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 the earliest event reported): June 1, 2018 (June 1, 2018)

 

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

British Columbia, Canada   001-14956   98-0448205

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2150 St. Elzéar Blvd. West

Laval, Quebec

Canada H7L 4A8

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

514-744-6792

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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

 

  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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Credit Agreement Restatement

On June 1, 2018, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Restatement Agreement (the “Restatement Agreement”) in respect of a Fourth Amended & Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “Restated Credit Agreement”) among the Company, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (“VPI”), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, certain other subsidiaries of the Company as subsidiary guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders and issuing banks and Barclays Bank PLC as administrative agent and swingline lender. The Restatement Agreement amends and restates in full the Company’s prior credit agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

The Restated Credit Agreement provides for a seven-year term loan facility in an initial principal amount of $4.565 billion. VPI is the borrower with respect to the term loans (the “New Term B Loans”), which refinanced all term loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the closing date and provided a $1.25 billion increase in term loans. The amortization rate for term loans under the Restated Credit Agreement is 5.00% per annum. The Company may direct that prepayments be applied to such amortization payments in order of maturity.

The Restated Credit Agreement also provides for a revolving credit facility in the amount of $1.225 billion. The revolving credit facility matures on the earlier to occur of the fifth anniversary of the closing date and the date that is 91 days prior to the scheduled maturity of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or VPI in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $1.0 billion. Both the Company and VPI are borrowers with respect to the revolving credit facility. Borrowings under the revolving credit facility may be made in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars or euros.

The Restated Credit Agreement includes a financial maintenance covenant that requires the Company to maintain a first lien net leverage ratio of not greater than 4.00:1.00. The financial maintenance covenant may be waived or amended without the consent of the term loan facility lenders and contains a customary term loan facility standstill.

The Restated Credit Agreement permits the incurrence of $1.0 billion of incremental credit facility borrowings, subject to customary terms and conditions, as well as the incurrence of additional incremental credit facility borrowings subject to, in the case of secured debt, a secured leverage ratio of 3.50:1.00, and, in the case of unsecured debt, a total leverage ratio of 6.50:1.00 or an interest coverage ratio of 2.00:1.00.

Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the borrower’s option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the rate of interest quoted in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal, Money Rates Section, as the “Prime Rate”, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 1/2 of 1.00% or (3) the eurocurrency rate for a period of one month plus 1.00% (or if such eurocurrency rate shall not be ascertainable, 1.00%) or (b) a eurocurrency rate, which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) determined by reference to the costs of funds for U.S. dollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing adjusted for certain additional costs (provided however, that the eurocurrency rate in respect of loans under the term loan facility shall at no time be less than zero), in each case plus an applicable margin. The applicable interest rate margins for the term loan facility loans are 2.00% with respect to base rate borrowings and 3.00% with respect to eurocurrency rate borrowings.

The applicable interest rate margins for borrowings under the revolving credit facility are between 1.50% to 2.00% with respect to base rate borrowings and between 2.50% to 3.00% with respect to eurocurrency rate borrowings. These applicable margins are subject to increase or decrease quarterly based on the first lien net leverage ratio. In addition, the borrowers are required to pay commitment fees of 0.25% to 0.50% per annum (depending on the Company’s first lien net leverage ratio) in respect of the unutilized commitments under the revolving credit facility, payable quarterly in arrears. The borrowers are also required to pay letter of credit fees on the maximum amount available to be drawn under all outstanding letters of credit in an amount equal to the applicable margin on eurocurrency rate borrowings under the revolving credit facility on a per annum basis, payable quarterly in arrears, as well as customary fronting fees for the issuance of letters of credit and agency fees.

The Restated Credit Agreement includes customary covenants, including limitations on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur debt and liens and to make restricted payments (including dividends and prepayments of junior indebtedness), acquisitions and other investments. As compared to the Existing Credit Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement provides significant increased flexibility for the Company to, among other things, incur indebtedness and liens, consummate acquisitions and make other investments and to make restricted payments and prepayments of junior indebtedness (including, in each case, relaxing certain limitations imposed by prior amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement).

The Company paid a fee to each term loan facility lender immediately upon giving effect to the restatement equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the New Term B Loans provided on the closing date for the Restated Credit Agreement.


The foregoing summary of the Restatement Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the Restatement Agreement (including the Restated Credit Agreement), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Notes Offering

On June 1, 2018, VPI completed its previously announced offering (the “notes offering”) of $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.500% senior notes due 2027 (the “notes”).

The notes were offered in the United States and sold 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 and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

A portion of the net proceeds from the New Term B Loans (defined above) and the notes offering, along with cash on hand, were used to refinance the Company’s outstanding Term B loans and will be used to redeem the Company’s 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020, VPI’s 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020, VPI’s 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021 and VPI’s 7.25% Senior Notes due 2022, and to pay related fees and expenses.

The Senior Notes Indenture

The notes were issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of June 1, 2018 (the “notes indenture”), between VPI, the Company, the other guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

Interest and Maturity

Pursuant to the notes indenture, the 8.500% senior notes will mature on January 31, 2027. Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on each January 31 and July 31, beginning on July 31, 2018. Interest on the notes will accrue from and including June 1, 2018 or else the most recent interest payment date to which interest had been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding, the date on which such interest is paid.

Guarantees

The notes will be guaranteed by the Company and each of the Company’s subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Restated Credit Agreement (as defined above), the existing senior unsecured notes (the “Existing Senior Unsecured Notes”) and existing senior secured notes (the “Existing Senior Secured Notes”) (together, the “Note Guarantors”).

Ranking

The notes and the guarantees of the notes will be:

 

    general unsecured obligations of VPI and the Note Guarantors, as applicable;

 

    pari passu in right of payment with each other and all existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of VPI or the applicable Note Guarantor;

 

    senior in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness of VPI or the applicable Note Guarantor that expressly provides for its subordination to the notes or the applicable guarantee;

 

    structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries (other than VPI) that do not guarantee the notes; and

 

    effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured indebtedness of VPI or the applicable Note Guarantor, including the Restated Credit Agreement and the Existing Senior Secured Notes, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.

Redemption

The notes will be redeemable at the option of VPI, in whole or in part, at any time on or after July 31, 2022, at the redemption prices as set forth in the notes indenture.


In addition, VPI may redeem some or all of the notes prior to July 31, 2022 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus a “make-whole” premium. Prior to July 31, 2021, VPI may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes using the proceeds of certain equity offerings at the redemption price set forth in the notes indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a change of control (as defined in the notes indenture), unless VPI has exercised its right to redeem all of the notes of a series as described above, holders of the notes of such series may require VPI to repurchase such holder’s notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the purchase date applicable to such notes.

Certain Covenants

The notes indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and any of its restricted subsidiaries (as such term is defined in the notes indenture) to, among other things:

 

    incur or guarantee additional indebtedness;

 

    make certain investments and other restricted payments;

 

    create liens;

 

    enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

    engage in mergers, consolidations or amalgamations; and

 

    transfer and sell assets.

Events of Default

The notes indenture also provides for customary events of default.

The foregoing summary of the notes indenture is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete text of the notes indenture, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

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

The information included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 2.04 Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

On June 1, 2018, the Company issued a notice of redemption to redeem all of its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “5.375% Notes”) and VPI issued a notice of redemption to redeem all of its outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “6.375% Notes”), 6.750% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “6.750% Notes”) and 7.250% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “7.250% Notes” and together with the 5.375% Notes, the 6.375% Notes and the 6.750% Notes, the “Notes”), using a portion of the net proceeds from the New Term B Loans and the notes offering, along with cash on hand, on July 2, 2018 (the “Redemption Date”).

The 5.375% Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of March 27, 2015, by and between the Company (as successor to VRX Escrow Corp.) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented and amended, and will be redeemed pursuant to Article 3 of that indenture. The 6.375% Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of October 4, 2012, by and between VPI (as successor to VPI Escrow Corp.) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented and amended, and will be redeemed pursuant to Article 3 of that indenture. The 6.750% Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of February 8, 2011, by and between VPI and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented and amended, and will be redeemed pursuant to Article 3 of that indenture. The 7.250% Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of March 8, 2011, by and between VPI and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented and amended, and will be redeemed pursuant to Article 3 of that indenture.


The redemption price for the 5.375% Notes will be $1,013.44 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. The redemption price for the 6.375% Notes will be $1,015.94 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. The redemption price for the 6.750% Notes will be $1,011.25 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. The redemption price for the 7.250% Notes will be $1,024.16 per $1,000 principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. Unless the Company or VPI, as applicable, defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on each series of Notes will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the applicable redemption price and interest accrued to, but not including, the Redemption Date upon surrender to the paying agent of the Notes of such series. On June 1, 2018, the Company and VPI deposited sufficient funds with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the indentures governing the Notes, to redeem the Notes at the aggregate redemption price for the Notes, and the indentures governing the notes were discharged.

The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.04.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2018, by and among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., the other guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
10.1    Restatement Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2018, among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, certain subsidiaries of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. as guarantors, each of the financial institutions named therein as lenders and issuing banks and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent
99.1    Press release announcing redemption of the notes, dated June 1, 2018


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of June  1, 2018, by and among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., the other guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
10.1    Restatement Agreement, dated as of June  1, 2018, among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, certain subsidiaries of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. as guarantors, each of the financial institutions named therein as lenders and issuing banks and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent
99.1    Press release announcing redemption of the notes, dated June 1, 2018


Signatures

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

 

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC
By:  

/s/ Paul S. Herendeen

  Name: Paul S. Herendeen
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief             Financial Officer

Date: June 1, 2018

Exhibit 4.1

Execution Version

 

 

 

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL

$750,000,000 8.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027

 

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF June 1, 2018

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,

AS TRUSTEE, REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE 1  
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE  

Section 1.1

  Definitions      1  

Section 1.2

  Other Definitions      22  

Section 1.3

  [Reserved]      23  

Section 1.4

  Rules of Construction      23  
ARTICLE 2  
THE SECURITIES  

Section 2.1

  Form and Dating      24  

Section 2.2

  Execution and Authentication      25  

Section 2.3

  Registrar and Paying Agent      25  

Section 2.4

  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      26  

Section 2.5

  Noteholder Lists      26  

Section 2.6

  Transfer and Exchange      26  

Section 2.7

  Replacement Notes      27  

Section 2.8

  Outstanding Notes      27  

Section 2.9

  Treasury Notes      28  

Section 2.10

  Temporary Notes      28  

Section 2.11

  Cancellation      28  

Section 2.12

  Legend; Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements      28  

Section 2.13

  CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers      30  
ARTICLE 3  
REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES  

Section 3.1

  Right to Redeem      30  

Section 3.2

  Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed      31  

Section 3.3

  Notice of Redemption      31  

Section 3.4

  Effect of Notice of Redemption      32  

Section 3.5

  Deposit of Redemption Price      32  

Section 3.6

  Notes Redeemed in Part      32  

Section 3.7

  Optional Redemption      32  

Section 3.8

  Purchase of Notes at Option of the Holder Upon Change of Control      33  

Section 3.9

  Effect of Change of Control Purchase Notice      35  

Section 3.10

  Deposit of Change of Control Purchase Price      35  

Section 3.11

  Notes Purchased in Part      35  

Section 3.12

  Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Notes      35  

Section 3.13

  Repayment to the Company      36  

Section 3.14

  Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds      36  
ARTICLE 4  
COVENANTS  

Section 4.1

  Payment of Notes      37  

 

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Section 4.2

  Maintenance of Office or Agency      38  

Section 4.3

  Reports      38  

Section 4.4

  Compliance Certificates      39  

Section 4.5

  Further Instruments and Acts      39  

Section 4.6

  Maintenance of Corporate Existence      39  

Section 4.7

  Changes in Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade      39  

Section 4.8

  Restricted Payments      39  

Section 4.9

  Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock      42  

Section 4.10

  [Reserved]      45  

Section 4.11

  Liens      45  

Section 4.12

  Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries      46  

Section 4.13

  Transactions with Affiliates      47  

Section 4.14

  Asset Sales      48  

Section 4.15

  Additional Note Guarantees      50  

Section 4.16

  Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries      51  

Section 4.17

  Business Activities      51  

Section 4.18

  [Reserved]      51  

Section 4.19

  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      51  

Section 4.20

  Notice of Default      51  

Section 4.21

  Payment of Additional Amounts      51  
ARTICLE 5  
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS  

Section 5.1

  Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets      54  

Section 5.2

  Successor Substituted      55  
ARTICLE 6  
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES  

Section 6.1

  Events of Default      55  

Section 6.2

  Acceleration      57  

Section 6.3

  Other Remedies      57  

Section 6.4

  Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default      57  

Section 6.5

  Control by Majority      57  

Section 6.6

  Limitations on Suits      58  

Section 6.7

  Rights of Holders to Receive Payment      58  

Section 6.8

  Collection Suit by Trustee      58  

Section 6.9

  Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      58  

Section 6.10

  Priorities      59  

Section 6.11

  Undertaking for Costs      59  
ARTICLE 7  
TRUSTEE  

Section 7.1

  Duties of Trustee      59  

Section 7.2

  Rights of Trustee      60  

Section 7.3

  Individual Rights of Trustee      61  

Section 7.4

  Trustee’s Disclaimer      61  

Section 7.5

  Notice of Default or Events of Default      61  

Section 7.6

  [Reserved]      61  

Section 7.7

  Compensation and Indemnity      61  

Section 7.8

  Replacement of Trustee      62  

 

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Section 7.9

  Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.      62  

Section 7.10

  Eligibility; Disqualification      63  

Section 7.11

  Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company      63  
ARTICLE 8  
DEFEASANCE; SATISFACTION AND  
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE  

Section 8.1

  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture      63  

Section 8.2

  Legal Defeasance      64  

Section 8.3

  Covenant Defeasance      65  

Section 8.4

  Application of Trust Money      65  

Section 8.5

  Repayment to the Company      66  

Section 8.6

  Reinstatement      66  
ARTICLE 9  
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS  

Section 9.1

  Without Consent of Holders      66  

Section 9.2

  With Consent of Holders      67  

Section 9.3

  Notice of Amendment, Supplement or Waiver      68  

Section 9.4

  Revocation and Effect of Consents      68  

Section 9.5

  Notation on or Exchange of Notes      68  

Section 9.6

  Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.      68  

Section 9.7

  Effect of Supplemental Indentures      68  
ARTICLE 10  
NOTE GUARANTEES  

Section 10.1

  Note Guarantees      68  

Section 10.2

  Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantees      70  

Section 10.3

  Limitation on Note Guarantor Liability      70  

Section 10.4

  Merger and Consolidation of Note Guarantors      70  

Section 10.5

  Release      70  
ARTICLE 11  
MISCELLANEOUS  

Section 11.1

  Certain Trust Indenture Act Sections      71  

Section 11.2

  Notices      71  

Section 11.3

  Communications by Holders With Other Holders      72  

Section 11.4

  Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent      72  

Section 11.5

  Record Date for Vote or Consent of Holders      73  

Section 11.6

  Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar      73  

Section 11.7

  Legal Holidays      73  

Section 11.8

  Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial      73  

Section 11.9

  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      74  

Section 11.10

  No Recourse Against Others      74  

Section 11.11

  Successors      74  

Section 11.12

  Multiple Counterparts      74  

Section 11.13

  Separability      74  

 

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Section 11.14

  Table of Contents, Headings, etc.      74  

Section 11.15

  Calculations in Respect of the Notes      74  

Section 11.16

  Agent for Service and Waiver of Immunities      74  

Section 11.17

  Judgment Currency      75  

Section 11.18

  Foreign Currency Equivalent      75  

Section 11.19

  Usury Savings Clause      75  

Section 11.20

  Interest Act (Canada)      75  

Section 11.21

  Tax Matters      75  

EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT A    -      FORM OF NOTE
EXHIBIT B    -      FORM OF GUARANTEE
EXHIBIT C    -      FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
EXHIBIT D    -      FORM OF CANADIAN NOTE GUARANTEE

 

 

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THIS INDENTURE dated as of June 1, 2018 is among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., a corporation continued under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act (the “ Parent ”), the other Note Guarantors party hereto and The Bank of New York Mellon (“ BNY Mellon ”), a New York banking corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee, Registrar, and Paying Agent (the “ Trustee ”).

In consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, all parties agree as follows for the benefit of the other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the registered Holders of the Company’s Notes.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.1 Definitions .

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

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

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

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

Additional Notes ” means the additional principal amount of Notes (other than the Initial Notes) that the Company may issue from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Section 2.1(c) of this Indenture as part of the same series of Notes issued on the date hereof other than Notes issued in exchange for, or replacement of outstanding Notes.

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

Agent ” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to the Notes, as determined by the Company, the greater of

(1) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of such Notes and

(2) (a) the present value of all remaining required interest and principal payments due on such Notes and all premium payments relating to such Notes assuming a redemption date of July 31, 2022, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, minus

(b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Note, minus


(c) accrued interest paid on the date of redemption.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable, to such transfer or exchange.

Asset Sale ” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets, property or rights outside of the ordinary course of business; provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 3.8 and/or Section 5.1 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.14; and

(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case other than directors’ qualifying shares.

Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $100.0 million;

(2) a transfer of assets between or among Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent to Parent or to another Restricted Subsidiary of Parent;

(4) any sale of receivables in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

(6) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by Section 4.8 hereof;

(7) the license or sublicense of intellectual property or other general intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other property which do not materially interfere with the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, determined in good faith by the Company;

(8) the sale, exchange or other disposition of obsolete, worn out, uneconomical or surplus assets, including any such intellectual property;

(9) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding agreements;

(10) foreclosures on, or condemnation of, assets and the surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims; and

(11) sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets for consideration at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or disposed of, but only if the consideration received consists of property or assets (other than cash, except to the extent used as a bona fide means of equalizing the value of the property or assets involved in the swap transaction; provided , however , that cash does not exceed 10% of the sum of the amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value of the assets received or given) of a nature or type that are used in a business having property or assets of a nature or type or engaged in a Permitted Business (or Capital Stock of a Person whose assets consist of assets of the type described in this clause (11)).

 

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Attributable Debt ” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Bankruptcy Law ” means any of Title 11 of the United States Code, the BIA, the CCAA, the WURA and the CBCA, and any other applicable insolvency, corporate arrangement or restructuring or other similar law of any jurisdiction including any law of any jurisdiction permitting a debtor to obtain a stay or a compromise of the claims of its creditors against it.

Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule l3d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have corresponding meanings.

BIA ” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).

Board of Directors ” means:

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

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; and

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

Business Day ” means each day that is not a Legal Holiday.

Canadian Note Guarantee ” means each Guarantee of the obligations with respect to the Notes issued by each Canadian Note Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and substantially in the form of Exhibit  D .

Canadian Note Guarantor ” means each Note Guarantor that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.

Capital Lease Obligations ” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Markets Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (a) a public offering registered under the Securities Act, (b) a private placement to institutional investors that is resold in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, whether or not it includes registration rights entitling the holders of such debt securities to registration thereof with the SEC or (c) a private placement to institutional investors. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Capital Markets Indebtedness” does not include any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, Indebtedness incurred in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction, Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business of Parent, Capital Lease Obligations or recourse transfer of any financial asset or any other type of Indebtedness incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a “securities offering.”

 

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Capital Stock ” means:

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

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

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

(4) any other interest or participation (including, without limitation, quotas) 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.

Cash Equivalents ” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof ( provided , that the full faith and credit of the U.S. is pledged in support thereof) having repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

(2) certificates of deposit and time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any U.S. commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million;

(3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 14 days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (1) and (2) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (2) above;

(4) commercial paper having a rating of at least “P-2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A-2” or better from S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by an internationally recognized rating agency and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

(5) auction-rate, corporate and municipal securities, in each case (x) having either short-term debt ratings of at least “P-2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A-2” or better from S&P or long-term senior debt ratings of “A2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A” or better from S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by an internationally recognized rating agency, (y) having repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition and (z) which are classifiable as cash and cash equivalents under GAAP;

(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition; or

(7) in the case of Parent or any Foreign Subsidiary:

(a) direct obligations of the sovereign nation, or any agency thereof, in which Parent or such Foreign Subsidiary is organized or is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation, or any agency thereof; provided , that such obligations have repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition and are used by Parent or such Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments of the type analogous to clauses (1) through (5) above; or

(b) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (5) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from internationally recognized rating agencies; provided , that such investments are used by Parent or such Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments of the type analogous to clauses (1) through (5) above.

 

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CBCA ” means the Canada Business Corporations Act .

CCAA ” means the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada).

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

(1) any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the Beneficial Owner, other than by way of merger or consolidation of Parent, of shares of Parent’s Voting Stock representing 50% or more of the total voting power of all of Parent’s outstanding Voting Stock;

(2) Parent consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person, or Parent, directly or indirectly, sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, Parent, in any such event other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that Beneficially Owned the shares of Parent’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction Beneficially Own at least a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person;

(3) the holders of Parent’s Capital Stock approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of Parent (whether or not otherwise in compliance with this Indenture); or

(4) Parent ceases to own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the voting power of the Capital Stock of the Company (unless the Company has merged with or into Parent).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if (1) Parent becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (2) (a) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the ultimate parent holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of Parent’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (b) no “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such ultimate parent holding company.

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg.

Company ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Company.

Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (without duplication):

(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) any restructuring charges or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include retention, severance, systems establishment costs, excess pension charges, contract termination costs and costs to consolidate facilities and relocate employees), to the extent that any such charge or expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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(4) fees and expenses in connection with any proposed or actual issuance of any Indebtedness or Equity Interests, or any proposed or actual acquisitions, Investments, Asset Sales or divestitures permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; plus

(5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), and other non-cash charges or expenses (including impairment charges and other write-offs of intangible assets and goodwill, but excluding amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period to the extent added back in such prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; provided that if any such non-cash charge or expense (or any portion thereof) represents an accrual or reserve for any potential cash items in any future period, (i) Parent may elect not to add back such non-cash charge in the then-current period and instead add back such amount to a following period, and (ii) to the extent Parent elects to add back such non-cash charge, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Cash Flow to the same extent in such future period; plus

(6) any expense or charge for extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses or charges (including costs of, and payments of, litigation expenses, actual or prospective legal settlements, fines, judgments or orders); minus

(7) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

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

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

(2) solely for purposes of Section 4.8 hereof, the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Company or any Note Guarantor) will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained or cannot be obtained other than pursuant to customary filings) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;

(3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

(4) any unrealized net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments will be excluded;

(5) any expense or charge attributable to the disposition of discontinued operations will be excluded;

(6) non-cash goodwill or asset impairment charge and any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights to officers, directors, employees or consultants of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be excluded;

 

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(7) any amortization expense incurred during such period with respect to products acquired by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that are used or useful in a Permitted Business will be excluded;

(8) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be excluded;

(9) any extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gain or loss will be excluded;

(10) any (i) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions or on the re-valuation of any benefit plan obligation and (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, will be excluded;

(11) any purchase accounting effects including adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof (including any write-off of in process research and development) will be excluded; and

(12) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as Parent has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (a) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 90 days and (b) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption; provided that (x) if net income is increased as a result of any amounts received from an insurer in respect of such a liability, casualty event or business interruption and the right to be so reimbursed was used in a prior period to increase Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (12), such amounts received shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income and (y) to the extent the actual reimbursement received is less than the expected reimbursement amount excluded in a prior period pursuant to this clause (12), Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced by the difference in the period in which such lower actual reimbursement amounts are received or in which a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction is made that Parent is entitled to no reimbursement.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets shown on the consolidated quarterly or annual balance sheet of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent date for which such a quarterly or annual balance sheet is available, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and in the case of any determination relating to any incurrence of Indebtedness or Investment, on a pro forma basis). In addition, “Consolidated Total Assets” will be calculated in a manner consistent with the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” to give effect to transactions that occurred after the date of the most recent quarterly or annual balance sheet date.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company.

Credit Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2018 (as it may be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among Parent, the Company, certain subsidiaries of Parent, as guarantors, the lenders and issuing banks party thereto from time to time, Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified, together with the related documents thereto (including

 

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any guarantees and security documents), and in each case as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement or instrument (and related documents) governing Indebtedness incurred to refinance or replace, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such facilities or a successor facility, whether by the same or any other bank, institutional lender, purchaser, investor, trustee or agent or group thereof.

Credit Facilities ” means the facilities under the Credit Agreement and one or more other debt facilities, credit agreements, commercial paper facilities, indentures or other agreements in each case with banks, institutional lenders, purchasers, investors, trustees or agents providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or other extensions of credit or other Indebtedness, in each case including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement or instrument (and related documents) governing Indebtedness incurred to refinance or replace, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such facilities or a successor facility, whether by the same or any other bank, institutional lender, purchaser, investor, trustee or agent or group thereof.

Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator, receiver-manager, custodian, administrative receiver, administrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

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

Definitive Notes ” means Notes that are in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit  A and that do not include the information to which footnotes 1, 5, 6 and 8 thereof apply.

Depositary ” means with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, DTC, including any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

Designated Noncash Consideration ” means noncash consideration received by Parent or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated by Parent as Designated Noncash Consideration, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration, which cash and Cash Equivalents shall be considered Net Proceeds received as of such date and shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.14.

Disqualified Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.8 hereof.

Dollar Equivalent ” of any amount means, at the time of determination thereof,

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(2) if such amount is expressed in any other currency, the equivalent of such amount in U.S. dollars determined by using the rate of exchange as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date no later than two Business Days prior to such determination or, if such rate is unavailable, as quoted by a nationally recognized investment bank in New York, New York, selected by the Company, at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of determination (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the last Business Day prior thereto) to prime banks in New York, in either case for the spot purchase in the New York currency exchange market of such amount of U.S. dollars with such currency.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

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

Equity Offering ” means a public or private offering of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock).

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Existing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.9(b)(i) or (xx) hereof) in existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.

Existing Senior Notes ” means (x) the Company’s outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020, 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021, 7.25% Senior Notes due 2022 and 9.25% Senior Notes due 2026 and (y) Parent’s outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020, 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021, 5.625% Senior Notes due 2021, 5.50% Senior Notes due 2023, 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023, 4.50% Senior Notes due 2023, 6.125% Senior Notes due 2025 and 9.000% Senior Notes due 2025.

Existing Secured Notes ” means Parent’s outstanding 6.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2022, 7.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 and 5.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2025.

Existing Notes ” means the Existing Senior Notes and Existing Secured Notes.

Fair Market Value ” means the price that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction, determined in good faith by (i) a responsible financial or accounting officer of Parent with respect to valuations not in excess of $750.0 million and (ii) the Board of Directors of Parent with respect to valuations equal to or in excess of $750.0 million, as applicable.

Fall Away Event ” means such time as the Notes shall have an Investment Grade Rating and the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate certifying that the foregoing condition has been satisfied.

Final Maturity Date ” means January 31, 2027.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

 

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is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “ Calculation Date ”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.

To the extent Parent elects pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being incurred prior to the actual incurrence thereof pursuant to Section 4.9(e) hereof, Parent shall deem all or such portion of such commitment of such Indebtedness, as applicable, as having been incurred and to be outstanding for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period in which Parent makes any such election and for any subsequent period until such commitments or such Indebtedness, as applicable, are no longer outstanding.

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

(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through consolidations or mergers and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period will be calculated (x) on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC and, in addition, (y) to give effect to any Pro Forma Cost Savings;

(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; and

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.

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

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

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

(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries; plus

(4) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any Disqualified Stock or any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) or to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP; minus

 

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(5) the consolidated interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; minus

(6) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any financing fees.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or is a Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, as in effect on January 30, 2015.

Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Exhibit  A hereof, as applicable, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

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

Government Securities ” means, as applicable, (i) direct non-callable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America for the timely payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the U.S. is pledged and (ii) direct non-callable obligations of, or guaranteed by, a member state of the European Union for the timely payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the government of such member state is pledged.

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

Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Interest Rate Hedging Obligations; and

(2) the obligations of such Person under agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

Holder ” or “ Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent (without duplication):

(1) in respect of borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;

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(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, which balance is (a) due more than twelve months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, and except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or

(6) representing net payment obligations under any Hedging Obligations,

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes (x) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such asset and the amount of the obligation so secured and (y) to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by a Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any business, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude indemnification or post-closing payment adjustments or earn-out or similar obligations to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet, working capital calculation or other similar method or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided , however , that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable or is of a contingent nature and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and finally determined, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter.

The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:

(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and

(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Initial Notes ” means the $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued on the date hereof.

Interest Rate Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.

Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s or BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s or S&P) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of Parent or the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency).

Investments ” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in

 

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accordance with GAAP. If (i) Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of Parent such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent is redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Parent will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale, disposition or redesignation equal to the Fair Market Value of our Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.8(c) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, acquisitions of or licenses for products or assets used or useful in a Permitted Business do not constitute Investments.

Issue Date ” means June 1, 2018, the date of the initial issuance of the Notes under this Indenture.

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

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

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

Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

Non-Recourse Debt ” means Indebtedness:

(1) as to which none of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and

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

Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

Note Guarantee ” means each Guarantee of the obligations with respect to the Notes issued by Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Note Guarantor ” means Parent and each Subsidiary of Parent (other than the Company) that becomes a guarantor of the Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

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Notes means any of the Company’s 8.500% Senior Notes due 2027 (individually, a “ Note ”), as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this Indenture.

Obligations ” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Offering Memorandum ” means the Offering Memorandum dated May 17, 2018, with respect to the Notes.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller, Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Controller, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Parent.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by two Officers; provided , however , that for purposes of Section 4.4 hereof, “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company and by one other Officer.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

Parent ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Parent” shall mean such successor Parent.

Participant ” means, a member of, or participant or account holder in, DTC, Euroclear and/or Clearstream.

Permitted Asset Swap ” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of assets used or useful in a Permitted Business or a combination of such assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.14 hereof.

Permitted Business ” means any business conducted by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business that is in the judgment of the Company reasonably related, ancillary or complementary to the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or a natural extension thereof.

Permitted Investments ” means:

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

(2) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(3) any Investment by Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent; or

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

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

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.14 hereof;

 

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(5) any Investments made solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent;

(6) (i) any Investments received in compromise of obligations owed to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries created in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer or in satisfaction of judgments and (ii) Investments by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Securitization Special Purpose Entity or any Investment by a Securitization Special Purpose Entity in any other Person, in each case, in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

(7) receivables owing to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms (which trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances), and other Investments to the extent such Investments consist of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(8) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;

(9) Investments in existence on the date of this Indenture and any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investments, but only to the extent such extension, modification or renewal does not involve additional advances, contributions or other Investments of cash or other assets or other increases thereof (other than as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investment as in effect on the date of this Indenture);

(10) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

(11) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees in the ordinary course of business in the aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $25.0 million;

(12) Investments in a Permitted Joint Venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $675.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets; and

(13) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $2.0 billion and (y) 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets.

Permitted Joint Venture ” means any joint venture (which may be in the form of a limited liability company, partnership, corporation or other entity) in which Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a joint venturer; provided , however , that the joint venture is engaged solely in a Permitted Business.

Permitted Liens ” means:

(1) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities that were permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.9(b)(i) or (xx) hereof;

(2) Liens in favor of the Company or any Note Guarantor;

 

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

(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, provided , that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition;

(5) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by Section 4.9(b)(iv) or Section 4.9(b)(v) hereof, covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness (and improvements or accessions thereto);

(7) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture and Liens securing the Existing Secured Notes;

(8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided , that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;

(9) (i) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and (ii) Liens existing under or by reason of Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Securitization Special Purpose Entity or any Standard Securitization Undertaking, in each case in respect of this subclause (ii) in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

(10) Liens arising by reason of deposits necessary to obtain standby letters of credit in the ordinary course of business;

(11) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided , however , that:

(a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and

(b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

(12) Liens of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent with respect to obligations that do not exceed the greater of (x) $275.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at any one time outstanding;

(13) survey title exceptions, title defects, encumbrances, easements, reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph or telephone lines and other similar purposes or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property not materially interfering with the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(14) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of landlords, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, materialmen, laborers, employees, suppliers or the like, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection thereof;

 

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(15) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

(16) Liens securing the Notes issued on the Issue Date and the Note Guarantees with respect thereto;

(17) Liens securing one or more local working capital facilities of Foreign Subsidiaries, so long as such Liens do not extend to the assets of any Person other than such foreign Restricted Subsidiaries;

(18) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4.9(b)(xiii) hereof;

(19) Liens imposed pursuant to licenses, sublicenses, leases and subleases which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(20) Liens incurred to secure cash management services in the ordinary course of business;

(21) customary restrictions on, or options, contracts or other agreements for, transfers of assets contained in agreements related to any sale of assets pending such sale; provided that such restrictions apply only to the assets to be sold and such sale is otherwise permitted by this Indenture;

(22) Liens securing obligations to the Trustee arising under this Indenture and similar Liens in favor of trustees, agents and representatives arising under instruments governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;

(23) Liens on trusts, cash or Cash Equivalents or other funds in connection with the defeasance (whether by covenant or legal defeasance), discharge or redemption of Indebtedness, pending consummation of a strategic transaction, or similar obligations; provided that such defeasance, discharge or redemption is otherwise permitted by this Indenture; and

(24) Liens to secure any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof, provided that, in the case of this clause (24), at the time of its incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 3.50 to 1.0.

