezing orders, or (ii) public law sanctions or restraining measures taken from time to time under applicable laws, treaties or other instruments.

 

5.12 A search at the Register is not capable of conclusively revealing whether a (and the Certificate does not constitute conclusive evidence that no) winding-up resolution or petition, or an order adjudicating or declaring a, or a petition or filing for, bankruptcy or reprieve from payment ( sursis de paiement ), controlled management ( gestion contrôlée ), composition with creditors ( concordat préventif de la faillite ) or judicial liquidation ( liquidation judiciaire ) or similar action has been adopted or made.

 

5.13 As used in this legal opinion, the term enforceable means that the relevant rights and obligations are of a type which the Luxembourg courts do normally enforce. It does not mean that these obligations will necessarily be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with their respective terms, enforcement being subject to, inter alia, the nature of the remedies available in the Luxembourg courts, the acceptance by such court of jurisdiction, the discretion of the courts (within the limits of Luxembourg law), the power of such courts to stay proceedings, to grant grace periods, the provisions of Luxembourg procedure rules regarding remedies, enforcement measures available under Luxembourg law, mandatory provisions of Luxembourg law or principles of Luxembourg international public policy from time to time in force and the general principles of Luxembourg law in particular, the general principle of good faith performance.

 

5.14 Actions in Luxembourg courts must, in principle, be brought in the name of the principal not in the name of an agent of the principal.

 

5.15 We express no opinion whatsoever on the legal validity and the enforceability of the Agreement.

 

5.16 In the case of legal proceedings being brought before a Luxembourg court or production of the Agreement before an official Luxembourg authority, such Luxembourg court or official authority may require that the Agreement and/or any judgment obtained in a foreign court must be translated into French or German.

 

5.17 Punitive, treble or similar damages may not be enforceable in the Luxembourg courts.

 

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6. This legal opinion is as of this date and we undertake no obligation to update it or advise of changes hereafter occurring. We express no opinion as to any matters other than those expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is, or may be, implied or inferred herefrom. We express no opinion on any economic, financial or statistical information (including formulas determining payments to be made) contained in the Agreement (or any document in connection therewith).

 

7. This legal opinion is given on the express basis, accepted by each person who is entitled to rely on it, that this legal opinion and all rights, obligations or liability in relation to it are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, Luxembourg law and that any action or claim, in relation to it can be brought exclusively before the courts of Luxembourg.

 

8. In this matter we have taken instructions solely from the Company. This legal opinion however has been addressed to the Addressees in connection with the Company’s entry into the Agreement. We note that we have not advised the Addressee on the legal implications of the Agreement (other than those specifically opined on herein). We exceptionally accept addressing this legal opinion to the Addressee solely in relation to the matters opined on herein, but the giving of this legal opinion is not to be taken as implying that we owe the Addressee any duty of care (other than in respect of the accuracy of the opinions expressly provided herein) in relation to the Agreement, the transactions contemplated by the Agreement or their commercial or financial implications. The fact that we have provided this legal opinion to the Addressees shall further not be deemed to have created any client relationship between us and the Addressees. The following provisions shall also apply in respect of the provision of this legal opinion to the Addressees, except that if and to the extent that any general terms of engagement that we may have in place at the date of this legal opinion with the Addressees where such Addressees are our clients have a different effect, then such other effect shall apply in relation to the provision of this legal opinion:

 

8.1 we shall have no obligation to advise the Addressee in the future on any of the matters referred to in this legal opinion and the fact that we have provided this legal opinion to the Addressees (i) shall not restrict us from representing and advising the Company (if the Company so requests) in relation to any matter at any time in the future (whether or not separate legal advisors are retained on any such matters by the Addressees), and (ii) shall not be deemed to have caused us any conflict of interest in relation to the giving of any such advice;

 

8.2 as regards the Addressees, any non-contractual rights and obligations arising out of or in connection with this legal opinion are governed by and are to be construed in accordance with Luxembourg law and the courts of Luxembourg have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute or matter arising out of or in connection with this legal opinion; and

 

8.3 any Addressee who is entitled to, and does, rely on this legal opinion agrees, by so relying, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law and regulation (and except in the case of wilful misconduct or fraud) there is no assumption of personal duty of care by, and such person will not bring any claim against, any individual who is a partner of, member of, employee of or consultant to Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple , Allen & Overy LLP or any other member of the group of Allen & Overy undertakings and that such person will instead confine any claim to Allen & Overy, société en commandite simple . Allen & Overy LLP or any other member of the group of Allen & Overy undertakings (and for this purpose “claim” means (save only where law and regulation applies otherwise) any claim, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise).