In the event that a Permitted Lien meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Permitted Liens (at the time of incurrence or at a later date), Parent in its sole discretion may divide, classify or from time to time reclassify all or any portion of such Permitted Lien in any manner that complies with this definition and such Permitted Lien shall be treated as having been made pursuant only to the clause or clauses of the definition of “Permitted Lien” to which such Permitted Lien has been classified or reclassified.

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

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);

 

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(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and

(4) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Indebtedness of the Company or a Note Guarantor, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is also Indebtedness of the Company or a Note Guarantor.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Principal ” or “ principal ” of a debt security, including the Notes, means the principal of the security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on the security.

Pro Forma Cost Savings ” means, without duplication, with respect to any period, the reductions in costs and other operating improvements or operating synergies with respect to an acquisition that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable, reasonably attributable to the action specified and reasonably anticipated to result from such actions; provided that the relevant actions have been taken or initiated and the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated to be realized within 18 months of the date of such acquisition (including, for the avoidance of doubt, actions that will be taken or initiated so long as the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated to be realized within 18 months of the date of such acquisition), as if all such reductions in costs and other operating improvements or operating synergies had been effected as of the beginning of such period, decreased by any recurring incremental expenses incurred or to be incurred during such four-quarter period in order to achieve such reduction in costs. Pro Forma Cost Savings described in the preceding sentence shall be calculated in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Parent and shall be accompanied by a certificate delivered to the Trustee from Parent’s chief financial officer that generally outlines the specific actions taken or expected to be taken and the net cost reductions and other operating improvements or operating synergies achieved or expected to be achieved from each such action and certifies that such cost reductions and other operating improvements or synergies meet the criteria set forth in the preceding sentence.

Qualified Securitization Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer to a Securitization Special Purpose Entity, and such Securitization Special Purpose Entity may sell, convey, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer to any other Person, any Securitization Program Assets (whether now existing or arising in the future).

Rating Agency ” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of Parent or the Company, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

Redemption Date ” or “ redemption date ” means the date specified for redemption of the Notes in accordance with the terms thereof and this Indenture.

Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the Securities Act or any successor to such regulation.

Regulation S-X ” means Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or any successor to such regulation.

 

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

Restricted Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note that is substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, representing Notes that bear the Legend.

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

Restricted Note ” means a Note required to bear the restricted legend set forth in the form of Notes set forth in Exhibit A of this Indenture.

Restricted Subsidiary ” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall at all times be considered a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor to such rule.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor to such rule.

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

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

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Leverage Ratio ” means the ratio of (i) the Total Consolidated Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien on assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to all incurrences and repayments of Indebtedness on the relevant transaction date (net of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date), provided that in the event Parent proposes to incur Indebtedness pursuant to clauses (i) and (xx) of Section 4.9(b) hereof on the same day, Indebtedness incurred under clause (i) on that date shall not be included in the calculation of the Secured Leverage Ratio for purposes of the calculation to be made pursuant to such clause (xx) on such date or clause (xxiv) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” on such date (but shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be included in any and all subsequent calculations of the Secured Leverage Ratio to the extent then outstanding and secured) to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow of Parent for the most recent four consecutive full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available ending on or prior to the transaction date. In addition, the “Secured Leverage Ratio” will be calculated in a manner consistent with the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” to give effect to transactions that would require pro forma adjustments to such ratio.

To the extent Parent elects pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being incurred prior to the actual incurrence thereof pursuant to Section 4.9(e) hereof, the Company shall deem all or such portion of such commitment of such Indebtedness, as applicable, as having been incurred and to be outstanding for purposes of calculating the Secured Leverage Ratio for any period in which the Company makes any such election and for any subsequent period until such commitments or such Indebtedness, as applicable, are no longer outstanding.

Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

 

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Securitization Program Assets ” means (i) all receivables customarily transferred in connection with asset securitization transactions by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to documents relating to any Qualified Securitization Transaction, (ii) all rights arising under the documentation governing or related to receivables (including rights in respect of Liens securing such receivables and other credit support in respect of such receivables), any proceeds of such receivables and any lockboxes or accounts in which such proceeds are deposited, spread accounts and other similar accounts (and any amounts on deposit therein) established in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, any warranty, indemnity, dilution and other intercompany claim arising out of the documents relating to such Qualified Securitization Transaction and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitizations involving accounts receivable and (iii) all collections (including recoveries) and other proceeds of the assets described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

Securitization Special Purpose Entity ” means a Person (including, without limitation, a Restricted Subsidiary) created in connection with the transactions contemplated by a Qualified Securitization Transaction, which Person engages in no activities and holds no assets other than those incidental to such Qualified Securitization Transaction.

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Parent that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated by the SEC, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means all representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, performance guarantees and servicing obligations entered into by Parent or any Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Special Purpose Entity) which are customary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Transaction.

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

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Subsidiary” herein refer to a subsidiary of Parent.

Subsidiary Guarantee ” means each Guarantee of the Obligations with respect to the Notes issued by a Subsidiary of Parent pursuant to this Indenture.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary that has issued a Subsidiary Guarantee.

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except to the extent any amendment to the Trust Indenture Act expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on another date.

 

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Total Consolidated Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capital Lease Obligations, letters of credit (only to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings thereunder), debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments and Guarantees in respect of any of the foregoing.

Total Leverage Ratio ” means the ratio of (i) Total Consolidated Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to all incurrences and repayments of Indebtedness on the transaction date (net of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date), to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent four consecutive full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available ending on or prior to the transaction date. In addition, the “Total Leverage Ratio” will be calculated in a manner consistent with the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” to give effect to transactions that would require pro forma adjustments to such ratio.

To the extent Parent elects pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being incurred prior to the actual incurrence thereof pursuant to Section 4.9(e) hereof, Parent shall deem all or such portion of such commitment of such Indebtedness, as applicable, as having been incurred and to be outstanding for purposes of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio for any period in which the Company makes any such election and for any subsequent period until such commitments or such Indebtedness, as applicable, are no longer outstanding.

Treasury Rate ” means with respect to the Notes, the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity at the time of computation of U.S. Treasury securities with a constant maturity most nearly equal to the period from such date of redemption to July 31, 2022, provided , however , that if the period from such date of redemption to July 31, 2022 is not equal to the constant maturity of a U.S. Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of U.S. Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such date of redemption to July 31, 2022 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used. The Company shall obtain the Treasury Rate.

Trustee ” means The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means the successor.

Trust Officer ” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant secretary, associate, secretary, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs 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 such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

UCC ” or “ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may be in effect from time to time in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (1) Closed Joint-Stock Company Valeant Pharma and (2) any other Subsidiary (other than the Company) of Parent that is designated by the Board of Directors of Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a board resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

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

(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are not materially less favorable to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, taken as a whole, than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of Parent;

 

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

(4) has not Guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the board resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.8 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent as of such date, and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.9 hereof, Parent will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of Parent may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness and, if applicable, related Liens by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent of any outstanding Indebtedness and, if applicable, related Liens of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness and, if applicable, related Liens are permitted under Section 4.9 hereof and, if applicable, Section 4.11 hereof (other than clause (3) under the definition of “Permitted Liens”), calculated, if applicable, on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Vice President ” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

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

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

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

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

WURA ” means the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada).

Section 1.2 Other Definitions .

 

TERM

   DEFINED IN
SECTION

“Acceptable Commitment”

   4.14(b)

“Additional Amounts”

   4.21(a)

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.13(a)

“Agent Members”

   2.1(b)

“Agreed Guarantee Principles”

   4.15

“Asset Sale Offer”

   4.14(c)/3.14

“Authorized Agent”

   11.16

“Benefited Party”

   10.1(b)

 

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TERM

   DEFINED IN
SECTION

“Change of Control Offer”

   3.8(b)

“Change of Control Purchase Date”

   3.8(b)

“Change of Control Purchase Notice”

   3.8(c)

“Change of Control Purchase Price”

   3.8(a)

“Company Notice”

   3.8(b)

“Company Order”

   2.2

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.3

“Event of Default”

   6.1

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.14(c)

“FATCA”

   4.21(b)(vii)

“incur”

   4.9(a)

“Judgment Currency”

   11.17

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.2

“Legal Holiday”

   11.7

“Legend”

   2.12(a)

“Notice of Default”

   6.1

“Offer Amount”

   3.14

“Offer Period”

   3.14

“Paying Agent”

   2.3

“Payment Default”

   6.1(e)

“Payor”

   4.21(a)

“Permitted Debt”

   4.9(b)

“Purchase Date”

   3.14

“Registrar”

   2.3

“Regulation 803 Reimbursement”

   4.21(d)

“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”

   4.21(a)

“Restricted Payments”

   4.8(a)

“Tax”

   4.21(a)

Section 1.3 [ Reserved ].

Section 1.4 Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

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

(D) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(E) the term “merger” includes a statutory share exchange and the term “merged” has a correlative meaning;

(F) the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter;

(G) references to agreements and other instruments include subsequent amendments thereto;

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

 

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(I) references to ratings by Moody’s or S&P shall include any successor equivalent ratings if either Moody’s or S&P changes its ratings scale subsequent to the date of this Indenture;

(J) except as otherwise provided for herein, the Notes will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase; and

(K) a reference to a statute includes all regulations made pursuant to such statute and, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of any statute or regulation which amends, revises, restates, supplements or supersedes any such statute or any such regulation.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

Section 2.1 Form and Dating . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit  A , which are incorporated in and made part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing. The Notes shall be in a minimum denomination of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes are being offered and sold by the Company in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

(a) Restricted Global Notes . All of the Notes are initially being offered and sold to (i) qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (ii) outside the United States to persons other than U.S. persons in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act, and shall be issued initially in the form of one or more 144A Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes, respectively, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the depositary, DTC, and registered in the name of its nominee, Cede & Co., duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Notes Custodian as hereinafter provided, subject in each case to compliance with the Applicable Procedures.

(b) Form of Notes . Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit  A (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Definitive Notes shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit  A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.12 hereof and shall be made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary.

Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or under the Global Note, and the Depositary (including, for this purpose, its nominee) may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall (A) prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or (B) impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

 

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(c) Additional Notes . Subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 4.9 hereof, the Company may issue Additional Notes in an unlimited amount under this Indenture.

(d) Regulation S Global Notes . Global Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall initially be represented by one or more Regulation S Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit  A with such applicable legends as are provided in Exhibit  A . The Regulation S Global Notes will be deposited, upon issuance, on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

(e) Book Entry Provisions . The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(e), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Notes that (i) shall be registered in the name of the applicable Depositary or its nominee, (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the applicable Depositary or pursuant to the applicable Depositary’s instructions and (iii) shall bear legends substantially in the form of the first paragraph of Exhibit  A attached hereto.

Section 2.2 Execution and Authentication . An Officer of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. Typographic and other minor errors or defects in any such facsimile signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Note which has been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Notes for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount of $750,000,000 and Additional Notes as contemplated by Section 2.1(c) hereof, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (a “ Company Order ”). The Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and shall provide that all such Notes will be represented by a Restricted Global Note and the date on which such issue of Notes is to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the applicable amounts in the foregoing sentence, except as provided in Sections 2.1(c) and 2.7 hereof.

The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Section 2.3 Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain one or more offices or agencies where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (each, a “ Registrar ”), one or more offices or agencies where Notes may be presented for payment (each, a “ Paying Agent ”) and one or more

 

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offices or agencies where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will at all times maintain a Paying Agent, Registrar and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands in any place required by this Indenture, or fail to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent (except for the purposes of Section 4.1 and Article 8).

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar and Notes Custodian, and the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which shall initially be the office located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10286) as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.

The Company may change the Paying Agents or Registrar in its sole discretion without prior notice to the Holders.

Section 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or interest on any Notes, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest, if any, so becoming due. A Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Noteholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, the Company or such Affiliate shall, before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or interest on any Notes, segregate the money and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any Paying Agent (unless the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as Paying Agent) be required to advance funds for any payment on the Notes hereunder or to make any such payment until the Paying Agent has actually received such funds from the Company.

Section 2.5 Noteholder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Noteholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each interest payment date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Noteholders.

Section 2.6 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Subject to compliance with any applicable additional requirements contained in Section 2.12 hereof, when a Note is presented to a Registrar with a request to register a transfer thereof or to exchange such Note for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested; provided , however , that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by an assignment form and, if applicable, a transfer certificate in the form(s) included in Exhibit  A and Exhibit  C , as applicable, and in form satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, upon surrender of any Note for registration of transfer or exchange at an office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes of a like aggregate principal amount at the Registrar’s request. Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the Company or the Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto, and provided , that this sentence shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.12(a), 3.6, 3.11 or 9.5 hereof.

 

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Neither the Company, any Registrar nor the Trustee shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Notes or portions thereof in respect of which a Change of Control Purchase Notice or a notice in connection with an Asset Sale Offer has been delivered and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof (except, in the case of the purchase of a Note in part, the portion thereof not to be purchased).

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

(b) Any Registrar appointed pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Registrar of Notes upon transfer or exchange of Notes.

(c) Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Note in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal, state, Canadian federal, provincial or territorial securities law.

Section 2.7 Replacement Notes . If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Company, a Registrar or the Trustee, or the Company, a Registrar and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and there is delivered to the Company, the applicable Registrar and the Trustee such security or indemnity as will be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company, such Registrar or the Trustee that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for any such mutilated Note or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, or is about to be purchased by the Company pursuant to Article 3, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay or purchase such Note, as the case may be.

Upon the issuance of any new Notes under this Section 2.7, 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 reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee or the Registrar) in connection therewith.

Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.7 are (to the extent lawful) exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

Section 2.8 Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation or surrendered for transfer or exchange and those described in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Company receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

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If a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on a Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date or the Final Maturity Date money sufficient to pay the principal of (including premium, if any) and interest on Notes (or portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and after such Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date or the Final Maturity Date, as the case may be, such Notes (or portions thereof, as the case may be) shall cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to accrue.

Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 2.9 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

Section 2.9 Treasury Notes . In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any notice, direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes or by any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such notice, direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is neither the Company nor any other obligor on the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes . Until Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company with the consent of the Trustee considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

Section 2.11 Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee or its agent any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel, in accordance with its standard procedures, all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, conversion or cancellation and shall deliver the canceled Notes to the Company. All Notes which are purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Final Maturity Date of such Notes may be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or resold. The Company may not hold or resell such Notes or issue any new Notes to replace any Notes delivered for cancellation

Section 2.12 Legend; Additional Transfer and Exchange Requirements .

(a) If Notes are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes subject to restrictions on transfer and bearing the legends set forth on the form of Notes attached hereto as Exhibit  A (collectively, the “ Legend ”), or if a request is made to remove the Legend on a Note, the Notes so issued shall bear the Legend, or the Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company such satisfactory evidence, which shall include an opinion of counsel if requested by the Company, as may be reasonably required by the Company, that neither the Legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or that such Notes are not “restricted” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act; provided that no such evidence need be supplied in connection with the sale of such Note pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale. Upon (i) provision of satisfactory evidence if requested, or (ii) notification by the Company to the Trustee and Registrar of the sale of such Note pursuant to a registration statement that is effective at the time of such sale, the Trustee, at the written direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a Note that does not bear the Legend. If the Legend is removed from the face of a Note and the Note is subsequently held by an Affiliate of the Company, the Legend shall be reinstated.

(b) A Global Note may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee or any successor thereof, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any transfer of a Note that is issued in exchange for a Global Note but is not itself a Global Note; provided further that in no event shall a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note be transferred to a U.S. Person prior to the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Regulation S,

 

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as determined by the Company. No transfer of a Note to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Notes unless and until such Note has been registered in the name of such Person. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, transfers of a Global Note, in whole or in part, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.12.

(c) Subject to the succeeding paragraph, every Note shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the Legend. Whenever any Restricted Note is presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for a Note registered in a name other than that of the Holder, such Note must be accompanied by a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit  A dated the date of such surrender and signed by the Holder of such Note, as to compliance with such restrictions on transfer. The Registrar shall not be required to accept for such registration of transfer or exchange any Note not so accompanied by a properly completed certificate.

(d) The restrictions imposed by the Legend upon the transferability of any Note shall cease and terminate when such Note has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto) or, if earlier, upon the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(d)(1)(ii) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision). Any Note as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or shall have terminated may, upon a surrender of such Note for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.12 (accompanied, in the event that such restrictions on transfer have terminated by reason of a transfer in compliance with Rule 144 or any successor provision, by, if requested by the Company or the Registrar, an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company and addressed to the Company to the effect that the transfer of such Note has been made in compliance with Rule 144 or such successor provision), be exchanged for a new Note, of like tenor, series and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive Legend. The Company shall inform the Trustee of the effective date of any registration statement registering any Notes under the Securities Act. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the aforementioned opinion of counsel or registration statement.

(e) As used in this Section 2.12, the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer, hypothecation or other disposition of any Note.

(f) The provisions of clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) below shall apply only to Global Notes:

(i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, a Global Note shall not be exchanged in whole or in part for a Note registered in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or one or more nominees thereof, provided that a Global Note may be exchanged for Notes registered in the names of any person designated by the Depositary in the event that (A) the Depositary has notified the obligors that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note and the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary or (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (A) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part, and any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (B) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the applicable Depositary. Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof shall be a Global Note; provided that any such Note so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the applicable Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Note.

(ii) Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Note or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and shall be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear the applicable legends provided for herein. Any Global Note to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar. With regard to any Global Note to be exchanged in part, either such Global Note shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Note, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

 

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(iii) Subject to the provisions of clause (v) below, the registered Holder may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

(iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (i) above, the obligors will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of applicable Definitive Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

(v) Neither Agent Members nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Note, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Note.

(vi) 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 Note (including any transfers between or among Agent Members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so as and when expressly required by, the terms or this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(g) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the equivalent procedures of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

Section 2.13 CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers . The Company in issuing the Notes may use one or more “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers in notices of purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers applicable to the Notes.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PURCHASES

Section 3.1 Right to Redeem . The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7 and 3.8(g) hereof.

If the Company elects to redeem the Notes, it shall notify the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) of the Redemption Date, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which such Notes are being redeemed.

 

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Section 3.2 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . The Company will give not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice of any redemption. If the Company elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes, the Notes will be selected for redemption as follows:

(i) in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company and in compliance with the requirements of the applicable stock exchange to the extent the Notes are held in the form of Global Notes; or

(ii) on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate to the extent the Notes are held in the form of Definitive Notes.

In the event of a partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption.

The Notes and portions of the Notes selected for redemption will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.

Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption . At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail, or shall cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, (or otherwise transmit in accordance with applicable procedures of DTC) to the Trustee and to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed.

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

    the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;

 

    the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day);

 

    the redemption price;

 

    the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

    that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

    if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers, if any, and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed;

 

    that, unless the Company defaults in the deposit of the redemption price, interest on Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

 

    the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes are being redeemed;

 

    the CUSIP numbers of the Notes; and

 

    any conditions precedent to such redemption.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense, provided that the Company makes such request at least three Business Days prior to the date by which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders in accordance with this Section 3.3. Redemption notices

 

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may be given more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes pursuant to Section 8.1. If a redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the applicable redemption notice shall describe such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, without the requirement of an additional notice period to the Holders, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for calculating the Redemption Price.

Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is given and any conditions set forth therein have been satisfied, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice.

On and after the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in the deposit of the redemption price and subject to satisfaction of any conditions precedent, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption, and all other rights of the Holder will terminate other than the right to receive the redemption price, without interest from the Redemption Date, on surrender of the Notes.

Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price . Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption price (as calculated by the Company) on all Notes to be redeemed on that date.

Section 3.6 Notes Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder, without service charge, a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

Section 3.7 Optional Redemption . (a) At any time prior to July 31, 2021 the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Notes issued after the Issue Date, if any) issued under this Indenture at a redemption price of 108.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:

(1) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Notes issued after the Issue Date, if any) issued under this Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding the Notes held by Parent and its Subsidiaries); and

(2) the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

(b) On or after July 31, 2022, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to, but not including, the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on July 31 of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2022

     104.250

2023

     102.125

2024 and thereafter

     100.000

(c) In addition, at any time prior to July 31, 2022, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. The Company shall calculate the redemption price, including any Applicable Premium.

 

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(d) In connection with any optional redemption of the Notes, any such redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. If a redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the applicable redemption notice shall describe such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, without the requirement of an additional notice period to the Holders, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.

(e) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.6 hereof.

(f) In connection with any redemption under this Section 3.7, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that all conditions precedent in this Indenture to the Redemption have been complied with.

Section 3.8 Purchase of Notes at Option of the Holder Upon Change of Control .

(a) If at any time that Notes remain outstanding there shall occur a Change of Control, the Notes shall be purchased by the Company at the option of the Holders, as of the Change of Control Purchase Date, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, including interest on any unpaid overdue interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Change of Control Purchase Date (the “ Change of Control Purchase Price ”), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of any Holder of the requirements set forth in subsection (c) of this Section 3.8.

(b) Within 30 days after the occurrence of a Change of Control with respect to Notes, the Company shall transmit a written notice (“ Company Notice ”) of the Change of Control to the Trustee and to each Holder of Notes (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law) pursuant to which the Company shall make an offer (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at the Change of Control Purchase Price. The notice shall include the form of a Change of Control Purchase Notice to be completed by the Holder, shall describe the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and shall state:

(i) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.8 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

(ii) the date by which the Change of Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 3.8 must be given;

(iii) the purchase date, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days after the date the Company Notice is mailed (the “ Change of Control Purchase Date ”);

(iv) the Change of Control Purchase Price;

(v) the Holder’s right to require the Company to purchase the Notes;

(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(vii) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Purchase Date;

(viii) the procedures that the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 3.8; and

 

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(ix) the procedures for withdrawing a Change of Control Purchase Notice, including a form of notice of withdrawal.

If any of the Notes is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to the repurchase of Global Notes.

(c) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in subsection (a) of this Section 3.8 upon delivery of a written notice (which shall be in substantially the form included in Exhibit  A hereto, as applicable, and which may be delivered by letter, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case of Global Notes, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of the exercise of such rights (a “ Change of Control Purchase Notice ”) to any Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date.

The delivery of such Note to any Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the office of such Paying Agent shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of the Change of Control Purchase Price therefor.

The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.8, a portion of a Note if the principal amount of such portion is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Note pursuant to Sections 3.8 through 3.13 also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Note.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to a Paying Agent the Change of Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this subsection (c) shall have the right to withdraw such Change of Control Purchase Notice in whole or in a portion thereof that is a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 3.9 hereof.

A Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Change of Control Purchase Notice or written withdrawal thereof.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of Global Notes, any Change of Control Purchase Notice may be delivered or withdrawn and such Notes may be surrendered or delivered for purchase in accordance with the Applicable Procedures as in effect from time to time.

(d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control with respect to the Notes if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company set forth in subsection (b) of this Section 3.8 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, (2) notice of redemption with respect to the Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.7 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price, or (3) after giving effect to such Change of Control, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) the Change of Control transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of Parent, and (iii) the Notes have received an Investment Grade Rating. In addition, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of launching the Change of Control Offer.

(e) The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Purchase Date.

 

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(f) The provisions under this Indenture relative to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control (including any required notice period) may be waived or modified with respect to the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes, including after the entry into an agreement that would result in the need to make a Change of Control Offer.

(g) In the event that Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, within 60 days of such purchase, the Company will have the right, upon not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to, but excluding, the date of redemption. Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.8(g) shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.6 hereof.

Section 3.9 Effect of Change of Control Purchase Notice . Upon receipt by any Paying Agent of the Change of Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 3.8(c) hereof, the Holder of the Note in respect of which such change of Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change of Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified below) thereafter be entitled to receive the Change of Control Purchase Price with respect to such Note. Such Change of Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (a) the Change of Control Purchase Date with respect to such Note ( provided the conditions in Section 3.8(c) hereof have been satisfied) and (b) the time of delivery of such Note to a Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 3.8(c) hereof.

A Change of Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice (which may be delivered by mail, overnight courier, hand delivery, facsimile transmission or in any other written form and, in the case of Global Notes, may be delivered electronically or by other means in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures) of withdrawal delivered by the Holder to a Paying Agent at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date, specifying the principal amount of the Note or portion thereof (which must be a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted.

Section 3.10 Deposit of Change of Control Purchase Price . On or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Change of Control Purchase Date) sufficient to pay the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of such Change of Control Purchase Date. The manner in which the deposit required by this Section 3.10 is made by the Company shall be at the option of the Company, provided that such deposit shall be made in a manner such that the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall have immediately available funds on the Change of Control Purchase Date.

If a Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms hereof, money sufficient to pay the Change of Control Purchase Price of any Note for which a Change of Control Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture then, on the Change of Control Purchase Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Notes or any portion of such Notes as to which a Change of Control Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture and all other rights of the Holder of such Notes will terminate other than the right to receive the Change of Control Purchase Price, without interest from the Change of Control Purchase Date, on surrender of such Notes.

Section 3.11 Notes Purchased in Part . Any Note that is to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of a Paying Agent, and promptly after the Change of Control Purchase Date the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of such authorized denomination or denominations as may be requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered that is not purchased.

Section 3.12 Compliance with Securities Laws upon Purchase of Notes . In connection with any offer to purchase or purchase of Notes under Section 3.8 hereof, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 14e-1 (or any successor to such Rule), if applicable, under the Exchange Act, and (b) otherwise comply with all United States federal and state securities laws and Canadian federal, provincial and territorial securities laws in connection with

 

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such offer to purchase or purchase of Notes, all so as to permit the rights of the Holders and obligations of the Company under Sections 3.8 through 3.11 hereof to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified therein. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of this Article 3, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Article 3 by virtue of such conflict.

Section 3.13 Repayment to the Company . To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 3.10 with respect to any Notes hereof exceeds the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price (including interest thereon) of the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase, then promptly after the Change of Control Purchase Date, and upon request, the Trustee or a Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall return any such excess cash to the Company.

Section 3.14 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds . In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.14 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (“ Asset Sale Offer ”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.

The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other pari passu Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets. The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “ Offer Period ”). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “ Purchase Date ”), the Company shall apply a portion of the Excess Proceeds as calculated pursuant to Section 4.14 hereof (the “ Offer Amount ”) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all of such Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by first-class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the applicable Holders. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:

(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.14 and Section 4.14 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open;

(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

(3) that with respect to any Notes, any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;

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

(5) that, with respect to any of Notes, Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have such Notes purchased in a principal amount of $2,000 (or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) only;

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

 

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(7) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of any Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered in connection with the Asset Sale Offer exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only such Notes in denominations of $2,000 (or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), will be purchased); and

(9) that Holders of any Notes whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of such Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of the applicable Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all such Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.14. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.14, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.6 hereof.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.1 Payment of Notes . The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company) holds by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that date money, deposited by the Company or an Affiliate thereof, sufficient to pay the installment. Except in the case of a redemption, a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer, accrued and unpaid interest on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Note is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose. The Company shall (in immediately available funds), to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest on overdue principal (including premium, if any) and overdue installments of interest from the original due date to the date paid, at the rate applicable to the Note, which interest shall be payable on demand.

The Company will make payments in respect of the Notes represented by the Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder of the Global Note. The Company will make all payments of principal, interest and premium, if any, with respect to Definitive Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the Definitive Notes, in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Notes of $1,000,000 or more, or, if no such account is specified or in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Notes of less than $1,000,000, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s registered address. All payments shall be made in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars. Payments to any Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of $1,000,000 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to

 

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an account maintained by such Holder in the United States, if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Company at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder.

Section 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency .

(a) The Company shall maintain in the United States of America, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

(b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States of America, for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

(c) The Company hereby designates the offices of the Trustee set forth in Section 2.3 hereof as one such office or agency of the Company.

Section 4.3 Reports .

(a) Whether or not required by the SEC’s rules and regulations, so long as any Notes are outstanding, Parent shall furnish (to the extent not publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system) to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes and post on Parent’s website (in a format that is accessible to Holders of Notes as well as prospective Holders of Notes), within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations:

(i) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Parent were required to file such reports; and

(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if Parent were required to file such reports.

All such reports shall be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (other than consolidating financial information required by Rule 3-10 or 3-16 of Regulation S-X or any comparable provision so long as the Company complies with Section 4.3(d)). Each annual report on Form 10-K shall include a report on Parent’s consolidated financial statements by Parent’s independent registered public accountants. In addition, Parent shall file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing or Parent is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.

(b) If, at any time, Parent is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, and regardless of whether it continues to file reports with the SEC, Parent shall nevertheless continue making the reports specified in Section 4.3(a) hereof available to the Holders of the Notes, prospective investors and securities analysts by posting such information on its website. While Parent remains subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, Parent agrees that it shall not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept Parent’s filings for any reason, Parent shall post the reports referred to in Section 4.3(a) hereof on its website within the time periods that would apply if Parent were required to file those reports with the SEC.

 

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(c) Parent further agrees that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, at any time it is not required to file the reports required by Section 4.3(a) or (b) hereof with the SEC, it shall furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(d) The quarterly and annual financial information required by Sections 4.3(a) and (b) hereof shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes of the financial statements or in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations that discloses the total assets, liabilities, revenues and income from operations of Subsidiaries of the Company that do not Guarantee the Notes. The Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether this clause 4.3(d) has been satisfied, nor shall it have any liability in connection therewith.

(e) 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 Officers’ Certificates).

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that Parent fails to comply with its obligation to file or provide such information, documents and reports as required by this Section 4.3, Parent will be deemed to have cured such Default with respect to the Notes for purposes of Section 6.1(d) upon the filing or provision of all such information, documents and reports required hereunder prior to the expiration of 90 days after written notice to Parent of such failure from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes.

Section 4.4 Compliance Certificates . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018), an Officers’ Certificate as to the signer’s knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants on their part contained in this Indenture and stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default. If such signer knows of such a Default or Event of Default, the Officers’ Certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default and the efforts to remedy the same. For the purposes of this Section 4.4, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Section 4.5 Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

Section 4.6 Maintenance of Corporate Existence . Subject to Article 5 hereof, Parent will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate existence of each Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that Parent shall not be required to preserve the corporate existence of any Restricted Subsidiary if (a) the Board of Directors or management of Parent shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes, (b) if a Subsidiary is to be dissolved or merged or consolidated in compliance with this Indenture or (c) such Subsidiary has no assets.

Section 4.7 Changes in Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade . In the event of the occurrence of a Fall Away Event with respect to the Notes (and notwithstanding the failure of Parent subsequently to maintain an Investment Grade Rating with respect to such Notes), the provisions of Sections 4.8, 4.9, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.14 hereof and clause (iv) of Section 5.1(a) hereof will no longer be applicable to the Notes.

Section 4.8 Restricted Payments .

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(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of Parent’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of Parent’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent or to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent);

(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Parent) any Equity Interests of Parent or any direct or indirect parent of Parent;

(iii) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or a Note Guarantee, except (i) from Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent or (ii) the purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any such Indebtedness made in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement; or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment

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

(1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(2) Parent would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.9(a) hereof; and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries after January 30, 2015 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii) through (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) of Section 4.8(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Parent for the period (taken as one accounting period) from October 1, 2014 to the end of Parent’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus

(B) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds (or the fair market value of assets) received by Parent since January 30, 2015 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of Parent that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of Parent), plus

(C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after January 30, 2015 is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) or (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus

 

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(D) to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of Parent is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after January 30, 2015, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of Parent’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(E) $3.7 billion.

(b) The preceding provisions shall not prohibit:

(i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture (it being understood that the amount of any such dividend shall be included in the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments determined in Section 4.8(a)(3) only once and not as separate Restricted Payments made at both declaration and payment);

(ii) any Restricted Payment made in exchange for, or in an amount equal to the net cash proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale (other than to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent) of, Equity Interests of Parent (other than Disqualified Stock); provided , that an amount equal to such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (3)(B) of Section 4.8(a) hereof;

(iii) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from, or in exchange for, an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

(iv) the payment of any dividend or any other payment or distribution by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent to the holders of its Equity Interests or any class on a pro rata basis to the holders of such class;

(v) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent held by any present or former employee, director, officer or consultant of, or service provider to, Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any notes issued by Parent in connection with any such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made under this clause (v) shall not exceed in any calendar year $25.0 million (with unused amounts for any year being carried over to the next succeeding year, but not to any subsequent year, with the permitted amount for each year being used prior to any amount carried over from the previous year); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(i) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less

(ii) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in subclause (i) of this clause (v);

(vi) payments to holders of Equity Interests (or to the holders of Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests upon such conversion or exchange) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares;

(vii) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur in connection with the exercise or vesting of stock options or similar instruments to the extent necessary to pay withholding or similar taxes related to such exercise or vesting of stock options or similar instruments;

 

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(viii) [reserved];

(ix) repurchases or retirement for value of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(x) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock pursuant to provisions similar to those described under Section 3.8 and Section 4.14; provided that, prior thereto, all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

(xi) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in accordance with Section 4.9;

(xii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Restricted Payments; provided , however , that if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the date of any Restricted Payment to be made pursuant to this clause (xii) is greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, such Restricted Payment shall be permitted to be made pursuant to this clause (xii) only if the amount of such Restricted Payment, when taken together with the amount of all other Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to this clause (xii) when the Total Leverage Ratio was greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.0, does not exceed $500.0 million in the aggregate; and

(xiii) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the Fair Market Value (determined, for purposes of this covenant, by Parent or, in the case of any asset(s) valued in excess of $750.0 million, by the Board of Directors) on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.8, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in clauses (i) through (xiii) of clause (b) of this Section 4.8, including Section 4.8(a) or the definition of “Permitted Investment,” the Company will be permitted to classify such Restricted Payment and later reclassify all or a portion of such Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this covenant. In addition, a Restricted Payment need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Restricted Payment but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this covenant permitting such Restricted Payment.

Section 4.9 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock .

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

 

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(b) Subsection (a) of this Section 4.9 shall not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “ Permitted Debt ”):

(i) the incurrence by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (i) not to exceed $2,500.0 million;

(ii) the incurrence by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness including the Existing Secured Notes;

(iii) the incurrence by the Company and the Note Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes (including the Note Guarantees and any future Note Guarantees);

(iv) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, in an aggregate amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (iv), not to exceed the greater of (x) $275.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time outstanding;

(v) mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (v), not to exceed the greater of (x) $675.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time outstanding;

(vi) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace, Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.9(a) hereof or clauses (ii), (iii), (xii) or (xiv) of this Section 4.9(b) or this clause (vi) or, solely to the extent of the excess (if any) of the amount of Indebtedness incurred and outstanding under clause (xx) of this Section 4.9(b) prior to the applicable refinancing over the maximum aggregate amount permitted to be incurred and outstanding under clause (xx) of this Section 4.9(b) at the time of such refinancing, clause (xx) of this Section 4.9(b);

(vii) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that:

(A) if the Company or a Note Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the obligee is not the Company or another Note Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated (without regard to security interest) to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes; and

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

(viii) (i) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred and not for speculative purposes and (ii) the incurrence by a Securitization Special Purpose Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is without recourse to Parent or to any other Restricted Subsidiary of Parent or their assets (other than Standard Securitization Undertakings);

 

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(ix) the Guarantee by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent of Indebtedness of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary that was permitted to be incurred under this Section 4.9 (other than the Note Guarantees); provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes or any Note Guarantee, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed (without regard to security interest);

(x) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided , in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of Parent as accrued;

(xi) obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees or similar obligations provided by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent in each case in the normal course of business (whether or not consistent with past practice);

(xii) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Acquired Debt; provided , however , that on the date of acquisition and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Parent (A) would be at least 2.0 to 1.0 or (B) would be equal to or greater than such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition;

(xiii) the incurrence by any Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xiii), not to exceed the greater of (x) $675.0 million or (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets;

(xiv) Indebtedness of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the acquisition by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent of property used or useful in a Permitted Business (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the purchase of Capital Stock of, or merger or consolidation with, any Person owning such assets); provided , however , on the date of such incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Parent (A) would be at least 2.0 to 1.0 or (B) would be equal to or greater than such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such incurrence;

(xv) Indebtedness incurred by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, death, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; provided , however , that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;

(xvi) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of notice of its incurrence;

(xvii) Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

(xviii) Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay or similar obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(xix) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (xix), not to exceed the greater of (x) $675.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets; and

(xx) the incurrence by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness secured by a Lien under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount such that, on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the proceeds therefrom), the Secured Leverage Ratio would not exceed 3.50 to 1.00.

(c) Parent and the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Note Guarantor to, incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or the Note Guarantors unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on substantially identical terms; provided , however , that no Indebtedness of the Company or the Note Guarantors shall be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured or having a junior lien priority.

(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.9, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (i) through (xx) of Section 4.9(b) hereof, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 4.9, Parent shall be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify from time to time all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section 4.9. Indebtedness permitted by this Section 4.9 need not be permitted solely by reference to one clause permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such clause and in part by one or more other clauses of this Section 4.9 permitting such Indebtedness. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (xx) of Section 4.9(b) hereof.

(e) In addition, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.9, Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, elect to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness (including with respect to any revolving loan commitment) as being incurred at the time of such commitment, in which case any subsequent incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed to be an incurrence at such subsequent time.

Section 4.10 [ Reserved ].

Section 4.11 Liens .

(a) Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness of any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, unless contemporaneously therewith:

(i) in the case of any Lien securing Indebtedness that ranks pari passu with the Notes or a Note Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such Note Guarantee, as the case may be, equally and ratably with or prior to such obligation with a Lien on the same assets of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be; and

(ii) in the case of any Lien securing Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or a Note Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such Note Guarantee, as the case may be, with a Lien on the same assets of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that is prior to the Lien securing such subordinated obligation.

 

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Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, without any action on the part of the Holders, upon the release and discharge of each Lien described in clauses (i) and (ii) in this Section 4.11.

Section 4.12 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries .

(a) Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is not the Company to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any indebtedness owed to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(ii) make loans or advances to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) The restrictions set forth in Section 4.12(a) hereof shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(i) agreements, including agreements governing Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture;

(ii) this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;

(iii) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to Credit Facilities incurred under clause (i) or (xx) of Section 4.9(b) hereof;

(iv) applicable law, rule, regulation or order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction, including under contracts with foreign governments or agencies thereof entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(v) any instrument governing Indebtedness, Capital Stock or assets of a Person acquired by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred, or such Capital Stock was issued, in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of the acquisition, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred under Section 4.9 hereof;

(vi) customary non-assignment provisions in leases, contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(vii) purchase money obligations for property that impose restrictions on that property of the nature described in clause (iii) of Section 4.12(a) hereof;

 

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(viii) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions, transfers, loans or advances by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;

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

(x) Permitted Liens securing Indebtedness that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

(xi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into with the approval of the Board of Directors of Parent or otherwise in the ordinary course of business;

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

(xiii) restrictions in agreements or instruments which prohibit the payment or making of dividends or other distributions other than on a pro rata basis;

(xiv) contractual requirements of a Securitization Special Purpose Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Securitization Special Purpose Entity; and

(xv) any agreement or instrument governing Indebtedness or preferred stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.9 hereof which encumbrances or restrictions (x) are not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in this Indenture or (y) will not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, affect the ability of the Company to make anticipated payments of principal, interest or premium on the Notes.

Section 4.13 Transactions with Affiliates .

(a) Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $100.0 million, unless:

(i) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person, as determined by the Company in good faith; and

(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $750.0 million, such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of Parent.

(b) The following items shall be deemed not to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of Section 4.13(a) hereof:

(i) any employment agreement or benefit or similar plan entered into by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary;

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(iii) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of Parent solely because Parent owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

(iv) the payment of reasonable compensation and fees to, and the provision of customary indemnities to, current or former officers, directors, employees or consultants of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(v) issuances or sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent to Affiliates or employees of or consultants to Parent;

(vi) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of Section 4.8 hereof and Permitted Investments;

(vii) transactions effected pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendment, modification or replacement to such agreement (so long the as amendment, modification or replacement is not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, materially more disadvantageous to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, taken as a whole, than the terms of those agreements in effect on the date of this Indenture);

(viii) [reserved];

(ix) transactions with a Permitted Joint Venture in which Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary holds or acquires an ownership interest (whether by way of Capital Stock or otherwise) so long as the terms of any such transactions, in the good faith judgment of the Company, are not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary than they are to other joint venture partners;

(x) any agreement that grants registration and other customary rights in connection therewith or otherwise to the direct or indirect security holders of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (and the performance of such agreements);

(xi) transactions with Affiliates solely in their capacity as Holders of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, where such Affiliates receive the same consideration as non-Affiliates in such transactions;

(xii) transactions affected as part of a Qualified Securitization Transaction; and

(xiii) transactions in which Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a copy of a letter from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing addressed to the Company stating that such transaction meets the requirements of Section 4.13(a)(i).

Section 4.14 Asset Sales .

(a) Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(i) Parent (or its Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (determined, for purposes of this clause (i), by Parent or, in the case of any asset(s) valued in excess of $750.0 million, by the Board of Directors of Parent) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

(ii) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

 

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(A) any liabilities, as shown on Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes and the Note Guarantees) (i) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to an agreement that releases Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability or (ii) that are discharged by the transferee in a transaction pursuant to which neither Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any liability following such Asset Sale;

(B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days after the consummation of the applicable Asset Sale, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and

(C) any Designated Noncash Consideration having an aggregate Fair Market Value that, when taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration previously received and then outstanding, does not exceed at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) the greater of $800.0 million or 3.0% of Consolidated Total Assets.

(b) Within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply an amount equal to those Net Proceeds:

(i) to repay (w) Indebtedness and other Obligations under the Credit Agreement and, if the Indebtedness repaid under the Credit Agreement is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, (x) other secured indebtedness, (y) other Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (provided in the case of this clause (y) the Company shall equally and ratably reduce obligations under the Notes in accordance with Section 3.7 hereof, through privately negotiated transactions or open market purchases (in each case, provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof), or by making an offer (in accordance with Section 4.14(c)) to all Holders to purchase, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, the pro rata principal amount of Notes) or (z) other Indebtedness of a Subsidiary (other than the Company) that does not Guarantee the Notes, so long as the relevant assets were assets of such Subsidiary;

(ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business or the minority interest in any Permitted Business;

(iii) to make payments with respect to the acquisition or license of intellectual property rights that are used in a Permitted Business;

(iv) to make a capital expenditure in or that is useful in a Permitted Business;

(v) to retire Notes (x) pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof, (y) through privately negotiated transactions or open market purchases or (z) by making an offer to purchase Notes in accordance with Section 4.14(c); or

(vi) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets (for the avoidance of doubt, including acquisitions of in-process research and development) under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business;

provided that a binding commitment to apply any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) of this Section 4.14(b) shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of the end of such 450-day period (an “ Acceptable Commitment ”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or

 

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terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to apply the Net Proceeds in any manner set forth above before the expiration of such 180-day period and, in the event Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary fails to do so, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds.

Notwithstanding Sections 4.14(a) and 4.14(b), Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be required to apply an amount equal to any Net Proceeds in accordance with this covenant except to the extent that the aggregate Net Proceeds from all Asset Sales which are not applied in accordance with this covenant exceed the greater of $275.0 million or 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of receipt of such Net Proceeds. Pending application of an amount equal to Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.14, Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.14(b) hereof shall constitute “ Excess Proceeds .” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds the greater of $275.0 million or 1.0% of Consolidated Total Assets, the Company shall make an offer (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”) to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the amount of such Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer shall be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the amount of such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Company shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

(d) The Company 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 each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.

Section 4.15 Additional Note Guarantees . If any one of Parent’s Subsidiaries (other than the Company) that is not a Note Guarantor Guarantees any Indebtedness of Parent or any Guarantor under any syndicated Credit Facility or Capital Markets Indebtedness, that Subsidiary shall (i) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and a notation of Note Guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit  B hereto or, in the case that such Subsidiary of Parent is a Canadian Note Guarantor, a Canadian Note Guarantee, pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee, on a senior secured basis, all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture and, if applicable, the Canadian Note Guarantee, and (ii) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture and notation of Note Guarantee or, if applicable, Canadian Note Guarantee, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and constitutes a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Subsidiary. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Note Guarantor for all purposes hereof until such Note Guarantee is released in accordance herewith.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the supplemental indenture and notation of Note Guarantee may be modified in respect of any Note Guarantor organized outside the United States of America as necessary or appropriate to (1) comply with applicable law, (2) avoid any general legal limitations such as general statutory limitations, financial assistance, corporate benefit, “thin capitalization” rules, retention of title claims or similar matters or (3) avoid a conflict with the fiduciary duties of such company’s directors, contravention of any legal prohibition or regulatory condition, or the material risk of personal or criminal liability for any officers or directors (collectively referred to as “ Agreed Guarantee Principles ”), in each case as determined by Parent in its sole discretion.

 

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Section 4.16 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries . Parent’s Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. Any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be a designation of each of such entity’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Following the Issue Date, if a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.8 hereof or under one or more of the clauses of the definition of “Permitted Investments,” as determined by Parent. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Parent’s Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default; provided that such redesignation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness and, if applicable, an incurrence of related Liens by a Restricted Subsidiary of Parent of any outstanding Indebtedness and, if applicable, related Liens of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such redesignation will only be permitted if such Indebtedness and, if applicable, related Liens are permitted under Section 4.9 hereof and, if applicable, Section 4.11 hereof (other than clause (3) under the definition of “Permitted Liens”), calculated, if applicable, on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period.

Section 4.17 Business Activities . Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.18 [ Reserved ].

Section 4.19 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws . The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenant 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.

Section 4.20 Notice of Default . In the event that any Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1 hereof shall occur, the Company shall give prompt written notice of such Default or Event of Default to the Trustee after it becomes aware of the same.

Section 4.21 Payment of Additional Amounts .

(a) All payments made by or on behalf of any Note Guarantor, other than a Note Guarantor organized in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, under or with respect to any Note Guarantee (each such Person, a “ Payor ”) will be made free and clear of any withholding or deduction for or on account of any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge of whatever nature (collectively, “ Tax ”) imposed or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction in which such Payor is organized, resident or carrying on business for tax purposes or from or through which such Payor makes any payment on its Note Guarantee or any department or political subdivision of any of the foregoing (each, a “ Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction ”), unless the Payor (or an applicable withholding agent) is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law. For the avoidance of doubt, a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction shall not include the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia. If the Payor (or an applicable withholding agent) is required by law to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to any Note Guarantee, the Payor, subject to the exceptions listed below, will pay additional amounts (“ Additional Amounts ”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by each Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes after such withholding or deduction (including withholding or deduction attributable to Additional Amounts payable hereunder) will not be less than the amount the Holder or beneficial owner would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be so withheld or deducted.

 

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(b) A Payor will not, however, pay Additional Amounts to a Holder or beneficial owner of Notes:

(i) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner, if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (other than any connection resulting solely from the acquisition, ownership, holding or disposition of Notes, the receipt of payments thereunder or under any Note Guarantee and/or the exercise or enforcement of rights under any Notes or any Note Guarantee);

(ii) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of Notes, following the Company’s or the Payor’s written request addressed to the Holder, to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to do so, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction);

(iii) with respect to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise or personal property tax or any similar Taxes;

(iv) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder or beneficial owner of any Note, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(v) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the Holder or beneficial owner not dealing at arm’s length, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada), with such Payor; or

(vi) any combination of items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v).

Additional Amounts also shall not be paid with respect to any payment on any Note Guarantee to a beneficial owner who is a fiduciary, a partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes) or anyone other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the laws of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or interest holder been the beneficial owner.

(c) The Payor or applicable withholding agent will (i) make any such withholding or deduction required by applicable law and (ii) timely remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law. The Payor, or the applicable withholding agent, will make reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes. The Payor, or the applicable withholding agent, will provide to the Trustee, within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld are due pursuant to applicable law, either a certified copy of tax receipts evidencing such payment, or, if such tax receipts are not reasonably available to the Payor, such other documentation that provides reasonable evidence of such payment by the Payor.

 

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(d) Where Tax is payable pursuant to Regulation 803 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) by a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes in respect of any amount payable under any Note Guarantee to the Holder (other than by reason of a transfer of the Notes to a person resident in Canada with whom the transferor does not deal at arm’s length for the purposes of such Act), but no Additional Amount is paid in respect of such Tax, the Payor will pay as or on account of interest to the Holder an amount equal to such Tax (a “ Regulation 803 Reimbursement ”) plus an amount equal to any Tax required to be paid by the Holder or beneficial owner as a result of such Regulation 803 Reimbursement within 45 days after receiving from the Holder a notice containing reasonable particulars of the Tax so payable, provided such Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to receive Additional Amounts on account of such Tax (and only to the extent of such Additional Amounts that such Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to receive) but for the fact that it is payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to any Note Guarantee.

(e) The Payor will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable prior to the date on which such payments will be made, and the amounts so payable, and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee (or applicable paying agent) to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on the payment date. Any such Officers’ Certificate will be delivered at least two Business Days in advance of when the payments in question are required to be made (unless a shorter period of time is acceptable to the Trustee in its reasonable discretion). The Payor will promptly publish a notice in accordance with Section 11.2 hereof stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable and describing the obligation to pay such amounts.

(f) The Payors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Holders or beneficial owners of Notes, upon written request of such Holder or beneficial owner of Notes and certified proof of payment for the amount of (i) any Taxes levied or imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and payable by such Holder or beneficial owner in connection with payments made under or with respect to any Note Guarantee; and (ii) any Taxes levied or imposed with respect to any reimbursement under the foregoing clause (i) or this clause (ii), so that the net amount received by such Holder or beneficial owner after such reimbursement will not be less than the net amount such Holder or beneficial owner would have received if the Taxes giving rise to the reimbursement described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) had not been imposed, provided , however , that the indemnification obligation provided for in this Section 4.21(f) shall not extend to Taxes imposed for which the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes would not have been eligible to receive payment of Additional Amounts hereunder by virtue of clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 4.21(b) hereof, or to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner received Additional Amounts with respect to such payments.

(g) In addition, the Payor will pay any stamp, issue, registration, court, documentary, excise or other similar taxes, charges and duties, including interest and penalties with respect thereto, imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction at any time in respect of the execution, issuance, registration or delivery of any Note Guarantee or any other document or instrument referred to thereunder and any such taxes, charges or duties imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction at any time as a result of, or in connection with, (i) any payments made pursuant to any Note Guarantee or any other such document or instrument referred to thereunder and/or (ii) the enforcement of any Note Guarantee or any other such document or instrument referred to thereunder.

(h) The obligations described under this Section 4.21 will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and will apply mutatis mutandis to any successor Person, to any Payor and to any jurisdiction in which such successor is organized (other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia), carrying on business or is otherwise resident for Tax purposes or any jurisdiction (other than the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia) from or through which payment is made by such successor or its respective agents.

(i) Whenever this Indenture refers to, in any context, the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or any other amount payable under any Note Guarantee, such reference includes the payment of Additional Amounts or other payments that would be payable pursuant to this Section 4.21, if applicable.

 

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ARTICLE 5

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS

Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets .

(a) Parent and the Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not Parent or the Company is the surviving Person) or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

(i) either (x) Parent or the Company is the surviving Person; or (y) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Parent or the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is organized and validly existing under the laws of the U.S., any state of the U.S. or the District of Columbia or under the laws of Canada or any province thereof, any member state of the European Union as in effect on the Issue Date, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, any Channel Island or Switzerland ( provided that, in the case of the Company, if such entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation);

(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Parent or the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made expressly assumes all the obligations of Parent or the Company, as applicable, under the Notes (or Note Guarantee) and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists;

(iv) in the case of Parent, either (a) Parent or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Parent), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made shall, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.9(a) hereof or (b) Parent or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Parent) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that would be equal to or greater than such ratio for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such action; and

(v) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(b) Parent may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.

(c) Parent will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, (1) consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person; or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose (collectively, “ dispose ”) of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to another Person unless:

(i) except in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor (x) that has disposed of all or substantially all of its assets, whether through a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or sale of Capital Stock or assets or (y) that, as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of its Capital Stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary of

 

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Parent, in both cases in compliance with Section 4.14 hereof, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Subsidiary Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by a guarantee agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Note Guarantee; and

(ii) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists.

Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate or amalgamate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Note Guarantor and (B) Parent or the Company may merge or amalgamate with an Affiliate of Parent solely for the purpose of reincorporating Parent or the Company in another jurisdiction within the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or Canada or any province thereof, any member state of the European Union as in effect on the Issue Date, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, any Channel Island, Singapore or Switzerland or converting Parent or the Company into a limited liability company organized under the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or Canada or any province thereof, any member state of the European Union as in effect on the Issue Date, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, any Channel Island, Singapore or Switzerland ( provided that, in the case of the Company, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation).

Section 5.2 Successor Substituted .

(a) Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger or amalgamation of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.

(b) Upon any consolidation of Parent with, or merger or amalgamation of Parent into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of Parent in accordance with Section 5.1 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which Parent is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, Parent under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as Parent herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 6.1 Events of Default . Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ” with respect to the Notes:

(a) default in the payment of any principal of (including, without limitation, any premium, if any, on) of the Notes when the same becomes due and payable (whether at maturity, upon a Redemption Date, Change of Control Purchase Date, Purchase Date or otherwise);

(b) default in the payment of any interest payable on Notes when the same becomes due and payable and the Default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c) failure by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries

(i) to comply with any of the provisions of Sections 3.8, 3.14 or 4.14 of this Indenture, which failure remains uncured for 30 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes; or

 

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(ii) to comply with the provisions described in Section 5.1 of this Indenture;

(d) Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to comply with any of the other covenants contained in the Notes or this Indenture and the Default continues for 60 days (or 90 days in the case of the provisions of Section 4.3) after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;

(e) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default:

(i) is caused by a failure to pay principal when due on such Indebtedness within any applicable grace period provided in such Indebtedness (a “ Payment Default ”); or

(ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity, and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $250.0 million or more;

(f) failure by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of $250.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged, stayed or subject to insurance for a period of 60 days after becoming final;

(g) any Note Guarantee by Parent or a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect in all material respects (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or Parent or any Note Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms Parent’s or such Note Guarantor’s, as applicable, obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days after receipt of the notice as specified in this Indenture;

(h) Parent, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; and

(i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against Parent, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

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(ii) appoints a Custodian of Parent, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of Parent, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of Parent, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

and in each case the order or decree described in this clause (i) remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

Any notice given pursuant to Section 6.1(d) hereof must be in writing and must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “ Notice of Default .” When any Default under this Section 6.1 is cured, it ceases.

Section 6.2 Acceleration . If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (j) of Section 6.1 hereof with respect to the Company) with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, declare all unpaid principal to the date of acceleration on the Notes then outstanding (if not then due and payable) to be due and payable upon any such declaration, and the same shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (j) of Section 6.1 hereof with respect to the Company occurs, all unpaid principal (including, without limitation, any premium, if any, then outstanding), and accrued interest, if any, on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (a) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of Notes which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived; (b) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (c) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof in respect of the Notes have been made. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Section 6.3 Other Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing in respect of the Notes, the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of the principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Noteholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.4 Waiver of Defaults and Events of Default . Subject to Sections 6.7 and 9.2 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes when due or any Default or Event of Default in respect of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes which, under Section 9.2 hereof, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder). When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases.

Section 6.5 Control by Majority . The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy or power available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines, in consultation with its counsel conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder of Notes or the Trustee, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity satisfactory to it; provided , however , that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.

 

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Section 6.6 Limitations on Suits . A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes (except actions for payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) unless:

(a) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(c) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and

(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

Section 6.7 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, with respect to the Notes, the contractual right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of, or interest on such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note and this Indenture and to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

Section 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee . If an Event of Default in the payment of principal or interest specified in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.1 hereof occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company or another obligor on the Notes for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue principal and overdue installments of interest, in each case at a rate equal to the interest rate then in effect on such Note and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

Section 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof, and to the extent that such payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other property which the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or, on behalf of any Holder, to authorize, accept or adopt any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.10 Priorities . If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First , to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7 hereof;

Second , to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest respectively; and

Third , the balance, if any, to the Company.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs . 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, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit made by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee .

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(A) the Trustee need perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others; and

(B) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee, however, shall examine any certificates and opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be delivered to the Trustee to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(A) this paragraph does not limit the effect of subsection (b) of this Section 7.1;

(B) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(C) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.5 hereof.

 

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(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee 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 unless the Trustee shall have received satisfactory indemnity in its opinion against potential costs and liabilities incurred by it relating thereto.

(e) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.1.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee . Subject to Section 7.1 hereof:

(a) The Trustee may rely conclusively on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel (or both), which shall conform to Section 11.4(b) hereof. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through its agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any such action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(g) 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, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or 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.

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

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

 

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(j) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, punitive, indirect, 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.

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

Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

Section 7.4 Trustee s Disclaimer . The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Notes other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.5 Notice of Default or Events of Default . If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of such Default or Event of Default at its Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture, the Trustee shall notify each Noteholder of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is known by the Trustee. However, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of Noteholders, except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in payment of the principal (including premium, if any) of or interest on any Note.

Section 7.6 [ Reserved ].

Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity . The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation (as agreed to from time to time by the Company and the Trustee in writing) for its services (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it. Such expenses may include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

Each of the Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.7 shall include its officers, directors, employees and agents) for, and hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture or any action or failure to act as authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon the Trustee hereunder or thereunder including the reasonable costs and expenses of the Trustee and its counsel in defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder or thereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. The Company need not pay for any settlement effected without its prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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The Company need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall have a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except such money or property held in trust to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.7 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) of Section 6.1 hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law to the extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee . The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;

(c) a Custodian or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. The resignation or removal of a Trustee shall not be effective until a successor Trustee shall have delivered the written acceptance of its appointment as described below.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 45 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee at the expense of the Company.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges hereunder, shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee of the Notes to the successor Trustee and be released from its obligations (exclusive of any liabilities that the retiring Trustee may have incurred while acting as Trustee) hereunder, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee of the Notes under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each affected Holder.

A retiring Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Trustee after its succession.

Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc . If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets (including the administration of this Indenture) to, another corporation, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation, without any further act, shall be the successor Trustee, provided such transferee corporation shall qualify and be eligible under Section 7.10 hereof. Such successor Trustee shall promptly mail notice of its succession to the Company and each affected Holder.

 

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Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification . The Trustee shall always satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee (or its parent holding company) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to satisfy any such requirements, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article 7. The Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of TIA Section 310(b).

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company . The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

ARTICLE 8

DEFEASANCE; SATISFACTION AND

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 8.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes and all Note Guarantees and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and release of such Guarantees, when

(a) either

(i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.7 hereof and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as provided in Section 8.5 hereof) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities or a combination thereof with the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Company or any of their Affiliates) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of and in an amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, provided that with respect to any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purpose of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated by the Company as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any Applicable Premium deficit only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption;

(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound, and as to which the rights of the other parties thereto are senior to those of the Holders;

(c) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;

 

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(d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward payment of the Notes at maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; and

(e) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof shall survive and, if cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities or a combination thereof shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.12, 4.2 and 7.8, this Article 8 and Section 11.5, shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full.

Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance . The Company and the Note Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes and the related Note Guarantees released on the date of the deposit referred to in clause (a) of this Section 8.2, and the provisions of this Indenture shall no longer be in effect (“ Legal Defeasance ”), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same, except for the following provisions, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in clause (a) below payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due, (ii) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.2 hereof, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 7.7 hereof and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (iv) this Section 8.2. Subject to compliance with this Section 8.2, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.3 hereof. The following conditions shall apply to Legal Defeasance:

(a) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to their Stated Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (based on a ruling received from or published by the United States Internal Revenue Service or a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law since the date of this Indenture) in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

(d) the Legal Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; and

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

 

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After any such irrevocable deposit, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations in the immediately preceding paragraph.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 8.2(b) hereof with respect to a Legal Defeasance need not be delivered if all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable or (2) shall become due and payable upon maturity or redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance . The Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in clause (iv) of Section 5.1(a) hereof, and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Section 3.8, Section 4.3, Sections 4.8 through 4.17 hereof and any breach of clauses (c), (d),(e), (f) or (g) of Section 6.1, or with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only, clauses (h) or (i) under Section 6.1 hereof shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default and all Guarantees and Liens shall be released on the date of deposit referred to in clause (a) of this Section 8.3 (“ Covenant Defeasance ”), if in each case:

(a) the Company shall have irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to their Stated Maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to such Trustee confirming that the beneficial owners of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

(d) the Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; and

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

If the funds deposited with the Trustee to effect Covenant Defeasance are insufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due, then the obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors under this Indenture will be revived and no such defeasance will be deemed to have occurred.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 8.3(b) hereof with respect to a Covenant Defeasance need not be delivered if all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (1) have become due and payable or (2) shall become due and payable upon maturity or redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.

Section 8.4 Application of Trust Money . Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5 hereof, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, all money deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof and shall apply the deposited money in accordance with this Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes.

 

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Section 8.5 Repayment to the Company . The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money (i) deposited with them pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof and (ii) held by them at any time.

The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such money has matured; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to such money notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least 30 days from the date of such mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

Section 8.6 Reinstatement . If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 8.5 hereof 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, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof until such time as the Trustee or such Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.4 hereof; provided , however , that if the Company has made any payment of the principal of or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive any such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders . The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture with respect to the Notes without notice to or consent of any Holder of Notes:

(a) to comply with Section 5.1 hereof;

(b) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

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

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

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

(f) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(g) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the section of the Offering Memorandum dated May 17, 2018 captioned “Description of the Notes”;

(h) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof;

 

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(i) to add additional Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Note Guarantee with respect to such Notes when such release, termination or discharge is permitted under this Indenture; or

(j) to appoint a successor Trustee.

Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders . The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes). The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture, or such Notes without notice to any Holder (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes). However, notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 9.4 hereof, without the written consent of each Holder of Notes affected hereby, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof, may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(a) reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(b) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any such Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, provisions relating to Sections 3.8, 3.14 and 4.14 hereof);

(c) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any such Note;

(d) make any such Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars;

(e) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of such Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Notes;

(f) waive a redemption payment with respect to any such Note (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, a payment required by Sections 3.8, 3.14 and 4.14 hereof);

(g) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Notes;

(h) modify the Note Guarantees with respect to such Notes in any manner adverse to the Holders of such Notes; or

(i) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions with respect to the Notes;

provided that the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall be required.

In addition, without the consent of Holders of at least 66  2 3 % in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), except as set forth in Section 10.5 hereof, no amendment or supplement may release the Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

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Section 9.3 Notice of Amendment, Supplement or Waiver . After an amendment, supplement or waiver under Section 9.1 or Section 9.2 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents . Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note or portion of a Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (a) through (i) of Section 9.2 hereof. In that case the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note.

Section 9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Notes . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms.

Section 9.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc . The Trustee shall sign any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplemental indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, but need not sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with and, subject to Section 7.1 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate stating that such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and all conditions precedent in this Indenture to such execution have been complied with. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until its Board of Directors approves it in writing.

Section 9.7 Effect of Supplemental Indentures . Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article 9, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Notes theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.

ARTICLE 10

NOTE GUARANTEES

Section 10.1 Note Guarantees .

(a) Each of the Note Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally Guarantees (and subject in each case to the Agreed Guarantee Principles set forth in any notation of Note Guarantee, supplemental indenture, or as contemplated by Section 4.15 hereof) to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder that: (i) the due and punctual payment of principal, premium and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture or any Note shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and (iii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms

 

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of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Note Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Note Guarantor shall agree that this is a Guarantee of payment and not a Guarantee of collection.

(b) Each of the Note Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations with regard to its Guarantee shall be joint and several, unconditional, irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other obligor with respect to this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances (other than complete performance) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Note Guarantor. Each Note Guarantor further, to the extent permitted by law, hereby waives and relinquishes all claims, rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such claims, rights or remedies, including but not limited to: (i) any right to require any of the Trustee, the Holders or the Company (each a “ Benefited Party ”), as a condition of payment or performance by such Note Guarantor, to (A) proceed against the Company, any other guarantor (including any other Note Guarantor) of the obligations under the Note Guarantees or any other person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Company, any such other guarantor or any other person, (C) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Benefited Party in favor of the Company or any other person, or (D) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Benefited Party whatsoever; (ii) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the obligations under the Note Guarantees or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Company from any cause other than payment in full of the obligations under the Note Guarantees; (iii) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (iv) any defense based upon any Benefited Party’s errors or omissions in the administration of the obligations under the Note Guarantees, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (v) (A) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of the Note Guarantees and any legal or equitable discharge of such Note Guarantor’s obligations hereunder and under its Note Guarantee, (B) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Note Guarantor’s liability hereunder and under its Note Guarantee or the enforcement hereof and thereof, (C) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims and (D) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Benefited Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (vi) notices, demands, presentations, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of the Note Guarantees, notices of default under the Notes or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the obligations under the Note Guarantees or any agreement related thereto, and notices of any extension of credit to the Company and any right to consent to any thereof; (vii) to the extent permitted under applicable law, the benefits of any “One Action” rule; and (viii) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of the Note Guarantees. Except as set forth in Section 10.5 hereof, each Note Guarantor covenants that its Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in its Note Guarantee and this Indenture.