 

9. Luxembourg legal concepts are expressed in English terms and not in their original French or German terms. The concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English terms as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions. It should be noted that there are always irreconcilable differences between languages making it impossible to guarantee a totally accurate translation or interpretation. In particular, there are always some legal concepts which exist

 

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in one jurisdiction and not in another, and in those cases it is bound to be difficult to provide a completely satisfactory translation or interpretation because the vocabulary is missing from the language. We accept no responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies to the extent that they are attributable to such factors.

This legal opinion is given to you exclusively in connection with the Agreement and may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose. You may not give copies of this legal opinion to others, or enable or allow any person or persons to quote, rely upon or otherwise use part or all of this legal opinion without our prior written permission.

Yours faithfully,

Allen & Overy

Frank Mausen *

Partner

Avocat à la Cour

 

* This document is signed on behalf of Allen & Overy, a société en commandite simple, registered on list V of the Luxembourg bar. The individual signing this document is a qualified lawyer representing this entity.

 

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EXHIBIT C-1

FORM OF INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT

INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated                     , 20         (this “ Supplement ”), by and among each of the signatories hereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section  2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the Company has the right, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to effectuate from time to time an increase in the aggregate Revolving Commitments and/or one or more tranches of Incremental Term Loans under the Credit Agreement by requesting one or more Lenders to increase the amount of its Revolving Commitment and/or to participate in such a tranche;

WHEREAS, the Company has given notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to [increase the aggregate Revolving Commitments] [and] [enter into a tranche of Incremental Term Loans] pursuant to such Section  2.20 ; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section  2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Increasing Lender now desires to [increase the amount of its Revolving Commitment] [and] [participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company and the Administrative Agent this Supplement;

NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned Increasing Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, that on the date of this Supplement it shall [have its Revolving Commitment increased by $[                    ], thereby making the aggregate amount of its total Revolving Commitments equal to $[                    ]] [and] [participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans with a commitment amount equal to $[                    ] with respect thereto].

[[    ]. The undersigned Increasing Lender confirms for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties but without liability to any Loan Party, that it is [not a UK Qualifying Lender] [a UK Qualifying Lender (other than a UK Treaty Lender)] [(a UK Treaty Lender].] 1 0

[[    ]. The undersigned Increasing Lender confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Increasing Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is either (a) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes or (b) a partnership each member of which is (i) a company so resident in the United Kingdom or (ii) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK CTA 2009 or (c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent

 

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Delete as applicable – each Increasing Lender is required to confirm which of these three categories it falls within.

 


establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) of that company.] 11

[[    ]. The undersigned Increasing Lender confirms that it holds a passport under the HM Revenue and Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme (reference number [            ]) and is tax resident in [            ] 12 , so that interest payable to it by borrowers is generally subject to full exemption from United Kingdom withholding tax and requests that the Company notify:

(i) each UK Borrower which is a party to the Credit Agreement as a Borrower as at the date of this Assignment and Assumption; and

(ii) each UK Borrower which becomes a Borrower after the date of this Assignment and Assumption,

that it wishes that scheme to apply to the Credit Agreement.] 13

2. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.

3. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.

4. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

5. This Supplement 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 to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.

 

[INSERT NAME OF INCREASING LENDER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:
NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

11 Insert if comes within clause (a)(ii) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender.
12 Insert jurisdiction of tax residence.
13 Include if the Increasing Lender holds a passport under the HM Revenue and Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to the Credit Agreement.