(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Note Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Note Guarantors, any amount paid to either the Trustee or such Holder, any Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d) Each Note Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Note Guarantor shall further agree that, as between the Note Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.2 hereof for the purposes of any Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Section 6.2 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Note Guarantors for the purpose of any such Guarantee. The Note Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Note Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the applicable Guarantee.

 

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Section 10.2 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantees . To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1 hereof, each Note Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit  B hereto (as modified to reflect Agreed Guarantee Principles to the extent contemplated by Section 4.15 hereof) or, in the case of a Note Guarantor organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, a Canadian Note Guarantee, shall be endorsed by an officer of such Note Guarantor, which notation shall be applicable to each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Note Guarantor by any of its Officers. Each of the Note Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a notation of such Note Guarantee. If an officer or Officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Note Guarantee of a Note Guarantor no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates a Note, the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantees set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Note Guarantors.

Section 10.3 Limitation on Note Guarantor Liability . Each Note Guarantor confirms, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder hereby confirms, that it is the intention of all such parties that any Guarantee of such Note Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar applicable law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee and the Holders irrevocably agree, and the Note Guarantors irrevocably agree, that the obligations of such Note Guarantor under this Article 10 shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Note Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Note Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Note Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

Section 10.4 Merger and Consolidation of Note Guarantors .

(a) In case of any sale or other disposition, consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Note Guarantor, such successor person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Note Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Note Guarantor. Such successor person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes available hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

(b) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clause (a) of this Section 10.4, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation, amalgamation or merger of a Note Guarantor with or into another Person, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Note Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety.

Section 10.5 Release .

(a) In the event (i) of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor, then held by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries to a person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary of Parent, in each case so long as such sale or other disposition is permitted by this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.14 hereof, (ii) of a designation by Parent of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in

 

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accordance with the definition thereof or in the event that such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, (iii) in the case of any Note Guarantee issued on the Issue Date, upon the release or discharge of the Note Guarantee by such Note Guarantor in respect of the Credit Agreement, and in any other case upon the release or discharge of any Note Guarantee in respect of any Indebtedness that resulted in the issuance after the Issue Date of the Note Guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor or (iv) the Company discharges the Notes and its Obligations under this Indenture under Section 8.1 hereof or exercises its legal or covenant defeasance options under Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, respectively, with respect to the Notes, such Note Guarantor shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee without any further action being required by the Trustee or any Holder. If the Company discharges this Indenture under Section 8.1 or exercises its legal or covenant defeasance options under Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, respectively, Parent and each other Note Guarantor shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee without any further action being required by the Trustee or any Holder.

(b) Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, including without limitation Sections 4.8 and 4.14 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Note Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee.

(c) Any Note Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Note Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10.

ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1 Certain Trust Indenture Act Sections . The Company shall comply with Sections 314(a)(4), 314(c) and 314(e) of the TIA. No other provision of the TIA shall apply except where otherwise specifically provided.

Section 11.2 Notices . Any demand, authorization notice, request, consent or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission (confirmed by delivery in person or mail by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile numbers:

If to the Company, to:

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

c/o Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

400 Somerset Corporate Boulevard

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile No.: (949) 461-6661

With a copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Michael Kaplan and Sophia Hudson

Facsimile No.: (212) 701-5800

 

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If to the Trustee, to:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Corporate Trust Administration

Facsimile No.: (212) 815-5366

Such notices or communications shall be effective when received.

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail or delivered by an overnight delivery service to it at its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication to a Holder is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods (including pdf files). If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from such party’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, as long as the Notes are in the form of a Global Note, notice to the Holders of such Notes may be made electronically in accordance with procedures of the Depositary.

Section 11.3 Communications by Holders With Other Holders . Noteholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any other person shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

Section 11.4 Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent .

(a) Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture other than the initial issuance of the Notes and the Note Guarantees, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:

(A) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(B) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent (including any covenants, compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) have been complied with.

 

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(b) Each Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

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

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

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

(D) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with;

provided , however , that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

Section 11.5 Record Date for Vote or Consent of Holders . The Company (or, in the event deposits have been made pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, the Trustee) may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of Notes entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture, which record date shall not be more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the commencement of solicitation of such action. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.4 hereof, if a record date is fixed, those persons who were Holders of Notes at the close of business on such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to take such action with respect to the Notes by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders of Notes after such record date.

Section 11.6 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules (not inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture) for action by or at a meeting of Holders. Any Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for its functions.

Section 11.7 Legal Holidays . A “ Legal Holiday ” is a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York, Montreal, Canada or, if applicable, the state in which the Corporate Trust Office is located are not required to be open. If a payment date, including any Redemption Date, Purchase Date, Change of Control Purchase Date and Final Maturity Date, is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period on such payment. If an interest record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

Section 11.8 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .

(a) Unless specifically noted herein, this Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

(b) The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal court sitting in The City of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture. The Company irrevocably waives, to the 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 brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(c) EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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Section 11.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 11.10 No Recourse Against Others . All liability described in paragraph 13 of the Form of the Notes attached hereto as Exhibit  A of any director, officer, employee or shareowner, as such, of Parent, the Company or any Note Guarantor is waived and released.

Section 11.11 Successors . All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

Section 11.12 Multiple Counterparts . The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 11.13 Separability . In case any provisions in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 11.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc . The table of contents 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 11.15 Calculations in Respect of the Notes . The Company shall make all calculations under this Indenture and the Notes in good faith. In the absence of manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The Company shall provide a copy of such calculations to the Trustee as required hereunder.

Section 11.16 Agent for Service and Waiver of Immunities . By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, Parent and each Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary does, and with respect to any entity that becomes a Note Guarantor after the date hereof, within 10 days of becoming a Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary, as applicable, will, (i) acknowledge that they will designate and appoint Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, 400 Somerset Corporate Boulevard, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807, or another Person satisfactory to the Trustee (the “ Authorized Agent ”), as their authorized agent upon whom process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes that may be instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws, and acknowledge that the Authorized Agent has accepted such designation, (ii) submit to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agree that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to Parent or the Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary, as applicable, in accordance with Section 11.2 shall be deemed effective service of process in any such suit or proceeding. Parent and each Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary further agrees to take any reasonable 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 the Authorized Agent in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be outstanding; provided , however , that Parent and each Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary, as applicable, may, by written notice to the Trustee, designate such additional or alternative agent for service of process under this Section 11.16 that (i) maintains an office located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the State of New York, (ii) is either (x) counsel for Parent or such Note Guarantor, as applicable or (y) a corporate service company which acts as agent for service of process for other persons in the ordinary course of its business and (iii) agrees to act as agent for service of process in accordance with this Section 11.16. Such written notice shall identify the name of such agent for process and the address of the office of such agent for process in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York. Upon the written request of any Holder, the Trustee shall deliver a copy of such notice to such Holder.

 

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Section 11.17 Judgment Currency . Parent, the Company and each Note Guarantor shall indemnify each Holder and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any loss incurred by such party as a result of any judgment or order being given or made against Parent, the Company or any Note Guarantor for any U.S. dollar amount due under this Indenture and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in The City of New York at which such party on the date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such party if such party had utilized such amount of Judgment Currency to purchase U.S. dollars upon such party’s receipt thereof. The foregoing indemnity shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “spot rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, U.S. dollars.

Section 11.18 Foreign Currency Equivalent . For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction or amount, the U.S. dollar equivalent principal amount of any amount denominated in a foreign currency will be the Dollar Equivalent calculated on the date the Indebtedness was incurred or other transaction was entered into; provided that if any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars is incurred to refinance Indebtedness denominated in the same currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated on the date of such refinancing, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be deemed not to exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no restriction or amount will be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.

Section 11.19 Usury Savings Clause . If any provision of this Indenture or any Note would obligate the Company to make any payment of or on account of interest or other amount in an amount or calculated at a rate which would result in a receipt by any Holder of interest at a criminal rate (as such term is construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then notwithstanding such provisions, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not so result in a receipt by such Holder of interest at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows: (1) firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to such Holder, and (2) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to such Holder which would constitute “interest” for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).

Section 11.20 Interest Act (Canada) . For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada), the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or fees provided for in this Indenture and any Note (and stated herein or therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of a 360 day year or any other period of time less than a calendar year) are equivalent are the rates so provided for multiplied by the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year and divided by 360 or the actual number of days in such other period of time, respectively. Each of the Company and the Guarantor confirms that it understands and acknowledges that it is and will be able to calculate the rate of interest applicable under this Indenture and any Note based on the methodology for calculating per annum rates provided for under this Indenture or the Notes. Each of the Company and the Guarantors confirms that it agrees not to plead or assert, whether by way of defense or otherwise, in any proceeding relating to this Indenture or any Note, that the interest payable under this Indenture or any Note and the calculation thereof has not been adequately disclosed to the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, whether pursuant to Section 4 of the Interest Act (Canada) or any other applicable law or legal principle.

Section 11.21 Tax Matters . Each of the parties hereto agree to cooperate and to provide the other with such information as each may have in its possession to enable the determination of whether any payments pursuant to this Indenture are subject to the withholding requirements described in Section 1471(b) of the Code or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations, or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof (“Applicable Law”). The Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law. Nothing in the immediately preceding sentence shall be construed as obligating the Trustee to make any “gross up” payment or similar reimbursement in connection with a payment in respect of which amounts are so withheld or deducted or affecting a Payor’s obligation to make any payments of Additional Amount pursuant to Section 4.21 of this Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly

executed as of the date and year first above written.

 

Very truly yours,

 

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL

By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

 

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GUARANTORS:

 

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS

INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

  Name:   William Woodfield
  Title:  

Vice President, Capital Markets,

Treasury

 

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COMMONWEALTH LABORATORIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Business and
  Legal Affairs, Secretary
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA LLC
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Assistant
  General Counsel
INKINE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Business and
  Legal Affairs, Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Assistant
  General Counsel

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB HOLDINGS INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
SOLTA MEDICAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
ATON PHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
CORIA LABORATORIES, LTD.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
VRX HOLDCO, LLC
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

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VALEANT BIOMEDICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
OCEANSIDE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
ORAPHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
ORAPHARMA TOPCO HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
PRESTWICK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
PRECISION DERMATOLOGY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

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SYNERGETICS USA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
UNILENS VISION INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

  Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

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SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
  Assistant Corporate Secretary
OCEANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Business and
  Legal Affairs, Secretary
SANTARUS, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Business and
  Legal Affairs, Secretary
COVELLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Vice President, Business and
  Legal Affairs, Secretary
ECR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Secretary

 

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DR. LEWINN’S PRIVATE FORMULA

INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

  Name:   William D. Humphries
  Title:   President
PRIVATE FORMULA CORP.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

  Name:   William D. Humphries
  Title:   President
ONPHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

  Name:   William D. Humphries
  Title:   President
UCYCLYD PHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

  Name:   William D. Humphries
  Title:   President

 

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SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Joseph C. Papa

  Name:   Joseph C. Papa
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

 

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TECHNOLAS PERFECT VISION, INC.
By:  

/s/ Christina M. Ackermann

  Name:   Christina M. Ackermann
  Title:   Secretary
RHC HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Christina M. Ackermann

  Name:   Christina M. Ackermann
  Title:   Secretary

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA HOLDINGS

CORP.

By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name: John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB CHINA, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name: John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB SOUTH ASIA, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name:  John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name: John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary
SIGHT SAVERS, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name: John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB REALTY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name: John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary

 

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ALDEN OPTIC LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name: John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary
ISTA PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC

By: Bausch & Lomb Pharma Holdings

Corporation, its member

By:  

/s/ John LaFave

  Name: John LaFave
  Title:   Secretary

 

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PRINCETON PHARMA HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

  Name: William D. Humphries
  Title:   President
RENAUD SKIN CARE LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

  Name: William D. Humphries
  Title:   President

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ Sam Eldessouky

  Name: Sam Eldessouky
  Title:   Secretary

 

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Signed by

Valeant Holdco 2 Pty Ltd (ACN 154 341 367)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director (please print)

Signed by

Wirra Holdings Pty Limited (ACN 122 216 577)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director (please print)

Signed by

Wirra Operations Pty Limited (ACN 122 250

088)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director (please print)

 

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Signed by

Wirra IP Pty Limited (ACN 122 536 350)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director (please print)

Signed by

Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Limited

(ACN 000 222 408)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director (please print)

 

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Signed by

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty

Limited (ACN 001 083 352)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by a director and

secretary/director::

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director/secretary (please print)

Signed by

DermaTech Pty Limited (ACN 003 982 161)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by a director and

secretary/director::

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director/secretary (please print)

Signed by

Private Formula International Holdings Pty

Ltd (ACN 095 450 918)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by a director and

secretary/director::

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

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Signed by

Private Formula International Pty Ltd (ACN 095 451 942)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by a director and

secretary/director::

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director/secretary (please print)

Signed by

Ganehill Pty Ltd (ACN 065 261 538)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by a director and

secretary/director::

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

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Signed by

Valeant (Australia) Pty Limited (ACN 000 650 251)

in accordance with section 127 of the

Corporations Act 2001 by a director and

secretary/director::

    

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

    

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director      Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad      William Woodfield

 

Name of director (please print)

    

 

Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

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HYTHE PROPERTY INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Jeremy Lipshy

  Name: Jeremy Lipshy
  Title:   Director

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA S.A.
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

  Name: William Woodfield
  Title:   Director

 

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VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NOMINEE

BERMUDA

By:  

/s/ Graham Jackson

  Name: Graham Jackson
  Title:   Director

 

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VALEANT CANADA GP LIMITED
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

  Name: William Woodfield
 

Title:   Vice President, Capital Markets,

            Treasury

VALEANT CANADA S.E.C./VALEANT CANADA LP
By: Valeant Canada GP Limited, its general partner
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

  Name: William Woodfield
 

Title:   Vice President, Capital Markets,

            Treasury

V-BAC HOLDING CORP.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy Lipshy

  Name: Jeremy Lipshy
  Title:   Vice President
0938638 B.C. ULC
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

  Name: D. Alexander Matheson
  Title:   Assistant Secretary

 

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HUMAX PHARMACEUTICAL S.A.
By:  

/s/ Luis Alejandro Mendez Madriz

  Name: Luis Alejandro Mendez Madriz
  Title:   Legal Representative

 

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VALEANT DWC-LLC
By:  

/s/ Eliane Nassour

  Name: Eliane Nassour
  Title:   General Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Mahmoud Farhana

  Name: Mahmoud Farhana
  Title:   Manager

 

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Executed by BAUSCH & LOMB U.K. LIMITED, acting by:

/s/ William Woodfield

Director

Name of director: William Norman Woodfield

in the presence of:

/s/ Kirsten O’Donnell

Name of witness: Kirsten O’Donnell

 

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LABORATOIRE CHAUVIN S.A.S.
By:  

/s/ Pierre Guibourg

  Name: Pierre Guibourg
  Title:   President

 

BAUSCH & LOMB FRANCE S.A.S.
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

  Name: Eberhard Kuehne
  Title:   President

 

BCF S.A.S.
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

  Name: Eberhard Kuehne
  Title:   President

 

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DR. GERHARD MANN CHEM.-PHARM. FABRIK GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG
By:  

/s/ Kühne, Eberhard

  Name: Kühne, Eberhard
  Title:   Managing Director

 

BAUSCH & LOMB GMBH
By:  

/s/ Kühne, Eberhard

  Name: Kühne, Eberhard
  Title:   Managing Director

 

B L E P HOLDING GMBH
By:  

/s/ Kühne, Eberhard

  Name: Kühne, Eberhard
  Title:   Managing Director

 

TECHNOLAS PERFECT VISION GMBH
By:  

/s/ Kühne, Eberhard

  Name: Kühne, Eberhard
  Title:   Managing Director

 

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VALEANT PHARMA HUNGARY LLC
By:  

/s/ dr. Gárdi Lajos István

  Name: dr. Gárdi Lajos István
  Title:   General Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Zoltán Gábor

  Name: Zoltán Gábor
  Title:   Finance Director

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VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND

LIMITED

By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Director

 

VALEANT HOLDINGS IRELAND
By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Director

 

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OCEANA THERAPEUTICS, LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Zoltán Gábor

  Name: Zoltán Gábor
  Title:   Director

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB-IOM S.P.A.
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

  Name: William Norman Woodfield
  Title:   Director

 

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B.L.J. COMPANY, LTD.
By:  

/s/ Thomas Joseph Appio

  Name: Thomas Joseph Appio
  Title:   Representative Director

 

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AB SANITAS
By:  

/s/ Tomas Liesis

  Name: Tomas Liesis
  Title:   General Manager

 

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BIOVAIL INTERNATIONAL S.À R.L.
By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

  Name: Franck Deconinck
  Title:   Manager

 

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS

LUXEMBOURG S.À R.L.

By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Class A Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

  Name: Franck Deconinck
  Title:   Class B Manager

 

VALEANT INTERNATIONAL LUXEMBOURG

S.À R.L.

By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Class A Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

  Name: Franck Deconinck
  Title:   Class B Manager

 

BAUSCH & LOMB LUXEMBOURG S.À R.L.
By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Class A Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

  Name: Franck Deconinck
  Title:   Class B Manager

 

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VALEANT FINANCE LUXEMBOURG S.À R.L.
By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Class A Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

  Name: Franck Deconinck
  Title:   Class B Manager

 

VALEANT HOLDINGS LUXEMBOURG S.À R.L.
By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

  Name: Michael Kennan
  Title:   Class A Manager

 

By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

  Name: Franck Deconinck
  Title:   Class B Manager

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Carlos E. Cruz

  Name: Carlos E. Cruz
 

Title: Alternate Senior Vice President

          and Treasurer

 

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BAUSCH+LOMB OPS B.V.
By:  

/s/ Patrick Emanuel Petrus Jacobus Gunther

  Name: Patrick Emanuel Petrus Jacobus Gunther
  Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

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SIGNED for and on behalf

of VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS

NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

 

)

)

)

   
   

/s/ William Woodfield

 

/s/ Christina Ackermann

   

Name: William Woodfield

Title: Director

 

Name: Christina Ackermann

Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO FARMACEUTYCZNE JELFA S.A.
By:  

/s/ Waldemar Stepheń

  Name: Waldemar Stepheń
  Title:   President of the Management Board

 

By:  

/s/ Ryszard Bukowski

  Name: Ryszard Bukowski
  Title:   Member of the Management Board

 

VALEANT SP. Z O. O.
By:  

/s/ Cornelis Jan Heiman

  Name: Cornelis Jan Heiman
  Title:   Member of the Management Board

 

VP VALEANT SPÓLKA Z OGRANICZONĄ

ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ SP.J.

 

By: Valeant sp. z o.o., in its capacity as General Partner

By:  

/s/ Cornelis Jan Heiman

  Name: Cornelis Jan Heiman
  Title:   Member of the Management Board

 

VALEANT PHARMA POLAND SPÓLKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ
By:  

/s/ Cornelis Jan Heiman

  Name: Cornelis Jan Heiman
  Title:   Member of the Management Board

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


VALEANT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
By:  

/s/ John Connolly

  Name: John Connolly
  Title:   General Director

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


PHARMASWISS D.O.O.
By:  

/s/ John Connolly

  Name: John Connolly
  Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


BAUSCH & LOMB NORDIC AB
By:  

/s/ Janice More

  Name: Janice More
  Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


PHARMASWISS SA
By:  

/s/ Matthias Courvoisier

  Name: Matthias Courvoisier
  Title:   Director

 

BAUSCH & LOMB SWISS AG
By:  

/s/ Matthias Courvoisier

  Name: Matthias Courvoisier
  Title:   Member of the Board of Directors

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE
By:  

/s/ Wanda Camacho

  Name:   Wanda Camacho
  Title:   Vice President

 

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL

8.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE 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 ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.] 1

[THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER- DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS NOTE), (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (F) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), OR (G) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY

 

1  

Include only if the Note is a Global Note.

 

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TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE, IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUER SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.] 2

[THIS NOTE AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION MAY BE AMENDED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME TO MODIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON RESALES AND OTHER TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION (OR THE INTERPRETATION THEREOF) OR IN PRACTICES RELATING TO THE RESALE OR TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES GENERALLY. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE TO HAVE AGREED TO ANY SUCH AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT.] 3

[CANADIAN RESALE LEGEND

UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN MUST NOT TRADE THIS NOTE OR THE BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS 4 MONTHS AND A DAY AFTER JUNE 1, 2018.] 4

 

 

2   Include only if the Note is a Restricted Note.
3   Include only if the Note is a Restricted Note.
4   Include until no longer necessary under Canadian securities laws.

 

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VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL

CUSIP: 144A: 91911X AW4, Reg. S: U9098V AP7

ISIN: 144A: US91911XAW48, Reg. S: USU9098VAP77                                                                                               No. [    ]

8.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ,” which term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof) promises to pay to                              or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                          Dollars ($                ) on January 31, 2027 [or such greater or lesser amount as is indicated on the Schedule of Exchanges of Notes on the other side of this Note] 5 and to pay interest thereon as provided on the other side of this Note.

Interest Payment Dates: January 31 and July 31, beginning July 31, 2018.

Record Dates: January 15 and July 15.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

 

5   Include only if the Note is a Global Note.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication:

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned

Indenture for the 8.500% Senior Notes due 2027.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

 

By:   _______________________________________
  Authorized Signatory
Dated:   _________________________________

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL

8.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027

1. INTEREST

The Company shall pay interest on this Note semiannually in arrears on January 31 and July 31, each an “ interest payment date, ” of each year, commencing on July 31, 2018, at the rate per annum specified in the title of this Note. Interest shall accrue from and including June 1, 2018 or else the most recent interest payment date to which interest had been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the date on which such interest is paid. Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Company shall, (in immediately available funds) to the fullest extent permitted by law, pay interest on overdue principal (including premium, if any) and overdue installments of interest from the original due date to the date paid, at the rate applicable to this Note, which interest shall be payable on demand.

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any interest payment date will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on January 15 or July 15 preceding such interest payment date (the “ Record Date ”) except as provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts and as otherwise provided in the Indenture.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT

[The Company will make payments in respect of this Note (including principal, premium, if any, interest) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder.] 6 [The Company will make all payments of principal, interest and premium, if any, with respect to this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders, in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Notes of $1,000,000 or more, or, if no such account is specified or in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Notes of less than $1,000,000, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s registered address.] 7 All payments shall be made in immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments to any Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of $1,000,000 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account maintained by such Holder in the United States, if such Holder has provided wire transfer instructions to the Company at least 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Any wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee will remain in effect until revoked by the Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as this Note is registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, all payments hereon shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR

Initially, The Bank of New York Mellon (the “ Trustee ”) will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holder. The Company or any of their Subsidiaries may, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

 

 

6   Include only if the Note is a Global Note.
7   Include only if the Note is a Definitive Note.

 

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4. INDENTURE, LIMITATIONS

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company designated as its 8.500% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “ Notes ”), issued under an Indenture dated as of June 1, 2018 (together with any supplemental indentures thereto, the “ Indenture ”), among Parent, the Company, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of this Note include those stated in the Indenture. This Note is subject to all such terms, and the Holder of this Note is referred to the Indenture and said Act for a statement of them. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture.

The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Indenture.

5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION; PURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDER.

(a) Optional Redemption . The Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company at the prices, and upon the terms and conditions, set forth in Section 3.7 of the Indenture.

(b) Repurchase at Option of Holder . If there is a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall transmit a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.

If after Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary consummates any Asset Sale, the Company may be required to purchase Notes, as further specified in the Indenture.

(d) Notice of Redemption . Notice of redemption will be given at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date, subject to satisfaction of any conditions precedent, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

6. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, CANCELLATION

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in relation thereto by law or permitted by the Indenture.

All Notes surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion will, if surrendered to the Company or any of its other Agents with respect to the Notes, be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes delivered to it. No Notes will be authenticated in exchange for any Notes cancelled, except as provided in the Indenture.

7. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS

The Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

8. GUARANTEES

This Note is guaranteed as set forth in the Indenture.

 

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9. UNCLAIMED MONEY

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request, subject to applicable unclaimed property law. After that, Holders entitled to money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture (with respect to the Notes) or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and an existing default or Event of Default and its consequence or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived in a particular instance with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without the consent of or notice to any Holder, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture (with respect to the Notes) or the Notes to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

In addition, except as set forth under Article 10 of the Indenture, without the consent of Holders of at least 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), no amendment or supplement may release the Note Guarantees.

11. SUCCESSOR ENTITY

When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation (except in certain circumstances specified in the Indenture) shall be released from those obligations.

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. If a bankruptcy or insolvency default with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the Notes automatically become due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of remedies.

13. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH THE COMPANY

The Bank of New York Mellon, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Company or an Affiliate of the Company and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company as if it were not the Trustee.

14. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS

A director, officer, employee or shareowner, as such, of the Company or any Note Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Note Guarantor under the Notes or the Indenture nor for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. The Holder of this Note by accepting this Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.

 

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15. AUTHENTICATION

This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or an authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

16. ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of the Holder 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 UGMA (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

17. INDENTURE TO CONTROL; GOVERNING LAW

In the case of any conflict between the provisions of this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

The Company will furnish to any Holder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, 400 Somerset Corporate Boulevard, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807, Telephone: (905) 286-3000, Attention: Investor Relations.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note 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 Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

    Your Signature:
Date:                                                                              

 

    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

* Signature guaranteed by:

 

By:                                                                              

 

* The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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OPTION TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.8 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

☐        Section 3.8                             ☐        Section 4.14

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.8 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$                                              

 

Date:                                                  

 

Your Signature:

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:                                                  

Signature Guarantee*:                                                              

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES 8

The following exchanges, repurchases or conversions of a part of this global Note have been made:

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF THIS GLOBAL

NOTE FOLLOWING

SUCH DECREASE DATE

OF EXCHANGE

(OR INCREASE)

  

AUTHORIZED

SIGNATORY OF

NOTES

CUSTODIAN

  

AMOUNT OF DECREASE

IN PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF THIS GLOBAL

NOTE

  

AMOUNT OF INCREASE

IN PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF THIS GLOBAL

NOTE

 

 

8 This schedule should be included only if the Note is a Global Note.

 

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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR REGISTRATION

OF TRANSFER OF RESTRICTED SECURITIES 9

 

Re: 8.500% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “ Notes ”) of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (the “ Company ”).

This certificate relates to $                         principal amount of Notes owned in (check applicable box)

☐ book-entry or ☐ definitive form by                                          (the “ Transferor ”).

The Transferor has requested a Registrar or the Trustee to exchange or register the transfer of such Notes.

In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with transfer restrictions relating to the Notes as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture dated as of June 1, 2018 among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the Note Guarantors party and thereto The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Indenture ”), and the transfer of such Note is in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state and is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) (check applicable box) or the transfer or exchange, as the case may be, of such Note does not require registration under the Securities Act because (check applicable box):

 

  Such Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 

  Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account, without transfer.

 

  Such Note is being transferred to the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture) of the Company.

 

  Such Note is being transferred to a person the Transferor reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A or any successor provision thereto (“ Rule 144A ”) under the Securities Act) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a “qualified institutional buyer,” in each case to whom notice has been given that the transfer is being made in reliance on such Rule 144A, and in each case in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

  Such Note is being transferred pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 (or any successor thereto) (“ Rule 144 ”) under the Securities Act.

 

  Such Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto).

 

  Such Note is being transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of the Securities Act) that has provided a letter addressed to the Company, in the form of Exhibit  C attached to the Indenture, containing certain representations and agreements.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      (Insert Name of Transferor)

 

 

 

9   This certificate should be included only if this Note is a Restricted Note.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GUARANTEE

[Name of Note Guarantor] and its successors under the Indenture, jointly and severally with any other Note Guarantors, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (the “ Company ”) to the Holders or the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, guarantee that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.

No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of [name of Note Guarantor] shall have any personal liability under this Note Guarantee by reason of his, her or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator. This Note Guarantee shall be binding upon [name of Note Guarantor] and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

This Note Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Note Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.

THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 10 OF THE INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

This Note Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

[NAME OF NOTE GUARANTOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM ACQUIRING

INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

c/o Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

400 Somerset Corporate Boulevard

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile No.: (949) 461-6609

 

  Re:       8.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027
        CUSIP: 144A: 91911X AW4, Reg. S: U9098V AP7
        ISIN: 144A: US91911XAW48, Reg. S: USU9098VAP77

Dear Sirs:

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2018 (the “ Indenture ”), among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, as issuer (the “ Company ”), the Note Guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

In connection with our proposed purchase of $                          aggregate principal amount of 8.500% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “ Notes ”), we confirm that:

1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).

2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined therein), (C) inside the United States to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter, (D) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available), (E) in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company) or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing the Notes from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (F) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein.

3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect.

4. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

 

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5. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “ Accredited Investor ”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion.

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

Dated:

 

[Insert Name of Accredited Investor]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CANADIAN NOTE GUARANTEE

 

  Re:       8.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2027
        CUSIP: 144A: 91911X AW4, Reg. S: U9098V AP7
        ISIN: 144A: US91911XAW48, Reg. S: USU9098VAP77

THIS CANADIAN NOTE GUARANTEE (as amended, restated, modified, renewed or extended from time to time, and including, for the avoidance of any doubt, the preamble and recitals hereto, this “ Canadian Note Guarantee ”), is executed and delivered as of ☐ by ☐ (“ Guarantor ”) in favour of The Bank of New York Mellon, as the Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent, for the benefit of each Holder (together with the Trustee, collectively, the “ Beneficiaries ”).

RECITALS:

 

A. Reference is made to that Indenture dated as of June 1, 2018 among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”) and the Trustee (as amended, supplemented, restated, extended, renewed, or replaced from time to time, the “ Indenture ”).

 

B. Guarantor is an Affiliate of the Company, and, as such, will benefit by virtue of the financial accommodations extended to the Company pursuant to the Indenture.

THEREFORE , Guarantor agrees as follows:

Section 1.

Definitions and Principles of Interpretation

1.1. Definitions.

All capitalized terms used and not defined elsewhere in this Canadian Note Guarantee, and all capitalized terms used and not defined in the provisions incorporated by reference into this Canadian Note Guarantee, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture (such meanings to be determined as if such terms were to be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario) and shall be incorporated by reference into this Canadian Note Guarantee, and the following words and terms have the meanings set out below:

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(a).

Indenture ” has the meaning given to it in the recitals to this Canadian Note Guarantee.

1.2. Certain Rules of Interpretation.

In this Canadian Note Guarantee:

 

(a) Governing Law – This Canadian Note Guarantee (including terms incorporated by reference to the Indenture) is a contract made under and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario.

 

(b) Headings – Headings of Articles and Sections are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Canadian Note Guarantee.

 

(c) Including – Where the word “including” or “includes” is used in this Canadian Note Guarantee, it means “including (or includes) without limitation.”

 

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(d) No Strict Construction – The language used in this Canadian Note Guarantee is the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

(e) Number and Gender – Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa and words importing gender include all genders.

 

(f) Statutory references – A reference to a statute includes all regulations made pursuant to such statute and, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of any statute or regulation which amends, revises, restates, supplements or supersedes any such statute or any such regulation.

 

(g) Time – Time is of the essence in the performance of Guarantor’s obligations under this Canadian Note Guarantee.

Section 2.

GUARANTEE

2.1. Guarantee of the Obligations.

 

(a) Guarantor hereby unconditionally Guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company thereunder that: (i) the due and punctual payment of principal, premium and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or any Note shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms thereof, and (iii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Indenture or otherwise (collectively, the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). Guarantor agrees that this Canadian Note Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection. Failing payment when due of any Guaranteed Obligations for whatever reason, Guarantor shall be obligated to pay the same immediately.

 

(b)

Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations with regard to its Canadian Note Guarantee shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Notes or the obligations of the Company under the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other obligor with respect to the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances (other than complete performance) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Guarantor further, to the extent permitted by applicable law, hereby waives and relinquishes all claims, rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to guarantors and shall agree not to assert or take advantage of any such claims, rights or remedies, including but not limited to: (i) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by Guarantor, to (A) proceed against the Company, any other guarantor (including any other Note Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Company, any such other guarantor or any other person, (C) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favour of the Company or any other person, or (D) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (ii) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Company from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (iv) any defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or

 

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  omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (v) (A) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of this Canadian Note Guarantee and any legal or equitable discharge of Guarantor’s obligations hereunder and under this Canadian Note Guarantee, (B) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (C) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims and (D) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (vi) notices, demands, presentations, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of this Canadian Note Guarantee, notices of default under the Notes or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, and notices of any extension of credit to the Company and any right to consent to any thereof; and (vii) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of this Canadian Note Guarantee.

 

(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Note Guarantor or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or any Note Guarantor, any amount paid to either the Trustee or such Holder, this Canadian Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

 

(d) Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor further agrees that, as between Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.2 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Canadian Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Section 6.2 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by Guarantor for the purpose of this Canadian Note Guarantee. Guarantor shall not exercise any right to seek contribution from any non-paying Note Guarantor if the exercise of such right impairs the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantees.

2.2. Merger and Consolidation of Guarantors

 

(a) In case of any sale or other disposition, consolidation, merger, amalgamation or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor person on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Trustee of the obligations of Guarantor under this Canadian Note Guarantee, and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by Guarantor, such successor person shall succeed to and be substituted for Guarantor under this Canadian Note Guarantee with the same effect as if it had been named herein as Guarantor.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clause (a) of this Section 2.2, nothing contained in the Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation, merger or amalgamation of a Note Guarantor with or into another Person, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Note Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety.

2.3. Release

 

(a)

In the event (i) of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Guarantor, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all the Equity Interests of any Guarantor, then held by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries to a person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary of Parent, in each case so long as such sale or other disposition is permitted by the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.14 thereof, (ii) of a designation by Parent of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the definition thereof or in the event that such Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, (iii) in the case of any Canadian Note

 

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  Guarantee issued on the Issue Date, upon the release or discharge of the Canadian Note Guarantee by such Guarantor in respect of the Credit Agreement, and in any other case upon the release or discharge of any Canadian Note Guarantee in respect of any Indebtedness that resulted in the issuance after the Issue Date of the Canadian Note Guarantee by such Guarantor or (iv) the Company discharges the Notes and its Obligations under the Indenture under Section 8.1 thereof or exercises its legal or covenant defeasance options under Section 8.2 or 8.3 thereof, respectively, with respect to the Notes or, in the case of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Guarantor, the Person acquiring such property, shall be released and relieved of any obligations under this Canadian Note Guarantee without any further action being required by the Trustee or any Holder.

 

(b) Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Sections 4.8 and 4.14 thereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of Guarantor from its obligations under this Canadian Note Guarantee.

Section 3.

Miscellaneous

3.1. Limitations Act , 2002 (Ontario)

Any and all limitation periods provided for in the Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario), as amended from time to time, or any other applicable law limiting the time for which an action may be commenced shall be excluded from application to the obligations of Guarantor hereunder to the fullest extent permitted by such Act or applicable law.

3.2. Usury Savings Clause

If any provision of this Canadian Note Guarantee, the Indenture or any Note would obligate any Canadian Note Guarantor to make any payment of or on account of interest or other amount in an amount or calculated at a rate which would result in a receipt by any Holder of interest at a criminal rate (as such term is construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then notwithstanding such provisions, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not so result in a receipt by such Holder of interest at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows: (1) firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to such Holder, and (2) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to such Holder which would constitute “interest” for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).

3.3. Interest Act (Canada)

For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada), the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or fees provided for in this Canadian Note Guarantee, the Indenture or the Notes (and stated herein or therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of a 360 day year or any other period of time less than a calendar year) are equivalent are the rates so provided for multiplied by the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year and divided by 360 or the actual number of days in such other period of time, respectively.

The Guarantor confirms that it understands and acknowledges that it is and will be able to calculate the rate of interest applicable under this Canadian Note Guarantee, the Indenture or the Notes based on the methodology for calculating per annum rates provided for under the this Canadian Note Guarantee, the Indenture or the Notes. The Guarantor confirms that it agrees not to plead or assert, whether by way of defense or otherwise, in any proceeding relating to the this Canadian Note Guarantee, the Indenture or the Notes, that the interest payable under this Canadian Note Guarantee, the Indenture or the Notes and the calculation thereof has not been adequately disclosed to the Guarantor, whether pursuant to Section 4 of the Interest Act (Canada) or any other applicable law or legal principle.

 

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3.4. Counterparts; Execution

This Canadian Note Guarantee may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Canadian Note Guarantee by facsimile or other similar method of electronic transmission (including by way of email attachment) shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Canadian Note Guarantee.

3.5. Severability

If, in any jurisdiction, any provision of this Canadian Note Guarantee or its application to any party or circumstance is restricted, prohibited or unenforceable, such provision shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such restriction, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Canadian Note Guarantee and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction or without affecting its application to other parties or circumstances.

3.6. Notices

All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, sent, or delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

3.7. Successors

This Canadian Note Guarantee shall be binding upon Guarantor and its successors and shall inure to the benefit of the successors of the Beneficiaries.

3.8. Judgment Currency

Guarantor shall indemnify each Holder and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any loss incurred by such party as a result of any judgment or order being given or made against Guarantor for any U.S. dollar amount due under this Canadian Note Guarantee and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in The City of New York at which such party on the date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by such party if such party had utilized such amount of Judgment Currency to purchase U.S. dollars upon such party’s receipt thereof. Any amount due from Guarantor under this Section 3.8 shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “spot rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, U.S. dollars.

3.9. Payment of Additional Amounts

 

(a) All payments made under or with respect to this Canadian Note Guarantee by Guarantor will be made free and clear of any withholding or deduction for or on account of any tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge of whatever nature (collectively, “ Tax ”) imposed or levied by or on behalf of Canada or any other jurisdiction in which Guarantor is organized, resident or doing business for tax purposes or from or through which Guarantor makes any payment on the Canadian Note Guarantee or any department or political subdivision thereof (each, a “ Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction ”), unless Guarantor (or an applicable withholding agent) is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law. If Guarantor (or an applicable withholding agent) is required by law to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to this Canadian Note Guarantee, Guarantor, subject to the exceptions listed below, will pay additional amounts (“ Additional Amounts ”) as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by each Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes after such withholding or deduction (including withholding or deduction attributable to Additional Amounts payable hereunder) will not be less than the amount the Holder or beneficial owner would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be so withheld or deducted.

 

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(b) Guarantor will not, however, pay Additional Amounts to a Holder or beneficial owner of Notes:

 

  (i) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the Holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner, if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (other than any connection resulting solely from the acquisition, ownership, holding or disposition of Notes, the receipt of payments thereunder or under this Canadian Note Guarantee and/or the exercise or enforcement of rights under any Notes or this Canadian Note Guarantee);

 

  (ii) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of Notes, following Guarantor’s written request addressed to the Holder, to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to do so, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction);

 

  (iii) with respect to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise or personal property tax or any similar Taxes;

 

  (iv) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder or beneficial owner of any Note, where presentation is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

 

  (v) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for the Holder or beneficial owner not dealing at arm’s length, within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada), with the Company or Guarantor;

 

  (vi) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed but for such Holder or beneficial owner being, or not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with, a “specified shareholder” of the Company as defined in subsection 18(5) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) for purposes of the thin capitalization rules in the Income Tax Act (Canada);

 

  (vii) to the extent the Taxes giving rise to such Additional Amounts are United States federal withholding tax imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as in effect on the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations, official interpretations or administrative authority promulgated thereunder and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code as in effect on the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and, for the avoidance of doubt, any intergovernmental agreement (and related legislation, rules or practices) implementing the foregoing (taken together, “ FATCA ”), except to the extent that such Taxes result from a failure of any Paying Agent to comply with FATCA; and

 

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  (viii) any combination of items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii).

Additional Amounts also shall not be paid with respect to any payment on a Note to a beneficial owner who is a fiduciary, a partnership (or entity treated as a partnership for tax purposes), or anyone other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the laws of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership, or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or interest holder been the beneficial owner.

 

(c) Guarantor or applicable withholding agent will (i) make any such withholding or deduction required by applicable law and (ii) timely remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. Guarantor will make reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes. Guarantor will provide to the Trustee, within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld are due pursuant to applicable law, either a certified copy or tax receipts evidencing such payment, or, if such tax receipts are not reasonably available to Guarantor, such other documentation that provides reasonable evidence of such payment by Guarantor.

 

(d) Where Tax is payable pursuant to Regulation 803 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) by a Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes in respect of any amount payable under the Canadian Note Guarantee to the Holder (other than by reason of a transfer of the Notes to a person resident in Canada with whom the transferor does not deal at arm’s length for the purposes of such Act), but no Additional Amount is paid in respect of such Tax, Guarantor will pay as or on account of interest to the Holder an amount equal to such Tax (a “ Regulation 803 Reimbursement ”) plus an amount equal to any Tax required to be paid by the Holder or a beneficial owner as a result of such Regulation 803 Reimbursement within 45 days after receiving from the Holder a notice containing reasonable particulars of the Tax so payable, provided such Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to receive Additional Amounts on account of such Tax (and only to the extent of such Additional Amounts that such Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to receive) but for the fact that it is payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to the Canadian Note Guarantee.

 

(e) Prior to the date on which the payment of any Additional Amounts are due, Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee such Additional Amounts payable, together with an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the Additional Amounts, stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable on the payment date and setting forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on the payment date. Any such Officers’ Certificate will be delivered to the Trustee at least two Business Days in advance of when the payments in question are required to be made (unless a shorter period of time is acceptable to the Trustee in its reasonable discretion). Guarantor will promptly publish a notice in accordance with Section 11.2 of the Indenture stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable and describing the obligation to pay such amounts.

 

(f) Guarantor will reimburse the Holders or beneficial owners of Notes, upon written request of such Holder or beneficial owner of Notes and certified proof of payment for the amount of (i) any Taxes levied or imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction and payable by such Holder or beneficial owner in connection with payments made under or with respect to this Canadian Note Guarantee; and (ii) any Taxes levied or imposed with respect to any reimbursement under the foregoing clause (i) or this clause (ii), so that the net amount received by such Holder or beneficial owner after such reimbursement will not be less than the net amount such Holder or beneficial owner would have received if the Taxes giving rise to the reimbursement described in clauses (i) and/or (ii) had not been imposed, provided , however , that the indemnification obligation provided for in this Section 3.9(f) shall not extend to Taxes imposed for which the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes would not have been eligible to receive payment of Additional Amounts hereunder by virtue of clauses (i) through (viii) of Section 3.9(b) hereof, or to the extent such Holder or beneficial owner received Additional Amounts with respect to such payments.

 

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(g) In addition, Guarantor will pay any stamp, issue, registration, court, documentary, excise or other similar taxes, charges and duties, including interest and penalties with respect thereto, imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction at any time in respect of the execution, issuance, registration or delivery of this Canadian Note Guarantee or any other document or instrument referred to thereunder and any such taxes, charges or duties imposed by any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction at any time as a result of, or in connection with, (i) any payments made pursuant to any Guarantee or any other such document or instrument referred to thereunder and/or (ii) the enforcement of this Canadian Note Guarantee or any other such document or instrument referred to thereunder.

 

(h) Obligations described under this Section 3.9 will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply mutatis mutandis to any successor Person to Guarantor and to any jurisdiction in which such successor is organized, doing business or is otherwise resident for Tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made by such successor or its respective agents.

 

(i) Whenever this Canadian Note Guarantee refers to, in any context, the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Note or under this Canadian Note Guarantee, such reference includes the payment of Additional Amounts or other payments that would be payable pursuant to this Section 3.9, if applicable.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Guarantor has executed and delivered this Guarantee as of the first date written above.

 

☐, as Canadian Note Guarantor
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT

RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2018 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a corporation continued under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (the “ Parent ”), VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, a Delaware corporation (“ VPI ”), the Guarantors party hereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and on behalf of the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below)), as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”), as Swing Line Lender and as an Initial Term Lender and each of the Revolving Lenders and Issuing Banks party hereto.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Parent, VPI, the Administrative Agent, the other Guarantors party thereto from time to time and each lender from time to time party thereto (the “ Lenders ”) entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2012 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Parent, VPI and the other Guarantors party hereto have requested that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement (including the Schedules and Exhibits thereto) in its entirety as provided herein (the “ Restatement ”) (capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the same meanings as specified in the Restated Credit Agreement (as defined below));

WHEREAS, Section 10.5 of the Existing Credit Agreement provides that the relevant Credit Parties (as defined therein) and the Requisite Lenders (as defined therein) may amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents for certain purposes including to permit additional extensions of credit to be included in the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Consenting Lenders, constituting the Requisite Lenders, have approved the Initial Term Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Initial Term Lenders and the Consenting Revolving Lenders, constituting all Lenders immediately after giving effect to the Initial Term Loans, consent to and approve the amendment and restatement to the Existing Credit Agreement contemplated hereby;

WHEREAS, each Revolving Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) that executes and delivers a counterpart to this Agreement (a “ Consenting Revolving Lender ”) will be deemed upon the Closing Date to have agreed to the terms of this Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement and will be deemed to have a Revolving Commitment under the Restated Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount specified on Schedule 1.01(a) to the Restated Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Revolving Commitments under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement (the “ Existing Revolving Facility ”) will be terminated on the Closing Date and (i) any revolving loans incurred under the Existing Revolving Facility will be deemed repaid on the Closing Date by Parent from the proceeds of a substantially simultaneous borrowing of Revolving Loans by VPI under the Restated Credit agreement and (ii) any letters of credit issued under the Existing Revolving Facility shall be deemed to be issued under the Revolving Facility for the account of VPI under the Restated Credit Agreement as “Existing Letters of Credit”, and participations therein shall be reallocated among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their commitments after giving effect to this Restatement;


WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restated Credit Agreement, each Consenting Revolving Lender agrees that (i) effective on and at all times after the Closing Date such Consenting Revolving Lender will be bound by all obligations of a Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement in respect of its respective Revolving Commitments in the amount set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) to the Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) from time to time on or after the Closing Date such Consenting Revolving Lender will fund Revolving Loans in accordance with the provisions of the Restated Credit Agreement. On the Closing Date, each of the financial institutions that delivers a counterpart to this Agreement as a “Revolving Lender” which was not a Revolving Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement prior to the Closing Date will become a Revolving Lender for all purposes of the Restated Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, (i) each Original Term Lender that has delivered a Consenting Lender Agreement (as defined below) is agreeing, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement, (x) to the amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement as provided herein, to the Restated Credit Agreement and the Transactions and (y) to the repayment of its Original Term Loans by the Parent from the proceeds of a substantially simultaneous borrowing of Initial Term Loans by VPI under the Restated Credit Agreement; provided that each Rolling Term Lenders is further agreeing that such Rolling Term Lender’s Original Term Loans shall be deemed to have been repaid upon the issuance by VPI of Initial Term Loans to such Rolling Term Lender, in each case in amounts determined in accordance with this Agreement and the Consenting Lender Agreement and (ii) each of the other parties that have delivered a signature page to this Agreement are agreeing, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement, to the amendment of the Existing Credit Agreement, the terms of the Restated Credit Agreement and the Transactions;

WHEREAS, each (i) Original Term Lender that has delivered a Consenting Lender Agreement and has selected the “Cashless Settlement Option” (a “ Rolling Term Lender ”), (ii) each Original Term Lender which has delivered a Consenting Lender Agreement and has selected the “Assignment Settlement Option (the “ Non-Rolling Consenting Term Lenders ”) and (iii) each Consenting Revolving Lender (together with the Rolling Term Lenders and the Non-Rolling Consenting Term Lenders, the “ Consenting Lenders ”) collectively constitute the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and have authorized the Administrative Agent to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the Requisite Lenders, and the Administrative Agent has agreed to this Agreement, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and on behalf of the Requisite Lenders, on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the terms and conditions stated herein and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows:

1.     Consent of Requisite Lenders; Lender Signature Pages . Each Consenting Lender who delivers a counterpart to this Agreement or a consent in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex I (a “ Consenting Lender Agreement ”) hereby irrevocably agrees to the terms of this Agreement with respect to all of such Consenting Lender’s Loans and Commitments under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement and authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into this Agreement on behalf of such Consenting Lender. Such agreement and authorization shall be irrevocably binding on any subsequent transferees, participants, successors and assigns with respect to such Loans and Commitments. Each Consenting Lender further agrees that it shall not be entitled to receive a copy of any other Consenting Lender’s signature page to this Agreement or the Consenting Lender Agreement, but agrees that a copy of such signature page may be delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Each of the Consenting Lenders and the other parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the execution and delivery of a Consenting Lender Agreement or a signature page to this Agreement shall have the same force and effect as the execution and delivery of a counterpart to the Restated Credit Agreement.


2.     Amendments to Credit Agreement . (a) The Administrative Agent hereby agrees, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and on behalf of the Consenting Lenders (i) that pursuant to Section 10.5 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Credit Agreement (together with the Schedules and Exhibits thereto) is, effective as of the Closing Date (as defined below), hereby amended in accordance with Section 10.5 thereof to permit the existence of the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Facility and the incurrence of all obligations in connection therewith all in accordance with the Restated Credit Agreement and (ii) immediately after giving effect to clause (i), the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the “ Restated Credit Agreement ”). For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall be a Credit Document for purposes of the Existing Credit Agreement and a Loan Document for purposes of the Restated Credit Agreement.

(b)    On the Closing Date, the full principal amount of Original Term Loans shall be repaid in full in cash in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Restated Credit Agreement; provided that the full principal amount of Original Term Loans held by Rolling Term Lenders (or such lesser amount of such Original Term Loans as notified to the applicable Rolling Term Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date) shall be deemed to have been repaid upon the issuance by VPI of Initial Term Loans to such Rolling Term Lender in a corresponding principal amount, in each case without further action but in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Restated Credit Agreement, and in accordance with the applicable Consenting Lender Agreement.

(c)    On the Closing Date (i) any revolving loans incurred under the Existing Revolving Facility shall be deemed repaid by Parent from the proceeds of a substantially simultaneous borrowing of Revolving Loans by VPI under the Restated Credit agreement and (ii) any letters of credit issued under the Existing Revolving Facility shall be deemed to be issued under the Revolving Facility for the account of VPI under the Restated Credit Agreement as “Existing Letters of Credit”, and participations therein shall be reallocated among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitments after giving effect to this Restatement.

3.     Effectiveness . This Agreement and the Restatement shall become effective as of the date (the “ Closing Date ”) on which each of the following conditions precedent have been fulfilled to the reasonable satisfaction of (or waived by) the Administrative Agent:

(i)    the Administrative Agent shall have received (x) executed counterparts of this Agreement duly executed and delivered by the Borrower, each of the Guarantors, each Issuing Bank, each Revolving Lender, the Swing Line Lender and Barclays Bank PLC, as an Initial Term Lender and (y) Consenting Lender Agreements executed and delivered by each of the Consenting Lenders which collectively constitute the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement); and

(ii)    all conditions set forth in Section 4.01 of the Restated Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the applicable parties.

For purposes of determining whether the conditions specified in this Section 3 have been satisfied on the Closing Date, by funding the Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has executed this Agreement (or an Assignment and Assumption on the Closing Date) shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be.


4.     Effect on the Credit Agreement; No Novation .

(a)    The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the effectiveness thereof shall not act as a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement and shall not serve to discharge or release any Obligation or Lien (each as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Credit Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement). Section 10.25 of the Restated Credit Agreement is incorporated herein mutatis mutandis .

(b)    Each of the Parent, VPI and each Guarantor party hereto hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Agreement and the Restatement and affirms or reaffirms, as applicable, as of the date hereof, the covenants and agreements contained in each Credit Document (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to which it is a party, including, in each case, such covenants and agreements as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Agreement, the Restatement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

5.     GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SECTIONS 10.10 AND 10.11 OF THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND SHALL APPLY HERETO.

6.     Headings . Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

7.     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC., as Parent
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

Name:   William Woodfield
Title:   Vice President, Capital Markets, Treasury
VALEANT CANADA GP LIMITED
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

Name:   William Woodfield
Title:   Vice President, Capital Markets, Treasury

VALEANT CANADA S.E.C./VALEANT

CANADA LP

 

By: Valeant Canada GP Limited, its general partner

By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

Name:   William Woodfield
Title:   Vice President, Capital Markets, Treasury

 

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VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
COMMONWEALTH LABORATORIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Secretary
INKINE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA LLC
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

 

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SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTD.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   VP, Assistant General Counsel Assistant Corporate Secretary
OCEANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Secretary
SANTARUS, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Secretary
COVELLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Secretary
ECR PHARMACEUTICALS CO., INC.
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   Secretary

 

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VALEANT CANADA GP LIMITED
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

Name:   William Woodfield
Title:   Vice President, Capital Markets, Treasury

VALEANT CANADA S.E.C./VALEANT

CANADA LP

 

By: Valeant Canada GP Limited, its general partner

By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

Name:   William Woodfield
Title:   Vice President, Capital Markets, Treasury
V-BAC HOLDING CORP.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy Lipshy
Title:   Vice President
0938638 B.C. ULC
By:  

/s/ D. Alexander Matheson

Name:   D. Alexander Matheson
Title:   Assistant Secretary

 

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Executed by BAUSCH & LOMB U.K. LIMITED, acting by:

/s/ William Woodfield

Director

Name of director:

in the presence of:

/s/ Kirsten O’Donnell

Name of witness: Kirsten O’Donnell

 

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B.L.J. Company Limited
By:  

/s/ William Woodfield

Name:   William Woodfield
Title:   Director

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB-IOM S.P.A.
By:  

/s/ William Norman Woodfield

Name:   William Norman Woodfield
Title:   Director

 

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ONPHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

Name:   William D. Humphries
Title:   President

 

DR. LEWINN’S PRIVATE FORMULA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

Name:   William D. Humphries
Title:   President

 

PRINCETON PHARMA HOLDINGS, LLC
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

Name:   William D. Humphries
Title:   President

 

PRIVATE FORMULA CORP.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

Name:   William D. Humphries
Title:   President

 

RENAUD SKIN CARE LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ William D. Humphries

Name:   William D. Humphries
Title:   President

 

UCYCLYD PHARMA, INC.

By:

 

/s/ William D. Humphries

Name:  

William D. Humphries

Title:

 

President

 

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SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Joseph C. Papa

Name:   Joseph C. Papa
Title:   President

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB HOLDINGS INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

SOLTA MEDICAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

ATON PHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

CORIA LABORATORIES, LTD.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

VRX HOLDCO, LLC
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

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VALEANT BIOMEDICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

OCEANSIDE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

ORAPHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

ORAPHARMA TOPCO HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

PRESTWICK PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

PRECISION DERMATOLOGY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax

 

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SYNERGETICS USA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
UNILENS VISION INC.
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Senior Vice President, Tax
HYTHE PROPERTY INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Jeremy M. Lipshy

Name:   Jeremy M. Lipshy
Title:   Director

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB GMBH
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

Name:   Eberhard Kuehne
Title:   Managing Director
B L E P HOLDING GMBH
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

Name:   Eberhard Kuehne
Title:   Managing Director
DR. GERHARD MANN CHEM.-PHARM. FABRIK GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRÄNKTER HAFTUNG
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

Name:   Eberhard Kuehne
Title:   Managing Director
TECHNOLAS PERFECT VISION GMBH
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

Name:   Eberhard Kuehne
Title:   Managing Director

 

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ALDEN OPTICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB REALTY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB CHINA, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB SOUTH ASIA, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary
BAUSCH & LOMB TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary

 

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SIGHT SAVERS, INC.
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary
ISTA PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC
By:   Bausch & Lomb Pharma Holdings Corp., as sole member:
By:  

/s/ John LaFave

Name:   John LaFave
Title:   Secretary

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA S.A.
By:  

/s/ Pierre Guibourg

Name:   Pierre Guibourg
Title:   Director

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ Sam Eldessouky

Name:   Sam Eldessouky
Title:   Secretary

 

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PHARMASWISS D.O.O., LJUBLJANA
By:  

/s/ John Connolly

Name:   John Connolly
Title:   General Director

 

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TECHNOLAS PERFECT VISION. INC.
By:  

/s/ Christina M. Ackermann

Name:   Christina M. Ackermann
Title:   Secretary

 

RHC HOLDINGS. INC.
By:  

/s/ Christina M. Ackermann

Name:   Christina M. Ackermann
Title:   Secretary

SIGNED for and on behalf                           )

of VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS     )

NEW ZEALAND LIMITED                       )

 

   

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ Christina M. Ackermann

    Name: Avinesh Prasad    Name: Christina Ackermann
    Title:   Director    Title:   Director

 

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VALEANT DWC-LLC
By:  

/s/ Eliane Nassour

Name:   Eliane Nassour
Title:   General Manager

 

By:

 

/s/ Mahmoud Farhana

Name:

 

Mahmoud Farhana

Title:

 

Manager

 

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PHARMASWISS SA
By:  

/s/ Matthias Courvoisier

Name:   Matthias Courvoisier
Title:   Director

 

BAUSCH & LOMB SWISS AG
By:  

/s/ Matthias Courvoisier

Name:   Matthias Courvoisier
Title:   Member of the Board of Directors

 

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VALEANT LLC
By:  

/s/ John Connolly

Name:   John Connolly
Title:   General Director

 

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PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO FARMACEUTYCZNE JELFA S.A.
By:  

/s/ Waldemar Stępień

Name:   Waldemar Stępień
Title:   President of the Management Board

 

By:  

/s/ Ryszard Bukowski

Name:   Ryszard Bukowski
Title:   Member of the Management Board

 

VALEANT SP. Z.O.O.
By:  

/s/ Cornelis Jan Heiman

Name:   Cornelis Jan Heiman
Title:   Member of the Management Board

 

VP VALEANT SPÓȽKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ SP.J.
By:   Valeant sp. z.o.o., in its capacity as General Partner
By:  

/s/ Cornelis Jan Heiman

Name:   Cornelis Jan Heiman
Title:   Member of the Management Board

 

VALEANT PHARMA POLAND SPÓȽKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ
By:  

/s/ Cornelis Jan Heiman

Name:   Cornelis Jan Heiman
Title:   President of the Management Board

 

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BAUSCH+LOMB OPS B.V.

By:

 

/s/ Patrick Emanuel Petrus Jacobus Gunther

Name:

 

Patrick Emanuel Petrus Jacobus Gunther

Title:

 

Attorney-in-fact

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.
By:  

/s/ Fernando Carlos Zárate Gabarrot

Name:   Fernando Carlos Zárate Gabarrot
Title:   President

 

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BIOVAIL INTERNATIONAL S.À. R.L.
By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

Name:   Franck Deconinck
Title:   Manager
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS LUXEMBOURG S.À. R.L.
By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

Name:   Franck Deconinck
Title:   Class B Manager
VALEANT INTERNATIONAL LUXEMBOURG S.À. R.L.
By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

Name:   Franck Deconinck
Title:   Class B Manager
BAUSCH & LOMB LUXEMBOURG S.À. R.L.
By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

Name:   Franck Deconinck
Title:   Class B Manager
VALEANT FINANCE LUXEMBOURG S.À. R.L.
By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

Name:   Franck Deconinck
Title:   Class B Manager
VALEANT HOLDINGS LUXEMBOURG S.À. R.L.
By:  

/s/ Franck Deconinck

Name:   Franck Deconinck
Title:   Class B Manager

 

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AB SANITAS
By:  

/s/ Tomas Liesis

Name:   Tomas Liesis
Title:   General Manager

 

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OCEANA THERAPEUTICS, LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Zoltán Gábor

Name:   Zoltán Gábor
Title:   Director

 

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VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

Name:   Michael Kennan
Title:   Director

 

VALEANT HOLDINGS IRELAND
By:  

/s/ Michael Kennan

Name:   Michael Kennan
Title:   Director

 

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VALEANT PHARMA HUNGARY LLC
By:  

/s/ dr. Gárdi Lajos István

Name:   dr. Gárdi Lajos István
Title:   General Manager
By:  

/s/ Zoltán Gábor

Name:   Zoltán Gábor
Title:   Finance Director

 

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LABORATOIRE CHAUVIN S.A.S.
By:  

/s/ Pierre Amboury

Name:   Pierre Amboury
Title:   President
BAUSCH & LOMB FRANCE S.A.S.
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

Name:  
Title:  
BCF S.A.S.
By:  

/s/ Eberhard Kuehne

Name:  
Title:  

 

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HUMAX PHARMACEUTICAL S.A.
By:  

/s/ Luis Alejandro Méndez Madriz

Name:   Luis Alejandro Méndez Madriz
Title:   Legal Representative

 

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VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NOMINEE BERMUDA
By:  

/s/ Graham Jackson

Name:   Graham Jackson
Title:   Director

 

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BAUSCH & LOMB NORDIC AB
By:  

/s/ Janice More

Name:   Janice More
Title:   Director

 

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Signed by

Valeant Holdco 2 Pty Ltd (ACN 154 341 367) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director (please print)

 

Signed by

Wirra Holdings Pty Limited (ACN 122 216 577) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director (please print)

 

Signed by

Wirra Operations Pty Limited (ACN 122 250 088) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director (please print)

 

[ Signature Pages to Fourth A&R Credit Agreement ]


Signed by

Wirra IP Pty Limited (ACN 122 536 350) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director (please print)

 

Signed by

Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Limited (ACN 000 222 408) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by two directors:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director (please print)

 

[ Signature Pages to Fourth A&R Credit Agreement ]


Signed by

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Limited (ACN 001 083 352) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by a director and secretary/director:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

Signed by

DermaTech Pty Limited (ACN 003 982

161) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by a director and secretary/director:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

Signed by

Private Formula International Holdings Pty Ltd (ACN 095 450 918) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by a director and secretary/director:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

[ Signature Pages to Fourth A&R Credit Agreement ]


Signed by

Private Formula International Pty Ltd (ACN 095 451 442) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by a director and secretary/ director:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

Signed by

Ganehill Pty Ltd (ACN 065 261 538) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by a director and secretary/director:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

[ Signature Pages to Fourth A&R Credit Agreement ]


Signed by

Valeant (Australia) Pty Limited (ACN 000 650 251) in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 by a director and secretary/director:

  

/s/ Avinesh Prasad

  

/s/ William Woodfield

Signature of director    Signature of director/secretary
Avinesh Prasad    William Woodfield

 

  

 

Name of director (please print)    Name of director/secretary (please print)

 

[ Signature Pages to Fourth A&R Credit Agreement ]


BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Swing Line Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Craig J. Malloy

Name:   Craig J. Malloy
Title:   Director

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as an Initial Term Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Craig J. Malloy

Name:   Craig J. Malloy
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Issuing Bank under the Existing Credit Agreement and Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Annie Carr

Name:   Annie Carr
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender and Issuing Bank under the Existing Credit Agreement and Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Marshall Trenckmann

Name:   Marshall Trenckmann
Title:   Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Revolving Credit Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Ronnie Glenn

Name:   Ronnie Glenn
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Revolving Credit Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Annie Carr

Name:   Annie Carr
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK. N.A., as Revolving Credit Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Michael N. Tam

Name:   Michael N. Tam
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Revolving Credit Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ F. Michael Manfred

Name:   F. Michael Manfred
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


ANNEX I

CONSENT TO RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT

CONSENT (this “ Consent ”) to Restatement Agreement to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof and as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), by and among Borrower, the Guarantors, Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and each of the other agents and lenders party thereto from time to time.

Series F Tranche B Term Loans

The undersigned Term Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement and consents as follows (check ONE option):

Cashless Settlement Option

 

  to exchange 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement for Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement in an equal principal amount (or such lesser amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent).

Assignment Settlement Option

 

  to have 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement prepaid on the Closing Date and purchase by assignment the principal amount of Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement committed to separately by the undersigned.

Revolving Commitments

☒    The undersigned Revolving Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer.

 

DNB Capital LLC

as a Lender (type name of the legal entity)

By:  

/s/ Thomas Tangen

Name:   Thomas Tangen
Title:   Senior Vice President
  Head of Healthcare
If a second signature is necessary:
By:  

/s/ Devan Patel

Name:   Devan Patel
Title:   Vice President

Name of Fund Manager (if any):                     

 

[Signature Page to Consenting Lender Agreement]


DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Revolving Credit Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Maria Guinchard

Name:   Maria Guinchard
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ Alica Schug

Name:   Alica Schug
Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


ANNEX I

CONSENT TO RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT

CONSENT (this “ Consent ”) to Restatement Agreement to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof and as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), by and among Borrower, the Guarantors, Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and each of the other agents and lenders party thereto from time to time.

Series F Tranche B Term Loans

The undersigned Term Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement and consents as follows (check ONE option):

Cashless Settlement Option

 

  to exchange 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement for Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement in an equal principal amount (or such lesser amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent).

Assignment Settlement Option

 

  to have 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement prepaid on the Closing Date and purchase by assignment the principal amount of Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement committed to separately by the undersigned.

Revolving Commitments

☒    The undersigned Revolving Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer.

 

Citibank N.A. ,

as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Pranjal Gambhir

Name:   Pranjal Gambhir
Title:   Vice President

 

Restricted - Internal

[Signature Page to Consenting Lender Agreement]


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Revolving Credit Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Mustafa Topiwalla

Name:   Mustafa Topiwalla
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


ANNEX I

CONSENT TO RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT

CONSENT (this “ Consent ”) to Restatement Agreement to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof and as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), by and among Borrower, the Guarantors, Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and each of the other agents and lenders party thereto from time to time.

Series F Tranche B Term Loans

The undersigned Term Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement and consents as follows (check ONE option):

Cashless Settlement Option

 

  to exchange 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement for Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement in an equal principal amount (or such lesser amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent).

Assignment Settlement Option

 

  to have 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement prepaid on the Closing Date and purchase by assignment the principal amount of Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement committed to separately by the undersigned.

Revolving Commitments

☒    The undersigned Revolving Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer.