Acknowledged as of the date first written above:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT

AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated                     , 20         (this “ Supplement ”), by and among each of the signatories hereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement provides in Section  2.20 thereof that any bank, financial institution or other entity may [extend Revolving Commitments] [and] [participate in tranches of Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement subject to the approval of the Company and the Administrative Agent, by executing and delivering to the Company and the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Credit Agreement in substantially the form of this Supplement; and

WHEREAS, the undersigned Augmenting Lender was not an original party to the Credit Agreement but now desires to become a party thereto;

NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:

1. The undersigned Augmenting Lender agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the date of this Supplement, become a Lender for all purposes of the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if originally a party thereto, with a [Revolving Commitment of $[                    ]] [and] [a commitment with respect to Incremental Term Loans of $[                    ]].

[[    ]. The undersigned Augmenting Lender confirms for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties but without liability to any Loan Party, that it is [not a UK Qualifying Lender] [a UK Qualifying Lender (other than a UK Treaty Lender)] [(a UK Treaty Lender].] 14

[[    ]. The undersigned Augmenting Lender confirms that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Augmenting Lender in respect of an advance under a Loan Document is either (a) a company resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes or (b) a partnership each member of which is (i) a company so resident in the United Kingdom or (ii) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account in computing its chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) the whole of any share of interest payable in respect of that advance that falls to it by reason of Part 17 of the UK CTA 2009 or (c) a company not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning of section 19 of the UK CTA 2009) of that company.] 15

 

14   Delete as applicable – each Augmenting Lender is required to confirm which of these three categories it falls within.
15   Insert if comes within clause (a)(ii) of the definition of UK Qualifying Lender.


[[    ]. The undersigned Augmenting Lender confirms that it holds a passport under the HM Revenue and Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme (reference number [            ]) and is tax resident in [             ] 16 , so that interest payable to it by borrowers is generally subject to full exemption from United Kingdom withholding tax and requests that the Company notify:

(i) each UK Borrower which is a party to the Credit Agreement as a Borrower as at the date of this Assignment and Assumption; and

(ii) each UK Borrower which becomes a Borrower after the date of this Assignment and Assumption,

that it wishes that scheme to apply to the Credit Agreement.] 17

2. The undersigned Augmenting Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Supplement; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section  5.01 thereof, as applicable, and has reviewed such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Supplement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

3. The undersigned’s address for notices for the purposes of the Credit Agreement is as follows:

[                    ]

4. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.

5. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.

6. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

7. This Supplement 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 to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.

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16   Insert jurisdiction of tax residence
17   Include if the Augmenting Lender holds a passport under the HM Revenue and Customs DT Treaty Passport scheme and wishes that scheme to apply to the Credit Agreement.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.

 

[INSERT NAME OF AUGMENTING LENDER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:
NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
Acknowledged as of the date first written above:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


EXHIBIT D-1

[FORM OF]

REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE

March 23, 2018

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, [NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846][PENTAIR TECHNICAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, INC.] (the “ Borrower ”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO [LENDER] (the “ Lender ”) the outstanding principal balance of the Lender’s Revolving Loans made to the Borrower, together with interest thereon, at the rate or rates, in the amounts and at the time or times set forth in the Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), dated as of March 23, 2018, by and among nVent Finance S.à r.l., nVent Electric plc, Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agents and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, in each case at such place as the Administrative Agent may specify from time to time, in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds.

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

The Revolving Loans evidenced by this Note are prepayable in the amounts, and on the dates, set forth in the Credit Agreement. This Note is one of the Notes under, and as such term is defined in, the Credit Agreement, and is subject to, and should be construed in accordance with, the provisions thereof, and is entitled to the benefits set forth in the Loan Documents.

The Lender is hereby authorized to record on the schedule annexed hereto and any continuation sheets which the Lender may attach thereto (a) the date and amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender, (b) the character of each Revolving Loan as one or more ABR Borrowings, one or more Eurocurrency Borrowings, or a combination thereof, (c) the Interest Period and Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to each Eurocurrency Borrowing, and (d) the date and amount of each conversion of, and each payment or prepayment of principal of, each Revolving Loan. No failure to so record nor any error in so recording shall affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Revolving Loans, together with interest thereon, as provided in the Credit Agreement, and the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans as set forth in such schedule shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein.