 

HSBC Bank Canada

as a Lender (type name of the legal entity)

By:  

/s/ Jossia Bélisle

Name:   Jossia Bélisle
Title:   Director
If a second signature is necessary:
By:  

/s/ Ali Al Ahmad

Name:   Ali Al Ahmad
Title:   Associate

Name of Fund Manager (if any):                     

 

Restricted - Internal

[Signature Page to Consenting Lender Agreement]


ANNEX I

CONSENT TO RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT

CONSENT (this “ Consent ”) to Restatement Agreement to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof and as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), by and among Borrower, the Guarantors, Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and each of the other agents and lenders party thereto from time to time.

Series F Tranche B Term Loans

The undersigned Term Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement and consents as follows (check ONE option):

Cashless Settlement Option

 

  to exchange 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement for Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement in an equal principal amount (or such lesser amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent).

Assignment Settlement Option

 

  to have 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Series F Tranche B Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement held by such Lender immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Restatement Agreement prepaid on the Closing Date and purchase by assignment the principal amount of Initial Term Loans under the Restated Credit Agreement committed to separately by the undersigned.

Revolving Commitments

☒    The undersigned Revolving Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Restatement Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer.

 

SunTrust Bank

as a Lender (type name of the legal entity)

By:

 

/s/ Katherine Bass

Name:

 

Katherine Bass

Title:

 

Director

If a second signature is necessary:

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Name of Fund Manager (if any):                     

 

Restricted - Internal

[Signature Page to Consenting Lender Agreement]


EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CANADA, as Revolving Credit Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Revolving Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement
By:  

/s/ Allan Quiz

Name:   Allan Quiz
Title:   Financing Manager
By:  

/s/ Eric Beltrami

Name:   Eric Beltrami
Title:   Senior Associate

 

[Signature Page to Restatement Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

[See attached]


Execution Version

 

 

 

FOURTH AMENDED & RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

dated as of June 1, 2018

among

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

as the Parent,

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL,

as a Borrower,

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

as Subsidiary Guarantors,

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO,

as Lenders and Issuing Banks,

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender,

and

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

DNB MARKETS, INC.,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.

and

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, 1

as Joint Lead Arrangers

and Joint Bookrunners,

HSBC BANK CANADA

as Senior Co-Manager

and

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.,

as Co-Manager

 

1   RBC Capital Markets is a brand name for the capital markets activities of Royal Bank of Canada

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

         P AGE  
    ARTICLE 1       
    DEFINITIONS       

Section 1.01.

  Defined Terms      1  

Section 1.02.

  Classification of Loans and Borrowings      73  

Section 1.03.

  Terms Generally      73  

Section 1.04.

  Accounting Terms; GAAP      75  

Section 1.05.

  Effectuation of Transactions      78  

Section 1.06.

  Timing of Payment and Performance      78  

Section 1.07.

  Times of Day      78  

Section 1.08.

  Currency Equivalents Generally      78  

Section 1.09.

  Cashless Rollovers      80  

Section 1.10.

  Additional Alternate Currencies      80  

Section 1.11.

  Security Principles      81  

Section 1.12.

  Additional Borrowers      81  
    ARTICLE 2       
    THE CREDITS       

Section 2.01.

  Commitments      82  

Section 2.02.

  Loans and Borrowings      83  

Section 2.03.

  Requests for Borrowings      84  

Section 2.04.

  Swingline Loans      85  

Section 2.05.

  Letters of Credit      87  

Section 2.06.

  [Reserved]      92  

Section 2.07.

  Funding of Borrowings      92  

Section 2.08.

  Type; Interest Elections      93  

Section 2.09.

  Termination and Reduction of Commitments      94  

Section 2.10.

  Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      95  

Section 2.11.

  Prepayment of Loans      97  

Section 2.12.

  Fees      102  

Section 2.13.

  Interest      104  

Section 2.14.

  Alternate Rate of Interest      105  

Section 2.15.

  Increased Costs      106  

Section 2.16.

  Break Funding Payments      107  

Section 2.17.

  Taxes      107  

Section 2.18.

  Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Payments      112  

Section 2.19.

  Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      113  

Section 2.20.

  Illegality      115  

Section 2.21.

  Defaulting Lenders      116  

Section 2.22.

  Incremental Credit Extensions      118  

Section 2.23.

  Extensions of Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments      123  

Section 2.24.

  LIBOR Replacement      125  
    ARTICLE 3       
    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES       

Section 3.01.

  Organization; Powers      126  

Section 3.02.

  Authorization; Enforceability      126  

Section 3.03.

  Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts      126  

 

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Section 3.04.

  Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect      126  

Section 3.05.

  Properties      127  

Section 3.06.

  Litigation and Environmental Matters      127  

Section 3.07.

  Compliance with Laws      127  

Section 3.08.

  Investment Company Status      128  

Section 3.09.

  Taxes      128  

Section 3.10.

  ERISA      128  

Section 3.11.

  Disclosure      128  

Section 3.12.

  Solvency      128  

Section 3.13.

  Capitalization and Subsidiaries      129  

Section 3.14.

  Security Interest in Collateral      129  

Section 3.15.

  Labor Disputes      129  

Section 3.16.

  Federal Reserve Regulations      130  

Section 3.17.

  Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws      130  

Section 3.18.

  Canadian Employee Benefit Plans      130  
    ARTICLE 4       
    CONDITIONS       

Section 4.01.

  Closing Date      131  

Section 4.02.

  Each Credit Extension      133  
    ARTICLE 5       
    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS       

Section 5.01.

  Financial Statements and Other Reports      134  

Section 5.02.

  Existence      137  

Section 5.03.

  Payment of Taxes      137  

Section 5.04.

  Maintenance of Properties      137  

Section 5.05.

  Insurance      137  

Section 5.06.

  Inspections      138  

Section 5.07.

  Maintenance of Book and Records      138  

Section 5.08.

  Compliance with Laws      138  

Section 5.09.

  Hazardous Materials Activity      139  

Section 5.10.

  Designation of Subsidiaries      139  

Section 5.11.

  Use of Proceeds      140  

Section 5.12.

  Covenant to Guarantee Loan Document Obligations and Give Security      140  

Section 5.13.

  Maintenance of Ratings      143  

Section 5.14.

  [Reserved]      143  

Section 5.15.

  Further Assurances      143  

Section 5.16.

  Conduct of Business      143  

Section 5.17.

  Post-Closing Actions      144  

Section 5.18.

  Annual Lender Call      144  

Section 5.19.

  Canadian Employee Benefit Plan      144  
    ARTICLE 6       
    NEGATIVE COVENANTS       

Section 6.01.

  Indebtedness      144  

Section 6.02.

  Liens      149  

Section 6.03.

  No Further Negative Pledges      155  

Section 6.04.

  Restricted Payments; Restricted Debt Payments      157  

Section 6.05.

  [Reserved]      161  

Section 6.06.

  Investments      161  

 

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Section 6.07.

  Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets      165  

Section 6.08.

  Sale and Lease-Back Transactions      169  

Section 6.09.

  Transactions with Affiliates      170  

Section 6.10.

  Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents      172  

Section 6.11.

  Fiscal Year      172  

Section 6.12.

  Amendments of or Waivers with Respect to Restricted Debt      172  

Section 6.13.

  [Reserved]      172  

Section 6.14.

  [Reserved]      172  

Section 6.15.

  First Lien Leverage Ratio      172  

Section 6.16.

  Establishment of Defined Benefit Plan      172  
    ARTICLE 7       
    LOAN GUARANTEE       

Section 7.01.

  Guarantee of the Loan Document Obligations      173  

Section 7.02.

  Contribution by Guarantors; Indemnification; Subordination      173  

Section 7.03.

  Payment by Subsidiary Guarantors      173  

Section 7.04.

  Liability of Guarantors Absolute      174  

Section 7.05.

  Waivers by Guarantors      176  

Section 7.06.

  Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc.      176  

Section 7.07.

  Subordination of Other Obligations      177  

Section 7.08.

  Continuing Guarantee      177  

Section 7.09.

  Authority of Subsidiary Guarantors or Borrowers      177  

Section 7.10.

  Financial Condition of Borrowers      177  

Section 7.11.

  Bankruptcy, etc.      177  

Section 7.12.

  Discharge of Loan Guarantee upon Sale of Subsidiary Guarantor      178  

Section 7.13.

  Guarantee Limitations      178  
    ARTICLE 8       
    EVENTS OF DEFAULT       

Section 8.01.

  Events of Default      178  
    ARTICLE 9       
    THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT       

Section 9.01.

  Appointment      182  

Section 9.02.

  Enforcement      184  

Section 9.03.

  Bankruptcy      185  

Section 9.04.

  Reliance      186  

Section 9.05.

  Delegation      186  

Section 9.06.

  Resignation      187  

Section 9.07.

  Arrangers      188  

Section 9.08.

  Release of Loan Guarantees; Collateral      188  

Section 9.09.

  Intercreditor Agreements      189  

Section 9.10.

  Indemnification by Lenders      189  

Section 9.11.

  Withholding Taxes      190  

Section 9.12.

  Quebec      190  

Section 9.13.

  Certain Foreign Collateral Matters      191  
    ARTICLE 10       
    MISCELLANEOUS       

Section 10.01.

  Notices      191  

Section 10.02.

  Waivers; Amendments      193  

 

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Section 10.03.

  Expenses; Indemnity      199  

Section 10.04.

  Waiver of Claim      201  

Section 10.05.

  Successors and Assigns      201  

Section 10.06.

  Survival      207  

Section 10.07.

  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness      207  

Section 10.08.

  Severability      207  

Section 10.09.

  Right of Setoff      207  

Section 10.10.

  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      208  

Section 10.11.

  Waiver of Jury Trial      209  

Section 10.12.

  Headings      209  

Section 10.13.

  Confidentiality      209  

Section 10.14.

  No Fiduciary Duty      210  

Section 10.15.

  Several Obligations      211  

Section 10.16.

  USA PATRIOT Act      211  

Section 10.17.

  Disclosure      211  

Section 10.18.

  Appointment for Perfection      211  

Section 10.19.

  Interest Rate Limitation      211  

Section 10.20.

  Judgment Currency      212  

Section 10.21.

  Conflicts      212  

Section 10.22.

  Release of Guarantors      212  

Section 10.23.

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions      213  

Section 10.24.

  Certain ERISA Matters      213  

Section 10.25.

  Amendment and Restatement      215  
    ARTICLE 11       
    PARALLEL DEBT       

Section 11.01.

  Purpose; Governing Law      216  

Section 11.02.

  Parallel Debt (The Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Slovenia, Lithuania)      216  

Section 11.03.

  Parallel Debt (France)      216  

Section 11.04.

  Parallel Debt (Hungary)      217  

Section 11.05.

  Parallel Debt (Germany)      218  

Section 11.06.

  Parallel Debt (Belarus)      218  

Section 11.07.

  Parallel Debt (Belgium)      220  

Section 11.08.

  Parallel Debt (Switzerland)      221  

Section 11.09.

  Parallel Debt (United Arab Emirates)      222  

Section 11.10.

  Parallel Debt (Serbia)      223  

Section 11.11.

  Additional Parallel Debt Provisions      223  

 

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SCHEDULES:      

Schedule 1.01(a)(i)

      Commitment Schedule

Schedule 1.01(a)(ii)

      Letter of Credit Commitment Schedule

Schedule 1.01(b)

      Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 1.01(c)

      Local Counsel

Schedule 1.01(d)

      Agreed Security Principles

Schedule 1.01(e)

      Immaterial Subsidiaries

Schedule 1.01(f)

      Subsidiary Guarantors

Schedule 3.05

      Fee Owned Real Estate Assets

Schedule 3.06

      Litigation and Environmental Matters

Schedule 3.18

      Canadian Employee Benefit Plans

Schedule 5.10

      Unrestricted Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.17

      Post-Closing Actions

Schedule 6.01

      Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02

      Existing Liens

Schedule 6.03

      Negative Pledges

Schedule 6.06

      Existing Investments

Schedule 6.07

      Certain Dispositions

Schedule 6.09

      Affiliate Transactions

Schedule 7.13

      Guarantee Limitations

Schedule 9.13

      Certain Foreign Collateral Matters

EXHIBITS:

     

Exhibit A-1

      Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit A-2

      Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B

      Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit C

      Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D

      Form of Interest Election Request

Exhibit E

      [reserved]

Exhibit F

      Form of Intercompany Note

Exhibit G

      Form of Promissory Note

Exhibit H-1

      Form of Trademark Security Agreement

Exhibit H-2

      Form of Patent Security Agreement

Exhibit H-3

      Form of Copyright Security Agreement

Exhibit I

      Form of Solvency Certificate

Exhibit J

      Form of Canadian Guarantee

Exhibit K

      Form of Letter of Credit Request

Exhibit L1-L4

      Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

Exhibit M

      Form of Prepayment Notice

Exhibit N

      Form of Counterpart Agreement

Exhibit O

      Form of Substitute Affiliate Lender Nomination

 

 

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FOURTH AMENDED & RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

FOURTH AMENDED & RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of June 1, 2018 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, INC. a corporation continued under the laws of the province of British Columbia (the “ Parent ”), VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL, a Delaware corporation, (“ VPI ”), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE PARENT, as Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, and BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“ Barclays ”), in its capacities as the Swingline Lender and as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in its capacities as administrative and collateral agent, the “ Administrative Agent ”), with the persons listed on the cover page hereof as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacities, collectively, the “ Arrangers ”).

RECITALS

A. The Parent, the Administrative Agent, certain Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto and certain lenders are parties to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2012 (the “Original Closing Date”) (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”).

B. The parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in connection therewith and to effectuate the refinancing of all loans and obligations outstanding thereunder with the facilities provided for herein, including through (a) the issuance to the Rolling Term Lenders of Initial Term Loans concurrently with the discharge in full of the Rolling Term Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and the repayment in full of the Non-Rolling Term Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and (b) termination of the Revolving Commitments under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement and the repayment in full of any revolving loans incurred thereunder, in each case as set forth in further detail in the Restatement Agreement (collectively, the “ Refinancing ”).

C. To consummate the Transactions, including the Refinancing, it has been requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of (a) Initial Term Loans to VPI in an original aggregate principal amount equal to $4,565,027,632.87 and (b) a Revolving Facility to the Borrowers with an available amount of $1,225,000,000, in each case, subject to increase as provided herein.

D. The Lenders are willing to extend such credit on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

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 whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement ” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, or another intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Parent (which may, if applicable, consist of a payment “waterfall”).

 

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ACH ” means automated clearing house transfers.

Additional Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  9.09 .

Additional Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.12(a) .

Additional Commitment ” means any commitment hereunder added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c) .

Additional Credit Facilities ” means any credit facilities added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c) .

Additional Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(b) .

Additional Letter of Credit Facility ” means any facility established by any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of this Agreement to obtain letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers acceptances or other similar instruments required by customers, suppliers, landlords, regulators or Governmental Authorities or otherwise required in the ordinary course of business.

Additional Loans ” means any Additional Revolving Loans and any Additional Term Loans.

Additional Revolving Credit Commitment ” means any revolving credit commitment added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c )( ii) .

Additional Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Additional Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure, in each case, attributable to its Additional Revolving Credit Commitment.

Additional Revolving Facility ” means any revolving credit facility added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c )( ii) .

Additional Revolving Lender ” means any Lender with an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment or any Additional Revolving Credit Exposure.

Additional Revolving Loans ” means any revolving loan added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c )( ii) .

Additional Term Loan Commitment ” means any term loan commitment added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c )( i ) .

Additional Term Loans ” means any term loan added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c )( i ) .

Adjustment Date ” means the date of delivery of financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or Section  5.01(b) , as applicable.

Administrative Agent ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Administrative Questionnaire ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(d) .

 

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Adverse Proceeding ” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, whether pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened in writing, against or affecting the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any property of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, that Person. None of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, any Lender (other than any Affiliated Lender) or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an Affiliate of the Parent or any subsidiary thereof.

Affiliated Lender ” means the Parent and/or any of its Subsidiaries.

Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Affiliated Lender (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section  10.05 ) and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit A-2 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Parent.

Agents ” means each of the Administrative Agent and any other Person appointed under the Loan Documents to service in an agent or similar capacity.

Agreed Security Principles ” means the principles set forth in Schedule 1.01(d) .

Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Fourth Amended & Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement.

Aggregate Payments ” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made (including the greater of the book value or fair market value of any assets sold) on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of the Loan Guarantee or its obligations under any other Loan Document (including in respect of this Agreement), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Agreement. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor.

Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50%, (b) to the extent ascertainable, the Eurocurrency Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of one month and shall be determined on a daily basis based on the rate determined on such day for such Interest Period at 11:00 a.m. (London time)) plus 1.00%, (c) the Prime Rate and (d) solely with respect to Initial Term Loans, if the Eurocurrency Rate is not ascertainable, 1.00%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurocurrency Rate, as the case may be.

Alternate Currency ” means in the case of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit, Canadian Dollars, Euros and each other currency that is approved in accordance with Section  1.10 .

Applicable Charges ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.19 .

 

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Applicable Percentage ” means (a) with respect to any Term Lender of any Class, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and unused Additional Term Loan Commitments of such Term Lender under such Class and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and unused Additional Term Loan Commitments of all Term Lenders under such Class and (b) with respect to any Revolving Lender of any Class, the percentage of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class; provided that for purposes of Section  2.21 and otherwise herein, when there is a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment shall be disregarded for any relevant calculation. In the case of clause (b) , in the event that the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class have expired or been terminated, the Applicable Percentage of any Revolving Lender of such Class shall be determined on the basis of the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Revolving Lender with respect to such Class, giving effect to any assignments and to any Revolving Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.

Applicable Price ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, (a) for Initial Term Loans (i) in the case of ABR Loans, 2.00% per annum and (ii) in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, 3.00% per annum and (b) for Revolving Loans, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR and Canadian Prime Rate Spread” or “Eurocurrency Rate and BA Rate Spread”, based upon the First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; provided that until the first Adjustment Date following the completion of at least one full Fiscal Quarter ended after the Closing Date, the “Applicable Rate” for any Revolving Loans shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth below in Category 1.

 

First Lien Leverage Ratio    ABR and
Canadian Prime
Rate Spread for
Revolving Loans
    Eurocurrency
Rate and BA
Rate Spread for
Revolving Loans
 

Category 1

    

Greater than 2.10 to 1.00

     2.00     3.00

Category 2

    

Less than or equal to 2.10 to 1.00 and greater than 1.60 to 1.00

     1.75     2.75

Category 3

    

Less than or equal to 1.60 to 1.00

     1.50     2.50

The Applicable Rate for Revolving Loans shall be adjusted quarterly on a prospective basis on each Adjustment Date based upon the First Lien Leverage Ratio in accordance with the table above; provided that (a) if financial statements are not delivered when required pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or (b) , as applicable, the “Applicable Rate” for Revolving Loans shall be the rate per annum set forth above in Category 1 until such financial statements are delivered in compliance with Section  5.01(a) or ( b) , as applicable and (b) the “Applicable Rate” for Revolving Loans shall be the rate per annum set forth above in Category 1 as of the first Business Day after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to (but excluding) the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the Applicable Rate otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

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In the event that Administrative Agent and Parent determine that any financial statements previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Rate for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Parent shall as soon as practicable deliver to Administrative Agent the corrected financial statements for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Rate shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Applicable Rate were applicable for such Applicable Period and (iii) the applicable Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days thereof pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional amount owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section  2.13 and Article 8 .

The Applicable Rate for any Class of Additional Revolving Loans or Additional Term Loans shall be as set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Facility Amendment or Extension Amendment.

Approved Fund ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities and is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) any Affiliate of such Lender or (c) any entity or any Affiliate of any entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.

Approved Jurisdiction ” shall mean each of (i) the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Ireland and the Netherlands, (ii) a jurisdiction of another approved or existing Borrower and (iii) any other jurisdiction agreed to by the Parent and each Revolving Lender.

Arrangers ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Assignment Agreement ” means, collectively, each Assignment and Assumption and each Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section  10.05 ), and accepted by the Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit A-1 or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Parent.

Auction ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Auction Agent ” means (a) the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or (b) any other financial institution or advisor engaged by the Parent (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any Auction pursuant to the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Auction Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Auction Notice ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

 

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Auction Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Auction Response Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earliest of (a) the date of termination of the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section  2.09 , (b) the date of termination of the Initial Revolving Credit Commitment of each Initial Revolving Lender to make Initial Revolving Loans and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section  7.01 and (c) the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

Available Amount ” means, at any time, an amount equal to, without duplication:

(a) the sum of:

(i) $1,000,000,000; plus

(ii) the CNI Growth Amount; provided that such amount shall not be available (A) for any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section  6.04(a)(iii)(A) if any Event of Default shall then exist or if the Total Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, exceeds 6.00:1.00 or (B) for any Restricted Debt Payment pursuant to Section  6.04(b)(vi)(A) if any Event of Default shall then exist or if the Total Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, exceeds 6:00:1.00, in each case at the time of determination pursuant to Section  1.04(e) ; plus

(iii) the amount of any capital contributions or other proceeds of any issuance of Capital Stock (other than any amounts (x) constituting an Available Excluded Contribution Amount or proceeds of an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock, (y) received from the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or (z) consisting of the proceeds of any loan or advance made pursuant to Section  6.06(h)(ii) ) received as Cash equity by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus the fair market value, as determined by the Parent in good faith, of Cash Equivalents, marketable securities or other property received by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary as a capital contribution or in return for any issuance of Capital Stock (other than any amounts (x) constituting an Available Excluded Contribution Amount or proceeds of any issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock or (y) received from the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary), in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time; plus

(iv) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case, of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness or such Disqualified Capital Stock issued to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary that does not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, together with the fair market value of any Cash or Cash Equivalents (as determined by the Parent in good faith) and the fair market value (as determined by the Parent in good faith) of any property or assets received by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary upon such exchange or conversion, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time; plus

 

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(v) the net proceeds received by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time in connection with the Disposition to any Person (other than the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any Investment made pursuant to Section  6.06(r)(i) ; plus

(vi) to the extent not already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment for purposes of determining the amount of such Investment, the proceeds received by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time in connection with cash returns, cash profits, cash distributions and similar cash amounts, including cash principal repayments of loans and interest payments on loans, in each case received in respect of any Investment made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section  6.06(r)(i) or, without duplication, otherwise received by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any proceeds received on account of any issuance of Capital Stock by any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than solely on account of the issuance of Capital Stock to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary)); plus

(vii) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the amount of any Investments by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section  6.06(r)( i ) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) the amount of any Investments by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section  6.06(r)( i ) in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Joint Venture that is not a Restricted Subsidiary that has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or is liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and (C) the fair market value (as determined by the Parent in good faith) of the property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Joint Venture that is not a Restricted Subsidiary that have been transferred, conveyed or otherwise distributed to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including such time; plus

(viii) the amount of any Declined Proceeds; plus

(ix) the amount of any Retained Asset Sale Proceeds; minus

(b) an amount equal to the sum of (i) Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section  6.04(a)(iii)(A) , plus (ii) Restricted Debt Payments made pursuant to Section  6.04(b)(vi)(A) , plus (iii) Investments made pursuant to Section  6.06(r)( i ) , in each case, after the Closing Date and prior to such time or contemporaneously therewith.

Available Excluded Contribution Amount ” means the aggregate amount of Cash or Cash Equivalents or the fair market value of other assets or property (as determined by the Parent in good faith, but excluding any amounts that are applied to increase the Available Amount) received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date from:

(1) contributions in respect of Qualified Capital Stock (other than any amounts or other assets received from the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), and

(2) the sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (x) to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, (y) pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or (z) with the proceeds of any loan or advance made pursuant to Section  6.06(h )( ii) ),

 

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in each case, designated as an Available Excluded Contribution Amount pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer on or promptly after the date the relevant capital contribution is made or the relevant proceeds are received, as the case may be, and which are excluded from the calculation of the Available Amount.

BA Rate ” means, for any date, a per annum rate of interest equal to the Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances rate, or comparable or successor rate approved by the Administrative Agent, determined by it at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on the applicable day (or the preceding Business Day, if the applicable day is not a Business Day) for a term comparable to the BA Rate Loan, as published on the Reuters Screen CDOR Page (or, if such page is not available, any other commercially available source designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time); provided that in no event shall the BA Rate be less than zero.

BA Rate Loan ” means a Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the BA Rate.

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.

Banking Services ” means each and any of the following bank services: commercial credit cards, stored value cards, debit cards, purchasing cards, treasury management services, netting services, overdraft protections, check drawing services, automated payment services (including depository, overdraft, controlled disbursement, ACH transactions, return items and interstate depository network services), employee credit card programs, cash pooling services, foreign exchange and currency management services and any arrangements or services similar to any of the foregoing and/or otherwise in connection with Cash management and Deposit Accounts.

Banking Services Obligations ” means any and all obligations of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) (a) under any arrangement that is in effect on the Closing Date between any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger as of the Closing Date or the Third Restatement Date, Second Restatement Date, First Restatement Date or Original Date (as each such term is defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) or (b) under any arrangement that is entered into after the Closing Date by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with any counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger at the time such arrangement is entered into, in each case, in connection with Banking Services, it being understood that each counterparty thereto shall be deemed (A) to appoint the Administrative Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (B) to agree to be bound by the provisions of Article 9 , Section  10.03 and Section  10.10 and each Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, in each case as if it were a Lender.

 

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Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.).

Base ECF Prepayment Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(i)(A) .

Belarus Parallel Debt Claim ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.06(a)(i) .

Belgian Loan Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.07(a) .

Belgian Parallel Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.07(c) .

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

Benefit Plan ” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) 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”.

BIA ” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the U.S.

Borrower ” means, as the context may require, the Parent (including any Successor Parent), VPI, any Successor Borrower and/or any Additional Borrower.

Borrowing ” means any Loans of the same Type and Class made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and BA Rate Loans, denominated in a single currency and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by a Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section  2.03 and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B or such other form that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Parent.

Business Day ” means (a) 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 and (b) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or BA Rate Loan (i) denominated in Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market, (ii) denominated in Canadian Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Canadian Dollar deposits in the Toronto interbank market and (iii) denominated in an Alternate Currency, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in such Alternate Currency in the London interbank market.

Canadian Dollars ” or “ C$ ” refers to the lawful money of Canada.

Canadian Employee Benefit Plans ” means all plans, arrangements, agreements, programs, policies, practices or undertakings, whether oral or written, formal or informal, funded or unfunded, insured or uninsured, registered or unregistered to which a Canadian Loan Party is a party or bound or in

 

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which their employees participate or under which a Canadian Loan Party has, or will have, any liability or contingent liability, or pursuant to which payments are made, or benefits are provided to, or an entitlement to payment or benefits may arise with respect to any of their employees or former employees, directors or officers, individuals working on contract with a Canadian Loan Party or other individuals providing services to a Canadian Loan Party of a kind normally provided by employees (or any spouses, dependents, survivors or beneficiaries of any such person), but does not include the Canada Pension Plan that is maintained by the Government of Canada or any Employee Benefit Plan.

Canadian Guarantee ” means the Canadian Guarantee, dated as of June 1, 2018, by each Canadian Loan Party other than the Parent satisfying clause (i) of the definition thereof substantially in the form of Exhibit J, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Canadian Loan Party ” means the Parent and each other Loan Party that (i) is organized under the laws of Canada or a province or territory thereof, (ii) carries on business in Canada or (iii) has any title or interest in or to material property in Canada.

Canadian Pension Plan ” means all Canadian Employee Benefit Plans that are required to be registered under Canadian provincial or federal pension benefits standards legislation.

Canadian Pension Plan Termination Event ” means an event which would entitle a Person (without the consent of a Canadian Loan Party) to wind up or terminate a Canadian Pension Plan in full or in part, or the institution of any steps by any Person to withdraw from, terminate participation in, wind up or order the termination or wind-up of, in full or in part, any Canadian Pension Plan, or the receipt by a Canadian Loan Party of correspondence from a Governmental Authority relating to a potential or actual, partial or full, termination or wind-up of any Canadian Pension Plan, or an event respecting any Canadian Pension Plan which would result in the revocation of the registration of such Canadian Pension Plan or which could otherwise reasonably be expected to adversely affect the tax status of any such Canadian Pension Plan.

Canadian Pledge and Security Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of or about the date hereof, by each applicable Canadian Loan Party, as same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Canadian Prime Rate ” means, for any day, the greater of (a) the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Canadian Prime Rate” or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Bank of Canada as its prime rate and (b) the annual rate of interest equal to the sum of (i) the one-month BA Rate in effect on such day and (ii) 1.00%, with any such rate to be adjusted automatically, without notice, as of the opening of business on the effective date of any change in such rate, provided that in no event shall the Canadian Prime Rate be less than zero.

Canadian Prime Rate Loan ” means a Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars and bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Canadian Prime Rate.

Capital Expenditures ” means, as applied to any Person for any period, the aggregate amount, without duplication, of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including in all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) that in accordance with GAAP, are, or are required to be, included as capital expenditures on the consolidated statement of cash flows for such Person for such period.

 

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Capital Lease ” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP (but subject to Section  1.04(c) ), is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person; provided , that for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of obligations attributable to any Capital Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any Indebtedness convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing (including Convertible Indebtedness) and any Packaged Rights.

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

Cash ” or “ cash ” means money, currency or a credit balance in any Deposit Account, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Equivalents ” means, as at any date of determination, (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed or insured as to interest and principal by the U.S., U.K., Canada, a member state of the European Union or Japan or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing or (ii) issued by any agency or instrumentality of the U.S., U.K., Canada, a member state of the European Union or Japan or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S., U.K., Canada, a member state of the European Union or Japan or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, in each case maturing within two years after such date and, in each case, including repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the U.S. or any province of Canada or any political subdivision of any such state or province or any public instrumentality thereof or by any foreign government, in each case maturing within two years after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency) and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency); (d) deposits, money market deposits, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances (or similar instruments) issued or accepted by any Lender or by any bank organized under, or authorized to operate as a bank under, the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any political subdivision thereof or any foreign bank or its branches or agencies and that has capital and surplus of not less than $75,000,000 and, in each case, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating thereto; (e) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $75,000,000; (f) Indebtedness or Preferred Capital Stock issued by Persons with a rating of at least BBB- from S&P or at least Baa3 from Moody’s (or, if at the time, neither is issuing comparable ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized statistical rating agency) with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition; (g) bills of exchange issued in the U.S., U.K., Canada, a member state of the European Union or Japan eligible for rediscount at the relevant central bank and accepted by a bank (or any dematerialized equivalent); (h) shares of any money market mutual fund that has (i) substantially

 

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all of its assets invested in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (ii) net assets of not less than $250,000,000 and (iii) a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least P-2 from Moody’s (or, if at any time either S&P or Moody’s are not rating such fund, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency); (i) solely with respect to any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, any investment that such Captive Insurance Subsidiary is not prohibited to make in accordance with applicable law; (j) any cash equivalents (as determined in accordance with GAAP); and (k) shares or other interests of any investment company, money market mutual fund or other money market or enhanced high yield fund that invests 95% or more of its assets in instruments of the types specified in clauses (a)  through (j) above (which investment company or fund may also hold Cash pending investment or distribution).

The term “Cash Equivalents” shall also include (x) credit card receivables, (y) Investments of the type and maturity described in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parent companies thereof) have the ratings (if any) described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (z) other short-term Investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in Investments analogous to the Investments described in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” and in this paragraph.

CBCA ” means the Canada Business Corporations Act .

CCAA ” means the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada).

CFC ” means a controlled foreign corporation as defined in Section 957 of the Code.

Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section  2.15(b) , by any lending office of such Lender or such Issuing Bank or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date (other than any such request, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the Closing Date). For purposes of this definition and Section  2.15 , (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or U.S. or applicable foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case described in clauses (a) , (b) and (c)  above, be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

Change of Control ” means at any time, (i) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or Part XX of the Securities Act (Ontario)) (a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Capital Stock of Parent or (b) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent, (ii) Parent shall cease, directly or indirectly, to beneficially own and control 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Capital Stock of VPI or (iii) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent shall cease to be occupied by Persons who either (a) were members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent immediately following the Closing Date or (b) were nominated for election by the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent, a majority of whom were members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent immediately following the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such members.

 

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Charge ” means any fee, loss, charge, expense, cost, accrual or reserve of any kind.

Class ”, when used in reference to (a) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial Term Loans, Additional Term Loans of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c)( i ) , Initial Revolving Loans or Additional Revolving Loans of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c)(ii) or Swingline Loans, (b) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is an Initial Term Loan Commitment, an Additional Term Loan Commitment of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c)( i ) , an Initial Revolving Credit Commitment or an Additional Revolving Credit Commitment of any series established as a separate “Class” pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c)(ii) , (c) any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of a particular Class and (d) any Revolving Credit Exposure, refers to whether such Revolving Credit Exposure is attributable to a Revolving Credit Commitment of a particular Class (or Revolving Loans incurred or Letters of Credit issued under a Revolving Credit Commitment of a particular Class).

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Restatement Agreement.

Closing Date Collateral Document ” means the U.S. Security Agreement, the Canadian Pledge and Security Agreement, the Canadian Guarantee and the French Collateral Documents.

CNI Growth Amount ” means, at any date of determination, an amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to 50% of Consolidated Net Income for the cumulative period from the first day of the Fiscal Quarter of the Parent during which the Closing Date occurs to and including the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of the Parent prior to such date for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent are internally available (treated as one accounting period).

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral ” means any and all property of any Loan Party subject to a Lien under any Collateral Document and any and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or hereafter acquired, that is or becomes subject to a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure the Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall “Collateral” include any Excluded Asset.

Collateral and Guarantee Requirement ” means, at any time, subject to (x) the applicable limitations set forth in this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document (including any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement), (y) the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section  5.12 or Section  5.17 , as applicable and (z) the Agreed Security Principles (with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries organized in a jurisdiction other than Canada or the United States), the requirement that:

(a) in the case of any Person that becomes (or is required to become) a Loan Party after the Closing Date, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received (A) a Counterpart Agreement or such other documents in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case, to cause such person to Guarantee the Obligations and become a Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) supplements to the applicable Collateral Documents (or, at the option of the Loan Party, new Collateral Documents in substantially similar form or such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), if applicable, in the form specified therefor

 

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or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (C) an executed joinder to any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement or the Canadian Guarantee that is then applicable in substantially the form attached as an exhibit thereto and (D) such other foreign law guarantees, Collateral Documents and opinions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary which becomes (or is required to become) a Loan Party (subject in all respects to the Agreed Security Principles) and (ii) except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Collateral Document, all original securities, instruments and chattel paper required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents, shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent (or its bailee pursuant to the terms of any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement) and all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (or equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions), and filings with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering United States issued patents and registered trademarks and copyrights (and pending applications for the foregoing) (or equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions) and all other actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (including those required by applicable Requirements of Law) or otherwise required pursuant to a Collateral Document to be delivered, filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Collateral Documents, shall have been delivered, filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Collateral Document;

(b) with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset acquired by a Loan Party organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) after the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset (other than an Excluded Asset), a Mortgage and any necessary UCC fixture filing in respect thereof, in each case together with, to the extent customary and appropriate (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Parent):

(i) evidence that (A) counterparts of such Mortgage have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and such Mortgage and any corresponding UCC or equivalent fixture filing are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary in order to create a valid and subsisting Lien on such Material Real Estate Asset in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) such Mortgage and any corresponding UCC or equivalent fixture filings have been duly recorded or filed, as applicable and (C) all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(ii) a fully paid policy of lender’s title insurance (a “ Mortgage Policy ”) in an amount reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (not to exceed the fair market value of such Material Real Estate Asset (as determined by the Parent in good faith)) issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company in the applicable jurisdiction that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the relevant Mortgage as having created a valid subsisting Lien on the real property described therein with the ranking or the priority which it is expressed to have in such Mortgage, subject only to Permitted Liens and other Liens acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to the extent the same are available in the applicable jurisdiction;

 

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(iii) a customary legal opinion of local counsel for the relevant Loan Party in the jurisdiction in which such Material Real Estate Asset is located and, if applicable, in the jurisdiction of formation of the relevant Loan Party, in each case as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; and

(iv) (A) a new survey or a copy of any existing survey currently in the possession of Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries if such existing survey is, together with a no-change affidavit, sufficient for the relevant title insurance company to remove the standard survey exception and issue the survey-related endorsements, (B) an appraisal (if required under the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended) and (C) a “Life-of-Loan” flood determination under Regulation H of the Board (together with evidence of flood insurance for any such Flood Hazard Property).

Notwithstanding any provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, if any mortgage tax or similar tax or charge is owed on the entire amount of the Loan Document Obligations evidenced hereby in connection with the delivery of a mortgage or UCC fixture filing pursuant to clause (b) above, then, to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, applicable Requirements of Law, the amount of such mortgage tax or similar tax or charge shall be calculated based on the lesser of (x) the amount of the Loan Document Obligations allocated to the applicable Material Real Estate Asset and (y) the fair market value of the applicable Material Real Estate Asset at the time the Mortgage is entered into and determined in a manner reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Parent.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Mortgage shall be executed and delivered with respect to any real property located in the United States unless and until each Revolving Lender has received, at least twenty business days prior to such execution and delivery, a life of loan flood zone determination and such other documents as it may reasonably request to complete its flood insurance due diligence and has confirmed to the Administrative Agent that flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance has been completed to its satisfaction.

Collateral Documents ” means, collectively, each document, agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lien securing any of the Obligations is granted (or purported to be granted), and any supplement to any of the foregoing delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

Commercial Letter of Credit ” means any Letter of Credit issued for the purpose of providing the primary payment mechanism in connection with the purchase of any materials, goods or services by any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of such Person.

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, Initial Revolving Credit Commitment and Additional Commitment, as applicable, in effect as of such time.

Commitment Fee Rate ” means, on any date (a) with respect to the Initial Revolving Credit Commitment, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph hereof, the applicable rate per annum set forth below based upon the First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period and (b) with respect to Additional Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, the rate or rates per annum specified in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Facility Amendment or Extension Amendment.

 

First Lien Leverage Ratio   Commitment Fee Rate  

Category 1

 

Greater than 2.10 to 1.00

    0.500

Category 2

 

Equal to or less than 2.10 to 1.00 but greater than 1.60 to 1.00

    0.375

Category 3

Equal to or less than 1.60 to 1.00

    0.250

 

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The Commitment Fee Rate with respect to the Initial Revolving Credit Commitment shall be adjusted quarterly on a prospective basis on each Adjustment Date based upon the First Lien Leverage Ratio in accordance with the table set forth above; provided that (a) until the first Adjustment Date following the completion of at least one full Fiscal Quarter after the Closing Date, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be the applicable rate per annum set forth above in Category 1, (b) if financial statements are not delivered when required pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or (b) , as applicable, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum set forth above in Category 1 until such financial statements are delivered in compliance with Section  5.01(a) or (b) , as applicable and (c) the Commitment Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum set forth above in Category 1 as of the first Business Day after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and shall continue to so apply to but excluding the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived (and thereafter the Commitment Fee Rate otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

In the event that Administrative Agent and Parent determine that any financial statements previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Commitment Fee Rate for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Parent shall as soon as practicable deliver to Administrative Agent the corrected financial statements for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Commitment Fee Rate were applicable for such Applicable Period and (iii) the applicable Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days thereof pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional amount owing as a result of such increased Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section  2.12 and Article 8 .

Commitment Schedule ” means the Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 1.01(a) .

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).

Compliance Certificate ” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit  C .

Confidential Information ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.13(g) .

Connection Income Tax ” 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 Adjusted EBITDA ” means, as to any Person for any period, an amount determined for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to the total of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the sum, without duplication, of (to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, other than in respect of clauses (v) , (x) , (xii) , (xiv) , (xix) and (xx)  below) the amounts of:

 

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(i) Consolidated Interest Expense (including (A) fees and expenses paid to the Administrative Agent in connection with its services hereunder, (B) other bank, administrative agency (or trustee) and financing fees (including rating agency fees), (C) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities (whether amortized or immediately expensed) and (D) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to revolving commitments, letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances or any similar facilities or financing and hedging agreements);

(ii) Taxes paid and any provision for Taxes, including income, profits, capital, foreign, federal, state, local, Canadian federal and provincial, sales, franchise and similar Taxes, property Taxes, foreign withholding Taxes and foreign unreimbursed value added Taxes (including penalties and interest related to any such Tax or arising from any Tax examination, and including pursuant to any Tax sharing arrangement or as a result of any Tax distribution) of such Person paid or accrued during the relevant period;

(iii) (A) depreciation, (B) amortization (including amortization of goodwill, software and other intangible assets), (C) any impairment Charge (including any bad debt expense) and (D) any asset write-off and/or write-down;

(iv) any non-cash Charge, including the excess of rent expense over actual Cash rent paid, including the benefit of lease incentives (in the case of a charge) during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes ( provided that if any such non-Cash Charge represents an accrual or reserve for potential Cash items in any future period, such Person may determine not to add back such non-Cash Charge in the then-current period);

(v) [reserved];

(vi) [reserved];

(vii) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction, advisory, termination and similar fees and related indemnities and expenses (including reimbursements) paid or accrued and payments to outside directors of the Parent actually paid by or on behalf of, or accrued by, such Person or any of its subsidiaries; provided that such payment is permitted under this Agreement;

(viii) [reserved];

(ix) the amount of earn-out and other contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses, compensation or otherwise) incurred in connection with (A) acquisitions and Investments completed prior to the Closing Date and (B) any acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Agreement, in each case, which is paid or accrued during the applicable period;

(x) pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, operational improvements and cost synergies (collectively, “ Expected Cost Savings ”) (net of actual amounts realized) that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Parent in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of such Person) related to any permitted asset sale, acquisition

 

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(including the commencement of activities constituting a business line), combination, Investment, Disposition (including the termination or discontinuance of activities constituting a business line), operating improvement, restructuring, cost savings initiative, any similar initiative (including the effect of arrangements or efficiencies from the shifting of production of one or more products from one manufacturing facility to another) and/or specified transaction, in each case prior to, on or after the Closing Date (any such operating improvement, restructuring, cost savings initiative or similar initiative or specified transaction, a “ Cost Saving Initiative ”) (in each case, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such Expected Cost Savings and/or Cost Saving Initiative had been realized in full on the first day of such period); provided that the results of such Expected Cost Savings and/or Cost Saving Initiatives are projected by the Parent in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Parent) within 24 months after the date of any such operating improvement, restructuring, cost savings initiative or similar initiative or specified transaction; provided further that the aggregate amount added to or included in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to this clause (x) shall not, for any Test Period, exceed an amount equal to 25% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period, calculated after giving effect to any such add-backs or inclusion;

(xi) Milestone Payments and Upfront Payments;

(xii) any Charge with respect to any liability or casualty event, business interruption or any product recall, (i) so long as such Person has submitted in good faith, and reasonably expects to receive payment in connection with, a claim for reimbursement of such amounts under its relevant insurance policy within the next four Fiscal Quarters (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next four Fiscal Quarters) or (ii) without duplication of amounts included in a prior period under the preceding clause ( i ) , to the extent such Charge is covered by insurance, indemnification or otherwise reimbursable by a third party (whether or not then realized so long as the Parent in good faith expects to receive proceeds arising out of such insurance, indemnification or reimbursement obligation within the next four Fiscal Quarters) (it being understood that if the amount received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceeds the amount of expense paid during such period, any excess amount received may be carried forward and applied against any expense in any future period);

(xiii) unrealized net losses in the fair market value of any arrangements under Hedge Agreements;

(xiv) the amount of any Cash actually received by such Person (or the amount of the benefit of any netting arrangement resulting in reduced Cash expenditures) during such period, and not included in Consolidated Net Income in any period, to the extent that any non-Cash gain relating to such Cash receipt or netting arrangement was deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (c)(i) below for any previous period and not added back;

(xv) [reserved];

(xvi) any net Charge included in the Parent’s consolidated financial statements due to the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 810 (“ ASC 810 ”);

 

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(xvii) the amount of any non-controlling interest or minority interest Charge consisting of income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;

(xviii) [reserved];

(xix) the amount of any earned or billed amounts or other revenue that is attributable to services performed during such period but is not included in Consolidated Net Income for such period; it being understood that if such revenue is added back in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, such revenue shall not be included in Consolidated Net Income in the period in which it is actually recognized; and

(xx) any other adjustments, exclusions and add-backs that are consistent with Regulation S-X;

minus (c) without duplication, to the extent such amounts increase Consolidated Net Income:

(i) non-Cash gains or income; provided that if any non-Cash gain or income represents an accrual or deferred income in respect of potential Cash items in any future period, such Person may determine not to deduct such non-Cash gain or income in the current period;

(ii) unrealized net gains in the fair market value of any arrangements under Hedge Agreements;

(iii) [reserved];

(iv) the amount added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(xii) above (as described in such clause) to the extent the relevant business interruption insurance proceeds were not received within the time period required by such clause;

(v) to the extent that such Person adds back the amount of any non-Cash charge to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (b)(iv) above, the cash payment in respect thereof in the relevant future period;

(vi) the excess of actual Cash rent paid over rent expense during such period due to the use of straight line rent for GAAP purposes;

(vii) any Consolidated Net Income included in the Parent’s consolidated financial statements due to the application of ASC 810; and

(viii) the amount of any non-controlling interest or minority interest gains from income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary;

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

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is agreed that for the purpose of calculating the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio and the Secured Leverage Ratio and/or the amount of any basket based on a percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period that includes the Fiscal Quarters ended June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017, December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarters shall be deemed to be $936,144,000, $963,313,000, $881,088,000 and $822,676,000 (which amounts are agreed not to include adjustments pursuant to clause (b)(x)), in each case, as adjusted (i) on a Pro Forma Basis, as applicable and (ii) pursuant to clause (b)(x) above, as applicable for each Test Period.

Consolidated First Lien Debt ” means, as to any Person at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a first priority Lien on any asset or property of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries that constitutes Collateral.

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of (a) consolidated total interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including (without duplication), amortization of any debt issuance cost and/or original issue discount, any premium paid to obtain payment, financial assurance or similar bonds, any interest capitalized during construction, any non-cash interest payment, the interest component of any deferred payment obligation, the interest component of any payment under any Capital Lease (regardless of whether accounted for as interest expense under GAAP), any commission, discount and/or other fee or charge owed with respect to any letter of credit, bank guarantee and/or bankers’ acceptance or any similar facilities, any fee and/or expense paid to the Administrative Agent in connection with its services hereunder, any other bank, administrative agency (or trustee) and/or financing fee and any cost associated with any surety bond in connection with financing activities (whether amortized or immediately expensed)), plus (b) any cash dividend or distribution paid or payable in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock during such period other than to such Person or any Loan Party, plus (c) any net losses, obligations or payments arising from or under any Hedge Agreement and/or other derivative financial instrument issued by such Person for the benefit of such Person or its subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis for such period. For purposes of this definition, interest in respect of any Capital Lease shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income ” means, as to any Person (the “ Subject Person ”) for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Subject Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded, without duplication,

(a) (i) any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, except that Consolidated Net Income will be increased by the amount of dividends, distributions or other payments made in Cash or Cash Equivalents (or converted into Cash or Cash Equivalents) or that could have been made during such period (as determined in good faith by the Parent) by such Person to the Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in the case of any such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, to the limitations contained in clause (ii) below) and (ii) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section  6.04(a)(iii)(A) , any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Loan Party) if such Subsidiary is subject to restrictions on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Parent or a Loan Party by operation of its Organizational Documents or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable thereto (other than (x) any restriction that has been waived or otherwise released and (y) any restriction

 

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set forth in the Loan Documents, the documents related to any Incremental Loans and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt and the documents relating to any Replacement Debt or Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing), except that Consolidated Net Income will be increased by the amount of dividends, distributions or other payments made in Cash or Cash Equivalents (or converted into Cash or Cash Equivalents) or that could have been made in Cash or Cash Equivalents during such period (as determined in good faith by the Parent) by the Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in the case of a dividend, distribution or other payment to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations in this clause (ii));

(b) any gain or Charge attributable to any asset Disposition (including asset retirement costs or sales or issuances of Capital Stock) or of returned or surplus assets outside the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by such Person);

(c) (i) any gain or Charge from (A) any extraordinary item (as determined in good faith by such Person) and/or (B) any non-recurring or unusual item (as determined in good faith by such Person) and/or (ii) any Charge associated with and/or payment of any actual or prospective legal settlement, fine, judgment or order, including ordinary legal expenses related thereto (in the case of this clause (ii) (other than with respect to ordinary legal expenses), not to exceed (x) for the period beginning with the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2018, $750,000,000 and (y) in any Fiscal Year (beginning with the Fiscal Year commencing on January 1, 2019) thereafter, $500,000,000, with unused amounts in clauses (x) and (y) each carried forward to the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year, provided that such amount carried forward shall not exceed $500,000,000 and such carried over amounts shall be deemed first applied in such succeeding Fiscal Year);

(d) (i) any unrealized or realized net foreign currency transactional gains or Charges impacting net income (including currency re-measurements of Indebtedness, any net gains or Charges resulting from Hedge Agreements for currency exchange risk associated with the above or any other currency related risk, any transactional gains or Charges relating to assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than a functional currency and those resulting from intercompany Indebtedness), (ii) any realized or unrealized gain or Charge in respect of (x) any obligation under any Hedge Agreement as determined in accordance with GAAP and/or (y) any other derivative instrument pursuant to, in the case of this clause (y) , Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging and (iii) unrealized gains or losses in respect of any Hedge Agreement and any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to qualifying hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge transactions, in respect of Hedge Agreements;

(e) any net gain or Charge with respect to (i) any disposed, abandoned, divested and/or discontinued asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of the Parent, any asset, property or operation pending the disposal, abandonment, divestiture and/or termination thereof), (ii) any disposal, abandonment, divestiture and/or discontinuation of any asset, property or operation (other than, at the option of the Parent, relating to assets or properties held for sale or pending the divestiture or discontinuation thereof) and/or (iii) any facility that has been closed during such period;

(f) any net income or Charge (less all fees and expenses related thereto) attributable to (i) the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness or (ii) any Derivative Transaction;

 

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(g) (i) any Charge incurred as a result of, in connection with or pursuant to any management equity plan, profits interest or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any pension plan (including any post-employment benefit scheme which has been agreed with the relevant pension trustee), any stock subscription or shareholders agreement, any employee benefit trust, any employee benefit scheme, any distributor equity plan or any similar equity plan or agreement (including any deferred compensation arrangement), (ii) any Charge incurred in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by management of the Parent and/or any of its subsidiaries, in each case under this clause (ii) , to the extent that any such cash Charge is funded with net Cash proceeds contributed to the Subject Person as a capital contribution or as a result of the sale or issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the Subject Person and (iii) the amount of payments made to optionholders of such Person in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of such Person, which payments are being made to compensate such optionholders as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder;

(h) any Charge that is established, adjusted and/or incurred, as applicable, (i) within 12 months after the closing of any acquisition that is required to be established, adjusted or incurred, as applicable, as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP or (ii) as a result of any change in, or the adoption or modification of, accounting principles or policies;

(i) any (A) write-off or amortization made in such period of deferred financing costs and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness, (B) goodwill or other asset impairment charges, write-offs or write-downs, (C) amortization of intangible assets and (D) other amortization (including amortization of goodwill, software, deferred or capitalized financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions and expenses and other intangible assets);

(j) (A) the effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Subject Person and its subsidiaries) in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP (including, without limitation, in the inventory (including any impact of changes to inventory valuation policy methods, including changes in capitalization of variances), property and equipment, lease, rights fee arrangements, software, goodwill, intangible asset (including customer molds), in-process research and development, deferred revenue, advanced billing and debt line items thereof), resulting from the application of recapitalization accounting or acquisition or purchase accounting, as the case may be, in relation to any consummated acquisition or similar Investment or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof (including any write-off of in process research and development) and/or (B) the cumulative effect of any change in accounting principles or policies (effected by way of either a cumulative effect adjustment or as a retroactive application, in each case, in accordance with GAAP) (except that, if the Parent determines in good faith that the cumulative effects thereof are not material to the interests of the Lenders, the effects of any change in any such principles or policies may be included in any subsequent period after the Fiscal Quarter in which such change, adoption or modification was made);

(k) the income or loss of any Person accrued prior to the date on which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of such Subject Person or is merged into or consolidated with such Subject Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Subject Person or the date that such other Person’s assets are acquired by such Subject Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Subject Person (except to the extent required for any calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with Section  1.04 );

 

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(l) any deferred Tax expense associated with any tax deduction or net operating loss arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowance related to any such item;

(m) (i) any non-cash deemed finance Charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions and (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts;

(n) earn-out, non-compete and contingent consideration obligations (including to the extent accounted for as bonuses, compensation or otherwise) and adjustments thereof and purchase price adjustments, including in connection with any acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder or in respect of any acquisition consummated prior to the Closing Date;

(o) [reserved];

(p) (A) Transaction Costs, (B) any Charges incurred (1) in connection with any transaction (in each case, regardless of whether consummated), whether or not permitted under this Agreement, including any issuance and/or incurrence of Indebtedness and/or any issuance and/or offering of Capital Stock, any Investment, any acquisition, any Disposition, any recapitalization, any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, becoming a standalone company, any option buyout or any repayment, redemption, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (including any amortization or write-off of debt issuance or deferred financing costs, premiums and prepayment penalties) or any similar transaction and/or (2) in connection with any public offering (whether or not consummated), (C) the amount of any Charges that are actually reimbursed or reimbursable by third parties pursuant to indemnification or reimbursement provisions or similar agreements or insurance (it being understood that if the amount received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceeds the amount of expense paid during such period, any excess amount received may be carried forward and applied against any expense in any future period); provided that in respect of any reimbursable Charge that is added back in reliance on clause (C)  above, such relevant Person in good faith expects to receive reimbursement for such Charge within the next four Fiscal Quarters (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within the next four Fiscal Quarters) and/or (D) Public Company Costs;

(q) Charges incurred or accrued in connection with any single or one-time event (as determined in good faith by such Person), including in connection with (A) the Transactions and/or any acquisition consummated after the Closing Date (including legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses incurred in connection with acquisitions and other Investments made prior to the Closing Date), (B) the closing, consolidation or reconfiguration of any facility during such period or (C) one-time consulting costs;

(r) Charges attributable to the undertaking and/or implementation of new initiatives, business optimization activities, cost savings initiatives (including Cost Saving Initiatives), cost rationalization programs, operating expense reductions and/or cost synergies and/or similar initiatives and/or programs (including in connection with any integration, restructuring or transition, any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, any office or facility opening and/or pre-opening), including the following: any inventory optimization program and/or any curtailment, any business optimization Charge, any restructuring Charge (including any Charge relating to any tax restructuring), any Charge relating to the closure or consolidation of any office or facility (including but not limited to rent termination costs, moving costs and legal costs), any systems implementation Charge, any severance Charge, any one time compensation Charge, any Charge relating to rights fee

 

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arrangements (including any early terminations thereof), any Charge relating to any strategic initiative or contract, any signing Charge, any Charge relating to any entry into new markets or contracts (including, without limitation, any renewals, extensions or other modifications thereof) or new product introductions or exiting a market, contract or product, any retention or completion Charge or bonus, any recruiting Charge, any lease run-off Charge, any expansion and/or relocation Charge, any Charge associated with any modification or curtailment to any pension and post-retirement employee benefit plan (including any settlement of pension liabilities), any software or other intellectual property development Charge, any Charge associated with new systems design, any implementation Charge, any transition Charge, any Charge associated with improvements to IT or accounting functions, losses related to temporary decreases in work volume and expenses related to maintaining underutilized personnel, any project startup Charge, any Charge in connection with new operations, any Charge in connection with unused warehouse space, any Charge relating to a new contract, any consulting Charge and/or any corporate development Charge;

(s) non-cash compensation Charges and/or any other non-cash Charges arising from the granting of any stock, stock option or similar arrangement (including any profits interest), the granting of any restricted stock, stock appreciation right and/or similar arrangement (including any repricing, amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock option, restricted stock, stock appreciation right, profits interest or similar arrangement or the vesting of any warrant); and

(t) to the extent such amount would otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income, Taxes paid (including pursuant to any Tax sharing arrangement) in cash (including, to the extent paid in cash, Taxes arising out of any tax examination).

In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, Consolidated Net Income will include the proceeds of business interruption insurance in an amount representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace (whether or not received so long as the Parent in good faith expects to receive such proceeds within the next four Fiscal Quarters (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so received within the next four Fiscal Quarters)).

Consolidated Secured Debt ” means, as to any Person at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as to any Person, at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the applicable Person at such date.

Consolidated Total Debt ” means, as to any Person at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all third party debt for borrowed money (including LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed within three Business Days and the outstanding principal balance of all Indebtedness of such Person represented by notes, bonds and similar instruments), Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness (but excluding in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, undrawn letters of credit), in each case of such Person; provided that “Consolidated Total Debt”, “Consolidated First Lien Debt” and “Consolidated Secured Debt” shall in each case (but without duplication) be calculated (for all purposes hereunder, including as a component of the definitions of Consolidated First Lien Debt, Consolidated Secured Debt and Total Leverage Ratio, and any applications of such definitions) (i) net of the Unrestricted Cash Amount, (ii) to exclude any obligation, liability or indebtedness of such Person if, upon

 

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or prior to the maturity thereof, such Person has irrevocably deposited with the proper Person in trust or escrow the necessary funds (or evidences of indebtedness) for the payment, redemption or satisfaction of such obligation, liability or indebtedness, and thereafter such funds and evidences of such obligation, liability or indebtedness or other security so deposited are not included in the calculation of the Unrestricted Cash Amount and (iii) to exclude obligations under any Derivative Transaction, or under any Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Total Debt shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP, pursuant to the terms of Section  1.04(a )( i ) .

Consolidated Working Capital ” means, as at any date of determination, the excess of Current Assets over Current Liabilities.

Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment ” means, for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the effect of reclassification during such period between current assets and long term assets and current liabilities and long term liabilities (with a corresponding restatement of the prior period to give effect to such reclassification), (b) the effect of any Disposition of any Person, facility or line of business or acquisition of any Person, facility or line of business during such period, (c) the effect of any fluctuations in the amount of accrued and contingent obligations under any Hedge Agreement and (d) the application of purchase or recapitalization accounting.

Contractual Obligation ” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.

Contributing Guarantor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  7.02(a) .

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Convertible Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (which may be guaranteed by the Guarantors or any Restricted Subsidiary) permitted to be incurred hereunder that is either (a) convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Parent (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such Capital Stock or a market measure of such Capital Stock), or a combination thereof, or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such Qualified Capital Stock).

Copyright ” means all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright registrations and copyright applications.

Corresponding Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.03(b) , Section  11.05(b) , Section  11.07(a) or Section  11.08(b) , as applicable.

Cost Saving Initiative ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”.

 

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Counterpart Agreement ” means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit  N delivered by a Loan Party pursuant to Section  5.12 or a similar agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which any Loan Party becomes a Guarantor hereunder (or, as the context may require, a Counterpart Agreement (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)). Such Counterpart Agreement may, if reasonably requested by the Parent, include limitations on guarantees applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary and required or advisable under applicable Requirements of Law.

Covered Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.03(d) .

Credit Extension ” means each of (i) the making of a Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan or (ii) the issuance, amendment, modification, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit (other than any such amendment, modification, renewal or extension that does not increase the Stated Amount of the relevant Letter of Credit).

Credit Facilities ” means the Revolving Facility and the Term Facility.

Current Assets ” means, at any date, all assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries which under GAAP would be classified as current assets (excluding any (i) cash or Cash Equivalents (including cash and Cash Equivalents held on deposit for third parties by the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary), (ii) permitted loans to third parties, (iii) deferred bank fees and derivative financial instruments related to Indebtedness, (iv) the current portion of current and deferred Taxes and (v) assets held for sale or pension assets).

Current Liabilities ” means, at any date, all liabilities of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries which under GAAP would be classified as current liabilities, other than (i) current maturities of long term debt, (ii) outstanding revolving loans and letter of credit exposure, (iii) accruals of Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding Consolidated Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (iv) obligations in respect of derivative financial instruments related to Indebtedness, (v) the current portion of current and deferred Taxes, (vi) liabilities in respect of unpaid earnouts, (vii) accruals relating to restructuring reserves, (viii) liabilities in respect of funds of third parties on deposit with the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ix) the current portion of any Capital Lease, (x) any liabilities recorded in connection with stock based awards, partnership interest based awards, awards of profits interests, deferred compensation awards and similar initiative based compensation awards or arrangements and (xi) the current portion of any other long term liability for borrowed money.

Debtor Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the U.S., the BIA, the CCAA, the WURA and the CBCA, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, general assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, statutory management administration, reorganization, corporate arrangement or restructuring or similar debtor relief laws of the U.S. or any other applicable jurisdiction from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Declined Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(v) .

Default ” means any event or condition which upon notice, lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that has (a) defaulted in its obligations under this Agreement, including without limitation, to make a Loan within two Business Days of the date required to be made by it hereunder or to fund its participation in a Letter of Credit or Swingline Loan required to be funded by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date such obligation arose or such Loan, Letter

 

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of Credit or Swingline Loan was required to be made or funded, (b) notified the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender or any Loan Party in writing that it does not intend to satisfy any such obligation or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or under agreements in which it commits to extend credit generally (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) failed, within two Business Days after the request of the Administrative Agent or the Parent, to confirm in writing that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent, (d) become (or any parent company thereof has become) insolvent or been determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Person or its assets, to be insolvent, or the assets or management of which has been taken over by any Governmental Authority, (e) become (or any parent company thereof has become) the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, unless in the case of any Lender subject to this clause (e), the Parent and the Administrative Agent shall each have determined that such Lender intends, and has all approvals required to enable it (in form and substance satisfactory to the Parent and the Administrative Agent), to continue to perform its obligations as a Lender hereunder or (f) become (or any parent company thereof has become) the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that no Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Capital Stock in such Lender or its parent by any Governmental Authority; provided that such action does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the U.S. or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contract or agreement to which such Lender is a party.

Defined Benefit Plan ” means any Canadian Employee Benefit Plan which contains a “defined benefit provision,” as defined in subsection 147.1(1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

Deposit Account ” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any investment property (within the meaning of the UCC) or any account evidenced by an instrument or negotiable certificate of deposit (within the meaning of the UCC).

Derivative Transaction ” means (a) any interest-rate transaction, including any interest-rate swap, basis swap, forward rate agreement, interest rate option (including a cap, collar or floor), and any other instrument linked to interest rates that gives rise to similar credit risks (including when-issued securities and forward deposits accepted), (b) any exchange-rate transaction, including any cross-currency interest-rate swap, any forward foreign-exchange contract, any currency option, and any other instrument linked to exchange rates that gives rise to similar credit risks, (c) any equity derivative transaction, including any equity-linked swap, any equity-linked option, any forward equity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to equities that gives rise to similar credit risk and (d) any commodity (including precious metal) derivative transaction, including any commodity-linked swap, any commodity-linked option, any forward commodity-linked contract, and any other instrument linked to commodities that gives rise to similar credit risks; provided , that (i) no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants of the Parent or its subsidiaries shall constitute a Derivative Transaction and (ii) no Packaged Right, Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction shall, in each case, constitute a Derivative Transaction.

 

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Designated Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.12(e) .

Designating Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.12(e) .

Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” means the fair market value (as determined by the Parent in good faith) of non-Cash consideration received by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Disposition pursuant to Section  6.07(h) and/or Section  6.08 that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration (which amount will be reduced by the amount of Cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to Cash or Cash Equivalents).

Discount Range ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Disposition ” or “ Dispose ” means the sale, lease, sublease, Exclusive License or other disposition of any property of any Person. The fair market value of any assets or other property Disposed of shall be determined by the Parent in good faith and shall be measured at the time provided for in Section  1.04(e) . For the avoidance of doubt, no license (or sub-license) transaction that is not an Exclusive License of property or assets of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Person shall constitute a Disposition.

Disposition Consideration ” means (a) for any Disposition (other than an Exclusive License), the fair market value of any assets sold, leased, subleased or otherwise disposed of and (b) for any Exclusive License, the aggregate cash payment paid to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the consummation of the Exclusive License (and which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any licensing royalty, earnout, milestone payment, contingent payment or any other deferred payment that may be payable thereafter).

Disqualified Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, prior to 91 days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such redemption is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to 91 days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), (b) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case at any time prior to 91 days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued, (c) contains any mandatory repurchase obligation or any other repurchase obligation at the option of the holder thereof (other than for Qualified Capital Stock), in whole or in part, which may come into effect prior to 91 days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued (it being understood that if any such repurchase obligation is in part, only such part coming into effect prior to 91 days following such Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued shall constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) or (d) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in Cash prior to 91 days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued; provided that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Capital Stock is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such

 

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Capital Stock upon the occurrence of any change of control, public offering or any Disposition occurring prior to 91 days following the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Capital Stock is issued shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Capital Stock provides that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions prior to the Termination Date.

Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, (A) if such Capital Stock is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants or by any such plan to such directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, in each case in the ordinary course of business of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the issuer thereof in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations and (B) no Capital Stock held by any Permitted Payee shall be considered Disqualified Capital Stock because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option, stock appreciation right or other stock award agreement, stock ownership plan, put agreement, stockholder agreement or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.

Disregarded U.S. Subsidiary ” means any U.S. Subsidiary that has no material assets other than the Capital Stock and/or Indebtedness of one or more Specified Foreign Subsidiaries or other Disregarded U.S. Subsidiaries.

Dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the U.S.

Dollar Equivalent ” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date or other relevant date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such other currency.