Except as specifically otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest and all other demands, protests and notices in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, collection and enforcement of this Note.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

 

    [NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.]
    [PENTAIR TECHNICAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, INC.]
    By:  

 

    Name:
    Title:


SCHEDULE OF REVOLVING LOANS AND PAYMENTS OR PREPAYMENTS

 

Date

  

Amount of

Loan

  

Type of

Loan Currency

  

Interest
Period/Rate

  

Amount of
Principal Paid or
Prepaid

  

Unpaid Principal
Balance

  

Notation
Made By


EXHIBIT D-2

[FORM OF]

TERM LOAN NOTE

March 23, 2018

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Borrower ”), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY TO [LENDER] (the “ Lender ”) the outstanding principal balance of the Lender’s Term Loans made to the Borrower, together with interest thereon, at the rate or rates, in the amounts and at the time or times set forth in the Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), dated as of March 23, 2018, by and among nVent Finance S.à r.l., nVent Electric plc, Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, the Documentation Agents, the Syndication Agents and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, in each case at such place as the Administrative Agent may specify from time to time, in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds.

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.

The Term Loans evidenced by this Note are prepayable in the amounts, and on the dates, set forth in the Credit Agreement. This Note is one of the Notes under, and as such term is defined in, the Credit Agreement, and is subject to, and should be construed in accordance with, the provisions thereof, and is entitled to the benefits set forth in the Loan Documents.

The Lender is hereby authorized to record on the schedule annexed hereto and any continuation sheets which the Lender may attach thereto (a) the date and amount of each Term Loan made by such Lender, (b) the character of each Term Loan as one or more ABR Borrowings, one or more Eurocurrency Borrowings, or a combination thereof, (c) the Interest Period and Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to each Eurocurrency Borrowing, and (d) the date and amount of each conversion of, and each payment or prepayment of principal of, each Term Loan. No failure to so record nor any error in so recording shall affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Term Loans, together with interest thereon, as provided in the Credit Agreement, and the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans as set forth in such schedule shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein.

Except as specifically otherwise provided in the Credit Agreement, the Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest and all other demands, protests and notices in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, collection and enforcement of this Note.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


SCHEDULE OF TERM LOANS AND PAYMENTS OR PREPAYMENTS

 

Date

  

Amount of

Loan

  

Type of

Loan Currency

  

Interest
Period/Rate

  

Amount of
Principal Paid or
Prepaid

  

Unpaid Principal
Balance

  

Notation
Made By


EXHIBIT E

LIST OF EFFECTIVE DATE AND CLOSING DATE DOCUMENTS

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.

CERTAIN AFFILIATE BORROWERS

CREDIT FACILITIES 18

March 23, 2018

SECTION I.

LIST OF EFFECTIVE DATE DOCUMENTS

A. LOAN DOCUMENTS

 

1. Credit Agreement (the “ Credit Agreement ”) by and among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ” and, together with the Company and the Parent, the “ Loan Parties ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the “ Lenders ”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”), evidencing a revolving credit facility to the Borrowers from the Revolving Lenders in an initial aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 and a term loan facility to the Company from the Term Lenders in an initial aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000.

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 2.01

   —     

Commitments

Schedule 2.05    —      Swingline Sublimits
Schedule 6.03       List of Existing Liens
Schedule 6.05       Existing Debt

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    —      Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B-1

   —     

Form of Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP

Exhibit B-2

   —     

Form of Opinion of Arthur Cox

Exhibit B-3

   —     

Form of Opinion of Allen & Overy

Exhibit C-1

   —     

Form of Increasing Lender Supplement

Exhibit C-2

   —     

Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement

Exhibit D-1

   —     

Form of Revolving Credit Note

Exhibit D-2

   —     

Form of Term Loan Note

Exhibit E

   —     

List of Effective Date and Closing Date Documents

Exhibit F-1

   —     

Form of Affiliate Borrowing Agreement

Exhibit F-2

   —     

Form of Affiliate Borrowing Termination

Exhibit G-1

   —     

Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit G-2

   —     

Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibits H-1-4

   —     

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates

Exhibit I    —      Form of Irish Qualifying Lender Confirmation

 

 

18   Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the above-defined Credit Agreement. Items appearing in bold and italics shall be prepared and/or provided by the Company and/or Company’s counsel

 

 

 


2. Notes executed by each of the Borrowers in favor of each of the Lenders, if any, which has requested a note pursuant to Section  2.10(d) of the Credit Agreement.

B. CORPORATE DOCUMENTS

 

3. Certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party certifying (i)  that there have been no changes in the Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Association or other charter document of such Loan Party, as attached thereto and as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization (to the extent such certification is generally available in such jurisdiction), since the date of the certification thereof by such governmental entity, (ii)  the By-Laws or other applicable organizational document, as attached thereto, of such Loan Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii)  resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a party, (iv)  the names and true signatures of the incumbent officers of each Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (in the case of each Borrower) authorized to request a Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter of Credit under the Credit Agreement and (v)  in the case of the Irish Loan Party, that entry into and performance of the Loan Documents will not constitute a breach of Section  239 of the Companies Act, 2014 of Ireland or a breach of Section  82 of the Companies Act, 2014 of Ireland.

 

4. In respect of the Company, (i) an excerpt (extrait) issued by the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register dated as of the Effective Date, and (ii) a non-registration certificate (certificate de non-inscription d’une décision judiciaire) issued by the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register regarding the absence of judicial proceedings dated as of the date of the Credit Agreement.

 

5. Good Standing Certificate (or analogous documentation if applicable) for each Loan Party from the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization, to the extent generally available in such jurisdiction.

C. OPINIONS

 

6. Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties.

 

7 . Opinion of Arthur Cox, Irish Counsel for the Loan Parties.

 

8. Opinion of Allen & Overy, Luxembourg Counsel for the Loan Parties.

SECTION II.

LIST OF CLOSING DATE DOCUMENTS

A. CLOSING DATE CERTIFICATES AND MISCELLANEOUS

 

1.

A certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by a Manager of the Company, certifying that (i) as of the Closing Date and upon giving effect (including giving effect on a pro forma basis) to the Spinoff and the Spinoff Transactions, (x) the Parent and its Subsidiaries will be Solvent on a consolidated basis and (y) the Company will be in compliance upon giving effect (including giving effect on a pro forma basis) to the Spinoff and the Spinoff Transactions, with the financial covenants set forth in Sections 6.01 and


  6.02 of the Credit Agreement (such certificate setting forth reasonably detailed computations evidencing such compliance, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) the Spinoff shall occur no later than the Spinoff Deadline Date.

 

2. A certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Manager of the Company, certifying that as of the Closing Date, (i) all conditions to the Spinoff set forth in the Form 10 shall have been satisfied (or shall be satisfied no later than the Spinoff Deadline Date following the occurrence of the Spinoff), (ii) the Spinoff and all related material transactions shall have been consummated or shall be consummated no later than the Spinoff Deadline Date, on terms consistent in all material respects with the information set forth in, and the forms of agreements filed with, the Form 10, (iii) there is no litigation or administrative proceeding that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Spinoff and (iv) (x) all requisite governmental authorities and material third parties have approved or consented to the Spinoff to the extent required, (y) all applicable notice or appeal periods have expired and (z) there is no governmental or judicial action, actual or threatened, that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose burdensome conditions on the Spinoff or the Spinoff Transactions.

 

3. A certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Manager of the Company, certifying (i) compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section  4.03 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) that since December 31, 2017, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, operations, business or assets of the Parent, the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (except as disclosed in the Form 10).


EXHIBIT F-1

[FORM OF]

AFFILIATE BORROWING AGREEMENT

AFFILIATE BORROWING AGREEMENT dated as of [            ], among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc, an Irish public limited company (the “ Parent ”), [Name of Affiliate Borrower], a [                    ] (the “ New Affiliate Borrower ”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Company, the Parent, Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Under the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein set forth, to make Loans to certain Affiliate Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the “ Borrowers ”), and the Company and the New Affiliate Borrower desire that the New Affiliate Borrower become an Affiliate Borrower. In addition, the New Affiliate Borrower hereby authorizes the Company to act on its behalf as and to the extent provided for in Article II of the Credit Agreement. [ Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the New Affiliate Borrower hereby designates the following officers as being authorized to request Borrowings under the Credit Agreement on behalf of the New Affiliate Borrower and sign this Affiliate Borrowing Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the New Affiliate Borrower is, or may from time to time become, a party: [                    ]. ]