Drug Acquisition ” means any acquisition (including any license or any acquisition of any license) solely or primarily of all or any portion of the rights in respect of one or more drugs or pharmaceutical products, whether in development or on market (including related IP Rights), but not of Capital Stock in any Person or any operating business unit.

Dutch Auction ” means an auction (an “ Auction ”) conducted by any Affiliated Lender (any such Person, the “ Auction Party ”) in order to purchase Initial Term Loans (or any Additional Term Loans), in accordance with the following procedures (as may be modified by such Affiliated Lender and the applicable “auction agent” in connection with a particular Auction transaction); provided that no Auction Party shall initiate any Auction unless (I) at least five Business Days have passed since the consummation of the most recent purchase of Term Loans pursuant to an Auction conducted hereunder; or (II) at least three Business Days have passed since the date of the last Failed Auction (or equivalent) which was withdrawn:

(a) Notice Procedures . In connection with any Auction, the Auction Party will provide notification to the Auction Agent (for distribution to the relevant Lenders) of the Term Loans that will be the subject of the Auction (an “ Auction Notice ”). Each Auction Notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent and shall (i) specify the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans subject to the Auction, in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 and whole increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, in any case, such lesser amount of such Term Loans then outstanding or which is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent and the Administrative Agent (if different from the Auction Agent)) (the “ Auction Amount ”), (ii) specify the discount to par (which may be a range (the “ Discount

 

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Range ”) of percentages of the par principal amount of the Term Loans subject to such Auction), that represents the range of purchase prices that the Auction Party would be willing to accept in the Auction, (iii) be extended, at the sole discretion of the Auction Party, to (x) each Lender and/or (y) each Lender with respect to any Term Loan on an individual Class basis and (iv) remain outstanding through the Auction Response Date. The Auction Agent will promptly provide each appropriate Lender with a copy of the Auction Notice and a form of the Return Bid to be submitted by a responding Lender to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date specified in the Auction Notice (or such later date as the Auction Party may agree with the reasonable consent of the Auction Agent) (the “ Auction Response Date ”).

(b) Reply Procedures . In connection with any Auction, each Lender holding the relevant Term Loans subject to such Auction may, in its sole discretion, participate in such Auction and may provide the Auction Agent with a notice of participation (the “ Return Bid ”) which shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent, and shall specify (i) a discount to par (that must be expressed as a price at which it is willing to sell all or any portion of such Term Loans) (the “ Reply Price ”), which (when expressed as a percentage of the par principal amount of such Term Loans) must be within the Discount Range and (ii) a principal amount of such Term Loans, which must be in whole increments of $1,000,000 (or, in any case, such lesser amount of such Term Loans of such Lender then outstanding or which is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Auction Agent) (the “ Reply Amount ”). Lenders may only submit one Return Bid per Auction, but each Return Bid may contain up to three bids only one of which may result in a Qualifying Bid. In addition to the Return Bid, the participating Lender must execute and deliver, to be held in escrow by the Auction Agent, an Assignment and Assumption with the dollar amount of the Term Loans to be assigned to be left in blank, which amount shall be completed by the Auction Agent in accordance with the final determination of such Lender’s Qualifying Bid pursuant to clause (c)  below. Any Lender whose Return Bid is not received by the Auction Agent by the Auction Response Date shall be deemed to have declined to participate in the relevant Auction with respect to all of its Term Loans.

(c) Acceptance Procedures . Based on the Reply Prices and Reply Amounts received by the Auction Agent prior to the applicable Auction Response Date, the Auction Agent, in consultation with the Auction Party, will determine the applicable price (the “ Applicable Price ”) for the Auction, which will be the lowest Reply Price for which the Auction Party can complete the Auction at the Auction Amount; provided that, in the event that the Reply Amounts are insufficient to allow the Auction Party to complete a purchase of the entire Auction Amount (any such Auction, a “ Failed Auction ”), the Auction Party shall either, at its election, (i) withdraw the Auction or (ii) complete the Auction at an Applicable Price equal to the highest Reply Price. The Auction Party shall purchase the relevant Term Loans (or the respective portions thereof) from each Lender with a Reply Price that is equal to or lower than the Applicable Price (“ Qualifying Bids ”) at the Applicable Price; provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to purchase all Term Loans subject to Qualifying Bids would exceed the Auction Amount for such Auction, the Auction Party shall purchase such Term Loans at the Applicable Price ratably based on the principal amounts of such Qualifying Bids (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Auction Agent in its discretion). If a Lender has submitted a Return Bid containing multiple bids at different Reply Prices, only the bid with the lowest Reply Price that is equal to or less than the Applicable Price will be deemed to be the Qualifying Bid of such Lender (e.g., a Reply Price of $100 with a discount to par of 1%, when compared to an Applicable Price of $100 with a 2% discount to par, will not be deemed to be a Qualifying Bid, while, however, a Reply Price of $100 with a discount to par of 2.50% would be deemed to be a Qualifying Bid). The Auction Agent shall promptly, and in any case within five Business Days following the Auction Response Date with respect to an Auction, notify (I) the Parent of the respective Lenders’ responses to such

 

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solicitation, the effective date of the purchase of Term Loans pursuant to such Auction, the Applicable Price, and the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans and the tranches thereof to be purchased pursuant to such Auction, (II) each participating Lender of the effective date of the purchase of Term Loans pursuant to such Auction, the Applicable Price, and the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of Term Loans to be purchased at the Applicable Price on such date, (III) each participating Lender of the aggregate principal amount and the tranches of the Term Loans of such Lender to be purchased at the Applicable Price on such date and (IV) if applicable, each participating Lender of any rounding and/or proration pursuant to the second preceding sentence. Each determination by the Auction Agent of the amounts stated in the foregoing notices to the Parent and Lenders shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error.

(d) Additional Procedures .

(i) Once initiated by an Auction Notice, the Auction Party may not withdraw an Auction other than a Failed Auction. Furthermore, in connection with any Auction, upon submission by a Lender of a Qualifying Bid, such Lender (each, a “ Qualifying Lender ”) will be obligated to sell the entirety or its allocable portion of the Reply Amount, as the case may be, at the Applicable Price.

(ii) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each purchase of Term Loans pursuant to an Auction shall be consummated pursuant to procedures consistent with the provisions in this definition, established by the Auction Agent acting in its reasonable discretion and as reasonably agreed by the Parent.

(iii) In connection with any Auction, the Parent and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may require as a condition to any Auction, the payment of customary fees and expenses by the Auction Party in connection therewith as agreed between the Auction Party and the Auction Agent.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, for purposes of this definition, each notice or other communication required to be delivered or otherwise provided to the Auction Agent (or its delegate) shall be deemed to have been given upon the Auction Agent’s (or its delegate’s) actual receipt during normal business hours of such notice or communication; provided that any notice or communication actually received outside of normal business hours shall be deemed to have been given as of the opening of business on the next Business Day.

(v) The Parent and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Auction Agent may perform any and all of its duties under this definition by itself or through any Affiliate of the Auction Agent and expressly consent to any such delegation of duties by the Auction Agent to such Affiliate and the performance of such delegated duties by such Affiliate. The exculpatory provisions pursuant to this Agreement shall apply to each Affiliate of the Auction Agent and its respective activities in connection with any purchase of Term Loans provided for in this definition as well as activities of the Auction Agent.

ECF Deductions ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(i)(B) .

ECF Prepayment Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(i) .

 

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EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Effective Yield ” means, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield applicable thereto calculated by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Parent in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account (a) interest rate margins, (b) interest rate floors (subject to the proviso set forth below), (c) any amendment to the relevant interest rate margins and interest rate floors prior to the applicable date of determination and (d) original issue discount and upfront or similar fees (based on an assumed four-year average life to maturity or lesser remaining average life to maturity), but excluding (i) any advisory, arrangement, commitment, consent, structuring, success, underwriting, ticking, unused line fees, amendment fees and/or any similar fees payable in connection therewith (regardless of whether any such fees are paid to or shared in whole or in part with any lender) and (ii) any other fee that is not paid directly by the Parent generally to all relevant lenders ratably (or, if only one lender (or affiliated group of lenders) is providing such Indebtedness, are fees of the type not customarily shared with lenders generally); provided , that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a “LIBOR floor” or “Base Rate floor”, that (A) to the extent that the Eurocurrency Rate (for an Interest Period of three months) or Alternate Base Rate (in each case without giving effect to any floor specified in the definitions thereof on the date on which the Effective Yield is being calculated) is less than such floor, the amount of such difference will be deemed added to the interest rate margin applicable to such Indebtedness for purposes of calculating the Effective Yield and (B) to the extent that the Eurocurrency Rate (for an Interest Period of three months) or Alternate Base Rate (in each case, without giving effect to any floor specified in the definitions thereof) is greater than such floor, the floor will be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.

Eligible Assignee ” means (a) any Lender, (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, finance company, financial institution, any fund that invests in loans or any other “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act), (c) any Affiliate of any Lender, (d) any Approved Fund of any Lender or (e) to the extent permitted under Section  10.05(g) , any Affiliated Lender; provided that in any event, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (i) any natural person, (ii) any Defaulting Lender or (iii) except as permitted under Section  10.05(g) , the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.

Employee Benefit Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (regardless of whether such plan is subject to ERISA) which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Environmental Claim ” means any written investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order, decree or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law or (b) in connection with any actual or alleged Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Materials.

 

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Environmental Laws ” means any and all applicable foreign or domestic, federal, state or local (or any subdivision thereof), statutes, ordinances, orders, decrees, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other applicable binding requirements of Governmental Authorities or the common law relating to (a) pollution or the protection of the environment or natural resources, occupational safety and health and industrial hygiene (to the extent relating to the exposure to hazardous materials) or other environmental matters or (b) any Hazardous Materials Activity or any exposure to any hazardous material.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is (a) a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code with the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code with the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) for purposes of provisions relating to Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, treated as a “single employer” with the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the 30-day notice period has been waived), (b) the failure of any Pension Plan to satisfy a minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code, (c) the filing of any request for, or receipt of, a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Pension Plan, (d) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) or Section 302 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (e) the withdrawal by the Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (f) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, (g) the imposition of liability on the Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA, (h) a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) of the Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability under Title IV of ERISA for Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (i) the receipt by the Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is insolvent pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA or (j) the incurrence of liability or the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 436 or 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.

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 ” or “ ” means the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union.

Eurocurrency Rate ” means for any Interest Period as to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) (the “ LIBO Rate ”) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in the applicable currency, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), two Business

 

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Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays the LIBO Rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in the applicable currency, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if LIBO Rates are quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for the Interest Period elected, the LIBO Rate shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate; and provided, further, that if any such rate determined pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) is less than zero, the Eurocurrency Rate will be deemed to be zero.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  8.01 .

Excess Cash Flow ” means, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, an amount (if positive) equal to:

(a) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of the following:

(i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period without giving effect to clause (b)(x) of the definition thereof, plus

(ii) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment for such period, plus

(iii) cash gains of the type described in clauses (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) and (f)  of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, to the extent not otherwise included in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (except to the extent such gains consist of proceeds utilized in calculating Net Proceeds falling under paragraph (a)  of the definition thereof or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds subject to Section  2.11(b )( ii) ), plus

(iv) to the extent not otherwise included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, cash payments received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in a prior period pursuant to clause (b)(iv) below, minus

(b) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period (or, in the case of clauses (b)(i) , (b)(ii) , (b)(iv) , (b)(vi) , (b)(vii) , (b)(viii) , (b)(ix) , (b)(x) , (b)(xiii) , (b)(xiv) , (b)(xv) , (b)(xvi) , (b)(xvii) and (b)(xviii) , at the option of the Parent, amounts after such period to the extent paid prior to the date of the applicable Excess Cash Flow payment) of the following:

(i) the aggregate principal amount of (A) all optional prepayments of Indebtedness (other than any (1) optional prepayment of Indebtedness that is deducted in calculating the amount of any Excess Cash Flow payment in accordance with Section  2.11(b)( i ) or (2) revolving Indebtedness except to the extent any related commitment is permanently reduced in connection with such repayment), (B) all mandatory prepayments and scheduled repayments of Indebtedness and (C) the aggregate amount of any premiums, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in Cash by the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary that are or were required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness, in each case, except to the extent financed with long-term funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness), plus

 

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(ii) amounts added back under (A) clauses (b)(i) and (b)(ii) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” to the extent paid or payable in Cash or (B) clause (xvii) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”, plus

(iii) any foreign transactional or translation losses paid or payable in Cash (including any currency re-measurement of Indebtedness, any net gain or loss resulting from Hedge Agreements for currency exchange risk resulting from any intercompany Indebtedness, any foreign currency translation or transaction or any other currency-related risk) to the extent included in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus

(iv) amounts added back under (A)  clauses (b )( x) , (b)(xii) , (b)(xiv) , (b)(xix) or (b)(xx) of the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” or (B) the last paragraph of the definition of Consolidated Net Income with respect to business interruption insurance, in each case to the extent such amounts have not yet been received by the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus

(v) an amount equal to (A) all Charges either (1) excluded in calculating Consolidated Net Income or (2) added back in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in each case, to the extent paid or payable in Cash and (B) all non-Cash credits included in calculating Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus

(vi) to the extent not expensed (or exceeding the amount expensed) during such period or not deducted (or exceeding the amount deducted) in calculating Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of Charges paid or payable in Cash by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, other than to the extent financed with long-term funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness), plus

(vii) Cash payments (other than in respect of Taxes, which are governed by clause (ii) above) made during such period for any liability the accrual of which in a prior period did not reduce Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and therefore increased Excess Cash Flow in such prior period ( provided there was no other deduction to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA or Excess Cash Flow related to such payment), except to the extent financed with long term funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness), plus

(viii) amounts paid in Cash (except to the extent financed with long term funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness)) during such period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-Cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in a prior period and (B) reserves or amounts established in purchase accounting to the extent such reserves or amounts are added back to, or not deducted from, Consolidated Net Income, plus

(ix) the amount of any payment of Cash to be amortized or expensed over a future period and recorded as a long-term asset, plus

(x) the amount of any Tax obligation of the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary that is estimated in good faith by the Parent as due and payable (but is not currently due and payable) by the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the repatriation of any dividend or similar distribution of net income of any Foreign Subsidiary to the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, plus

 

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(xi) [reserved], plus

(xii) the aggregate amount of any extraordinary, unusual, special or non-recurring cash Charges paid or payable during such period (whether or not incurred in such Excess Cash Flow Period) that were excluded in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (including any component definition used therein) for such period, plus

(xiii) all Cash payments in respect of Capital Expenditures as would be reported in the Parent’s consolidated statement of cash flows and all Cash payments made to acquire IP Rights, plus

(xiv) Cash payments by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries made (or committed or budgeted) in respect of long-term liabilities (including for purposes of clarity, the current portion of such long-term liabilities) of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, except to the extent such Cash payments were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, plus

(xv) Cash payments in respect of any Investment (including acquisitions) permitted by Section  6.06 or otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders (other than Investments (x) in Cash or Cash Equivalents or (y) in the Parent or any Loan Party) and/or any Restricted Payment permitted by Section  6.04(a) or otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders, plus

(xvi) the aggregate consideration (i) required to be paid in Cash by the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts entered into prior to or during such period relating to Capital Expenditures, acquisitions or other Investments permitted by Section  6.06 or otherwise consented to by the Required Lenders and/or Restricted Payments described in clause (xv)  above and/or (ii) otherwise committed or budgeted to be made in connection with Capital Expenditures, acquisitions or other Investments and/or Restricted Payments described in clause (xv)  above (clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (xvi), the “ Scheduled Consideration ”) (other than Investments in (x) Cash and Cash Equivalents or (y) the Parent or any Loan Party) to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Parent following the end of such period; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount actually utilized to finance such Capital Expenditures, acquisitions, Investments or Restricted Payments during such subsequent period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters is less than the Scheduled Consideration, the amount of the resulting shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such subsequent period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, plus

(xvii) Cash expenditures in respect of any Hedge Agreement to the extent not otherwise deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus

(xviii) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in Cash (including any expenditure for the payment of fees or other Charges (or any amortization thereof for such period) in connection with any Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock, refinancing transaction, amendment or modification of any debt instrument, including this Agreement, and including, in each case, any such transaction consummated prior to, on or after the Closing Date, and Charges incurred in connection therewith, whether or not such transaction was successful), in each case to the extent that such expenditures were not expensed;

 

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in the case of each of clauses (xiii) - (xviii)  (I) excluding any such payments and expenditures made during such Fiscal Year that reduced Excess Cash Flow in the prior Fiscal Year and (II) to the extent that such payments and expenditures were not financed with the proceeds of other long-term funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) of the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Excess Cash Flow Period ” means each full Fiscal Year of the Parent ending after the Closing Date (commencing, for the avoidance of doubt, with the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2018).

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Excluded Account ” shall be as defined in each applicable Collateral Document.

Excluded Assets ” shall mean certain property excluded from the Collateral, including:

(1) any lease, license, contract or agreement to which any Loan Party is a party, and any of its rights or interest thereunder (or, with respect to clause (i), any other asset), if and to the extent that a security interest is prohibited by or in violation of (or would result in a loss of material rights under) (i) any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Loan Party, or (ii) a term, provision or condition of any such lease, license, contract or agreement (unless such law, rule, regulation, term, provision or condition would be rendered ineffective with respect to the creation of the security interest hereunder pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code, the PPSA or principles of equity); provided , however, that the Collateral shall include (and such security interest shall attach) immediately at such time as the contractual or legal prohibition (or condition causing such violation, breach, termination or loss of right) shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract or agreement not subject to the prohibitions specified in clause (i) or (ii) above; provided further that the exclusions referred to in this clause (1)  shall not include any proceeds of any such lease, license, contract or agreement unless such proceeds result in the consequences described in this clause (1)  after giving effect to the first proviso in this clause (1) ;

(2) any Excluded Securities;

(3) any “intent to use” (or similar) application for registration of a trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1 of the Lanham Act with respect thereto (or similar notice or filing), to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent to use application under applicable Federal law;

(4) any motor vehicles and any other asset subject to certificates of title to the extent that a Lien thereon cannot be perfected by the filing of “all assets” financing statements or similar filings under the UCC or any other equivalent law, including the PPSA or the Civil Code of Quebec in the applicable Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization or, if applicable, where such asset is situated;

 

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(5) any Letter-of-Credit Rights (other than any Letter-of-Credit-Rights constituting a Supporting Obligation (as defined in the UCC) for a receivable or other Collateral in which any Administrative Agent has a valid and perfected security interest);

(6) Excluded Accounts;

(7) any assets owned by any Loan Party on the date hereof or hereafter acquired and any proceeds thereof (or related assets) that are subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness incurred in connection with a Capital Lease, purchase money Indebtedness or other Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition of such assets permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement to the extent and for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for applicable purchase money Indebtedness) validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such assets and proceeds in a manner permitted by Section  6.03 ;

(8) any property or assets in circumstances where the cost, burden or consequences (including adverse tax consequences) of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such property or assets (including on account of any need to obtain consents or approvals, and the effect of the ability of the relevant Loan Party to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course), as determined in good faith by the Parent and the Administrative Agent, are excessive in relation to the practical benefit afforded to the Secured Parties;

(9) any property constituting or that is the proceeds of aircraft, aircraft engines, satellites, ships or railroad rolling stock (unless any such property or assets are pledged as collateral in respect of any First Lien Obligations (as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement);

(10) any real property or real property interest that is not a Material Real Estate Asset;

(11) any governmental or regulatory license or state, provincial, municipal or local franchise, charter, consent, permit or authorization to the extent the granting of a security interest therein is prohibited or restricted thereby or by applicable Requirements of Law; provided , however , that any such asset will only constitute an Excluded Asset under this clause (11)  to the extent such prohibition or restriction would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction, the PPSA or other similar applicable law; and

(12) any asset or property (including Capital Stock) the grant or perfection of a security interest in which would result in material adverse tax or regulatory consequences to any Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries as determined by the Parent in good faith following consultation with the Administrative Agent; provided that this clause (12) , as related to material adverse tax consequences, shall not apply to any asset or property that is owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and that is not an Excluded Asset on the Closing Date (determined without regard to this clause (12) );

provided that for so long as any series of notes set forth on Schedule 6.02 shall remain outstanding, “Excluded Assets” shall not include any asset subject to a Lien securing such notes (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to the exclusion of any asset from such Lien (or the Parent’s (or its Subsidiary’s) entitlement to require the release of such Lien) by reference to the terms of this Agreement).

 

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Excluded Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(ii) .

Excluded Security ” shall mean (i) any Capital Stock or other security representing voting Capital Stock in any Specified Foreign Subsidiary or Disregarded U.S. Subsidiary, other than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Capital Stock of such Specified Foreign Subsidiary or Disregarded U.S. Subsidiary (as applicable), (ii) any interest in a joint venture or non-wholly owned Subsidiary to the extent and for so long as the attachment of the security interest created hereby therein would violate any joint venture agreement, organization document, shareholders agreement or equivalent agreement relating to such joint venture or non-wholly owned Subsidiary; provided that Capital Stock in Subsidiaries of the Parent the minority interest in which is held by management, directors or employees of the Parent or its Subsidiaries or consists of rolled-over equity shall not be considered Excluded Securities, (iii) any Capital Stock the pledge of which in support of the Loan Document Obligations is otherwise prohibited by applicable law, (iv) any Capital Stock in the entities listed on a schedule to the Security Agreement solely to the extent that the transfer or assignment of such Capital Stock is prohibited by contractual requirements applicable to the grantor holding such Capital Stock, including the requirements of the organizational documents of the issuer of such Capital Stock; provided that the Capital Stock in any such entity shall no longer constitute an Excluded Security for purposes of the indenture if at any time the prohibitions on transfer or assignment of such Capital Stock are no longer applicable to such Person, (v) the Capital Stock of any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary, broker-dealer subsidiary, not-for-profit subsidiary or special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization facility, (vi) any Margin Stock and (vii) any Capital Stock that would otherwise be an Excluded Asset.

Excluded Subsidiary ” means:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary,

(b) any Immaterial Subsidiary,

(c) any Restricted Subsidiary that is prohibited or restricted by law, rule or regulation or contractual obligation existing on the Closing Date or at the time such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (in the case of contractual obligations not existing on the Closing Date, pursuant to a contractual obligation not entered into expressly in contemplation of such Restricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary) from providing a Loan Guarantee or that would require a governmental (including regulatory) or third party consent, approval, license or authorization (in the case of contractual obligations, pursuant to a contractual obligation existing on the Closing Date or at the time such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary and not entered into expressly in contemplation of such Restricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary) to provide a Loan Guarantee (including under any financial assistance, corporate benefit, thin capitalization, capital maintenance, liquidity maintenance or similar legal principles) unless such consent has been received, it being understood that the Parent and its subsidiaries shall have no obligation to obtain any such consent, approval, license or authorization,

(d) any not-for-profit subsidiary,

(e) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary or any subsidiary that is a broker-dealer,

(f) any special purpose entity (including a special purpose entity used for any permitted securitization or receivables facility or financing),

 

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(g) any Specified Foreign Subsidiary,

(h) (i) any Disregarded U.S. Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary that is a subsidiary of any Specified Foreign Subsidiary,

(i) any Unrestricted Subsidiary,

(j) any subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Agreement that has assumed secured Indebtedness not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition or other Investment and any Restricted Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such secured Indebtedness, in each case to the extent the terms of such secured Indebtedness prohibit such subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor,

(k) any Restricted Subsidiary if the provision of a Loan Guarantee could reasonably be expected to result in materially adverse tax or regulatory consequences to any Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries as determined by the Parent in good faith following consultation with the Administrative Agent, provided that this clause (k) shall not apply to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of the Parent on the Closing Date and that is not an Excluded Subsidiary on the Closing Date (determined without regard to this clause (k)), and

(l) any other Restricted Subsidiary with respect to which, in the good faith judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Parent, the burden or cost of providing a Loan Guarantee outweighs the benefits afforded thereby.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Loan Guarantee of such Loan Party of, or the grant by such Loan Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Loan Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving effect to Section  3.20 of the Loan Guarantee and any other “keepwell”, support or other agreement for the benefit of such Loan Party) at the time the Loan Guarantee of such Loan Party or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If any Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Loan Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or required to be held or deducted from a payment to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, (a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income or, in the case of Canada, capital (however denominated) and franchise Taxes (i) as a result of such recipient being organized or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office located in such jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any U.S. federal branch profits Taxes or any similar Taxes imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a)  or that are Other Connection Taxes, (c) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except (i) pursuant to an assignment or designation of a new lending office under Section  2.19 and (ii) to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled immediately prior to the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from any Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section  2.17, (d) any Taxes imposed as a result of a failure by such

 

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Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank to comply with Section  2.17(f) , (e) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA and (f) any Canadian federal withholding taxes imposed as a result of a Lender (i) not dealing at arm’s length (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with a Loan Party, (ii) being a “specified shareholder” (within the meaning of Subsection 18(5) of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) of a Loan Party (or the corporate partner or member of a Loan Party that is a partnership), or (iii) not dealing at arm’s length with such “specified shareholder” of a Loan Party (or the corporate partner or member of a Loan Party that is a partnership) (other than where the non-arm’s length relationship arises, or where the Lender becomes a “specified shareholder” or does not deal at arm’s length with such “specified shareholder”, solely as a result of the Lender having realized on any security granted under any Loan Document).

Exclusive License ” means any license to develop, commercialize, sell, market and promote any drug or pharmaceutical, surgical, medical or aesthetic product (the “ Licensed Property ”) with a term greater than five (5) years (unless terminable prior to such time without material penalty or premium by the licensor) and which provides for exclusive rights to develop, commercialize, sell, market and promote such Licensed Property within the United States; provided that an “ Exclusive License ” shall not include (a) any license to import, export, distribute or sell any such Licensed Property (as applicable) on an exclusive basis within any particular geographic region or territory, (b) any licenses, which may be exclusive, to manufacture or package any such Licensed Property (as applicable), (c) any license to manufacture, use, offer for sale or sell any authorized generic version of such Licensed Product (as applicable) and (d) any license in connection with any companion diagnostics.

Exclusive License Investment Amount ” means the aggregate cash paid by the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries on or prior to the consummation of an Exclusive License (and which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any purchase price adjustment, licensing payment, royalty, earnout, milestone payment, contingent payment or any other deferred payment).

Existing Credit Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

Existing Letter of Credit ” means each letter of credit set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) .

Expected Cost Savings ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”.

Extended Revolving Credit Commitment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.23(a) .

Extended Revolving Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.23(a)(i) .

Extended Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.23(a)(ii) .

Extension ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.23(a) .

Extension Amendment ” means an amendment to this Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (to the extent required by Section  2.23 ) and the Parent, executed by each of (a) the applicable Borrower(s), (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Lender that has accepted the applicable Extension Offer pursuant hereto and in accordance with Section  2.23 .

Extension Offer ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.23(a) .

 

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Facility ” means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or, except with respect to Articles 5 and 6 , hereof owned, leased, operated or used by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.

Failed Auction ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Fair Share ” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (i) the ratio of (A) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor to (B) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (ii) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under the Loan Guarantee or any other Loan Document in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.

Fair Share Contribution Amount ” means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under the Loan Guarantee that would not render its obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of any Requirement of Law; provided that, solely for purposes of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount” with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Agreement, any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor.

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 as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version described above), any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities (and any related legislation, rules or official administrative practice) implementing the foregoing.

Federal Assignment of Claims Act ” means the Federal Assignment of Claims Act (41 U.S.C. § 15).

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided, that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day is less than zero, the Federal Funds Rate for such day will be deemed to be zero.

Fee Letter ” means that certain Agency Fee Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among, inter alios, the Parent and the Administrative Agent.

Financial Covenant means the covenant in Section  6.15 .

Financial Covenant Standstill has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  8.01(c) .

 

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First Lien Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated First Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of March 21, 2017, among the Parent, the grantors party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as collateral agent for the Existing Credit Agreement secured parties and each collateral agent for the Indenture Secured Parties (as defined therein) party thereto and each Additional Agent (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto (as amended from time to time).

First Lien Leverage Ratio ” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended or the Test Period otherwise specified where the term “First Lien Leverage Ratio” is used in this Agreement, in each case for the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

First Priority ” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that, subject to any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, such Lien is senior in priority to any other Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.

Fiscal Quarter ” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of the Parent ending December 31 of each calendar year, as such fiscal year end may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Fixed Amounts ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.04(g) .

Flood Hazard Property ” means any Material Real Estate Asset subject to a Mortgage if any building included in such Material Real Estate Asset is located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards.

Flood Insurance Laws ” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and (v) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, each as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, and in each case, together with all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, implementing or interpreting any of the foregoing, as amended or modified from time to time.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Subsidiary.

French Collateral Documents ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.03 .

French Parallel Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.03(a) .

Funding Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.03(g) .

Funding Guarantor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  7.02(a) .

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. in effect and applicable to the accounting period in respect of which reference to GAAP is made.

German Parallel Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.05(b) .

German Security ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.05 .

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with the U.S., Canada, a province or territory of Canada, a foreign government or any political subdivision of either thereof.

 

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Governmental Authorization ” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.

Granting Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.05(e) .

Guarantee ” of or by any Person (solely for purposes of this definition, the “ Guarantor ”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the Guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person (the “ Primary Obligor ”) in any manner and including any obligation of the Guarantor (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the Primary Obligor so as to enable the Primary Obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guarantee issued to support such Indebtedness or monetary obligation, (e) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (f) secured by any Lien on any assets of such Guarantor securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or monetary other obligation is assumed by such Guarantor (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition, Disposition or other transaction permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  7.01 .

Guarantor ” means (i) each Borrower (other than with respect to its own Obligations) and (ii) each Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time.

Hazardous Materials ” means any chemical, material, substance or waste, or any constituent thereof, which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental Law due to its hazardous, toxic or similar characteristics, including any chemical, material, substance or waste defined or listed as “hazardous” or “toxic” in any Environmental Law.

Hazardous Materials Activity ” means the use, manufacture, storage, Release, threatened Release, discharge, generation, transportation, processing, treatment, abatement, removal, investigation, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Material, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.

Hedge Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any Derivative Transaction between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any other Person.

 

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Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedge Agreement.

Hungarian Civil Code ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.04 .

IFRS ” means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation 1606/2002, as in effect from time to time (subject to the provisions of Section  1.04 ), to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.

Immaterial Subsidiary ” means, as of any date, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent (1) that does not have assets, when taken together with each other Immaterial Subsidiary, in excess of 15.0% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) that does not contribute Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, when taken together with the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA contributed by each other Immaterial Subsidiary, in excess of 15.0% of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; provided that Immaterial Subsidiaries organized under the laws of Canada or the United States shall not (A) have assets, in the aggregate, in excess of 5% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) contribute Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, in the aggregate, in excess of 5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided further , that at all times prior to the first delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or (b) , this definition shall be applied based on the equivalent pro forma consolidated financial statements of the Parent delivered pursuant to the equivalent provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parent may elect for a Restricted Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary to provide a Loan Guarantee, but not pledge any Collateral that would otherwise be required, in which case such Immaterial Subsidiary shall continue to be counted as such for purposes of determinations hereunder. The Restricted Subsidiaries on Schedule 1.01(e) are designated Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

Incremental Cap ” means:

(a) the Shared Incremental Amount, plus

(b) in the case of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt that effectively extends the Maturity Date with respect to any Class of Loans and/or commitments hereunder, an amount equal to the portion of the relevant Class of Loans or commitments that will be replaced by such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt, plus

(c) in the case of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt that effectively replaces any Revolving Credit Commitment terminated in accordance with Section  2.19 hereof, an amount equal to the relevant terminated Revolving Credit Commitment, plus

(d) (i) the amount of any optional prepayment of any Loan (including any Incremental Loan) in accordance with Section  2.11(a) and/or the amount of any permanent reduction of any Revolving Credit Commitment, (ii) the amount of any optional prepayment, redemption, repurchase or retirement of Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred pursuant to the Shared Incremental Amount, (iii) the amount of any optional prepayment, redemption, repurchase or retirement of any Replacement Term Loans or Loans under any Replacement Revolving Facility (to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction in commitments) or any borrowing or issuance of Replacement Debt previously applied to the permanent prepayment of any Loan hereunder or of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, (iv) the aggregate amount of any Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) repaid or retired resulting from any assignment of such

 

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Indebtedness to (and/or assignment and/or purchase of such Indebtedness by) the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that for each of clauses ( i )  through (iv) , the relevant prepayment, redemption, repurchase, retirement or assignment and/or purchase was not funded with the proceeds of any long-term Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness), plus

(e) an unlimited amount so long as, in the case of this clause (e) , on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of the Incremental Facility or the Incremental Equivalent Debt, as applicable, and the application of the proceeds thereof (without netting the cash proceeds thereof, but giving effect to any related Subject Transaction) and to any relevant Subject Transaction (and, in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facility then being established, assuming a full drawing thereunder), (i) if such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, the Secured Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.50