Each of the Company, the Parent and the New Affiliate Borrower represents and warrants that the representations and warranties in the Credit Agreement relating to the New Affiliate Borrower and this Agreement (other than the representations contained in Sections 3.04(b) and 3.05 ) are true and correct in all material respects (provided that any representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date hereof (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date). [INSERT OTHER PROVISIONS REASONABLY REQUESTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ITS COUNSELS] The Parent agrees that the guarantee of the Parent contained in the Credit Agreement will apply to the Obligations of the New Affiliate Borrower. Upon execution of this Agreement by each of the Company, the Parent and the New Affiliate Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the New Borrowing Subsidiary shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and shall constitute an “Affiliate Borrower” for all purposes thereof, and the New Affiliate Borrower hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Credit Agreement.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

[Signature Page Follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.

 

NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[NAME OF NEW AFFILIATE BORROWER]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as

Administrative Agent

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


EXHIBIT F-2

[FORM OF]

AFFILIATE BORROWER TERMINATION

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

[                    ]

[                    ]

Attention: [                    ]

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), refers to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Company, nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

The Company hereby terminates the status of [                    ] (the “ Terminated Affiliate Borrower ”) as an Affiliate Borrower under the Credit Agreement. [The Company represents and warrants that no Loans made to the Terminated Affiliate Borrower are outstanding as of the date hereof and that all amounts payable by the Terminated Affiliate Borrower in respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement) pursuant to the Credit Agreement have been paid in full on or prior to the date hereof.] [The Company acknowledges that the Terminated Affiliate Borrower shall continue to be a Borrower until such time as all Loans made to the Terminated Affiliate Borrower shall have been prepaid and all amounts payable by the Terminated Affiliate Borrower in respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable by the Terminated Affiliate Borrower under the Credit Agreement) pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full, provided that the Terminated Affiliate Borrower shall not have the right to make further Borrowings under the Credit Agreement.]

[Signature Page Follows]


This instrument shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

Very truly yours,
NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

Copy to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

10 South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603


EXHIBIT G-1

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

[10 South Dearborn

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: [                    ]

Facsimile: [                    ]] 19

With a copy to:

[                    ]

[                    ]

Attention: [                    ]

Facsimile: [                    ]

Re: nVent Finance S.à r.l.

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the “ Lenders ”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The [undersigned Borrower][Company, on behalf of [Affiliate Borrower],] hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section  2.03 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the [undersigned Borrower][Company, on behalf of [Affiliate Borrower],] specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowing requested hereby:

 

1. Name of Borrower:                     

 

2. The requested Borrowing is a [Revolving][Term Loan] Borrowing

 

3. Aggregate principal amount of Borrowing: 20                     

 

4. Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):                     

 

5. Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurocurrency):                     

 

19   If request is in respect of Revolving Loans in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Loan, please replace this address with the London address from Section 9.01(a)(ii).
20   Not less than applicable amounts specified in Section 2.02(c)


6. Interest Period and the last day thereof (if a Eurocurrency Borrowing): 21                     

 

7. Agreed Currency:                             

 

8. Location and number of the Borrower’s account or any other account agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:                                 

[Signature Page Follows]

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the conditions to lending specified in Section[s] [4.01, 4.02 and] 22 4.03 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.

 

Very truly yours,

[NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.,

as the Company]

[AFFILIATE BORROWER,

as a Borrower]

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

21   Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the applicable Maturity Date.
22   To be included only for Borrowings on the Closing Date.

 


EXHIBIT G-2

FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

for the Lenders referred to below

[10 South Dearborn

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Attention: [                    ]

Facsimile: ([        ]) [        ]-[                ]] 23

Re: nVent Finance S.à r.l.

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the “ Lenders ”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The [undersigned Borrower][Company, on behalf of [Affiliate Borrower],] hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement that it requests to convert an existing Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the [undersigned Borrower][Company, on behalf of [Affiliate Borrower],] specifies the following information with respect to such conversion requested hereby:

 

1. List Borrower, date, Type, Class, principal amount, Agreed Currency and Interest Period (if applicable) of existing Borrowing:                 

 

2. Aggregate principal amount of resulting Borrowing:                     

 

3. Effective date of interest election (which shall be a Business Day):                     

 

4. Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurocurrency):                     

 

5. Interest Period and the last day thereof (if a Eurocurrency Borrowing): 24                     

 

6. Agreed Currency:                         

[Signature Page Follows]

 

23   If request is in respect of Revolving Loans in a Foreign Currency or a Designated Loan, please replace this address with the London address from Section 9.01(a)(ii).
24   Which must comply with the definition of “Interest Period” and end not later than the applicable Maturity Date.

 


Very truly yours,

[ NVENT FINANCE S.À R.L.,

as the Company]

[AFFILIATE BORROWER,

as a Borrower]

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


EXHIBIT H-1

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For A Foreign Lender That, For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes, Is Neither Treated As A Partnership Nor Treated As A Disregarded Entity That Is Owned By A Partnership)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 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 (or, in the event that it is a Disregarded Entity, the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) is (a) not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) not a ten percent shareholder of any applicable Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (c) not a controlled foreign corporation related to any applicable Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and applicable Borrower with a certificate of the non-U.S. person status of the undersigned (or, in the event that the undersigned is a Disregarded Entity, the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrowers 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.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:                     , 20[        ]

 


EXHIBIT H-2

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For A Foreign Participant That, For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes, Is Neither Treated As A Partnership Nor Treated As A Disregarded Entity That Is Owned By A Partnership)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 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 (or, in the event that it is a Disregarded Entity, the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) is (a) not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b) not a ten percent shareholder of any applicable Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (c) not a controlled foreign corporation related to any applicable Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of the non-U.S. person status of the undersigned (or, in the event that the undersigned is a Disregarded Entity, the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E. 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.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:                     , 20[        ]

 


EXHIBIT H-3

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For A Foreign Participant That, For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes, Is Either Treated As A Partnership Or Treated As A Disregarded Entity That Is Owned By A Partnership)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 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) it is the sole beneficial owner of such participation for purposes other than U.S. federal income tax purposes, (iii) it (or, in the event that it is a Disregarded Entity, the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) is not 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, and (iv) none of the members of the undersigned (or, in the event that the undersigned is a Disregarded Entity, none of the members of the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) is (a) 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, (b) a ten percent shareholder of any applicable Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or (c) a controlled foreign corporation related to any applicable 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 the members of the undersigned (or, in the event that the undersigned is a Disregarded Entity, from each of the members of the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such member’s 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.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:                     , 20[        ]

 


EXHIBIT H-4

[FORM OF]

U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For A Foreign Lender That, For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes, Is Either Treated As A Partnership Or Treated As A Disregarded Entity That Is Owned By A Partnership)

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846 (the “ Company ”), nVent Electric plc (the “ Parent ”), Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc. (the “ Initial Affiliate Borrower ”), the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17 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) it is the sole beneficial owner of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) for purposes other than U.S. federal income tax purposes, (iii) it (or, in the event that the undersigned is a Disregarded Entity, the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) is not 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, and (iv) none of the members of the undersigned (or, in the event that the undersigned is a Disregarded Entity, none of the members of the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) is (a) 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, (b) a ten percent shareholder of any such Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or (c) a controlled foreign corporation related to any applicable Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of the members of the undersigned (or, in the event that the undersigned is a Disregarded Entity, from each of the members of the Person that is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as being the sole owner of the undersigned) claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such member’s 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 Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrowers 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.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Date:                     , 20[        ]

 


EXHIBIT I

[FORM OF]

IRISH QUALIFYING LENDER CONFIRMATION

To : nVent Finance S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company ( Société à responsabilité limitée ), having its registered office at 26, boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register ( R.C.S. Luxembourg ) under number B 219846, nVent Electric plc, Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement referenced below:

Name of Lender :                                                                      

Address of Lender :                                                                   

Date :                                                                              

Reference is hereby made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among nVent Finance S.à r.l., nVent Electric plc, Pentair Technical Products Holdings, Inc., the other Affiliate Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders.

Pursuant to Section  2.17(j) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Lender hereby confirms, as at the date of this Confirmation, that it is:

☐ not an Irish Qualifying Lender; or

☐ an Irish Qualifying Lender (under paragraph (f) of the definition); or

☐ an Irish Qualifying Lender (under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (g) of the definition).

 

[NAME OF LENDER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title: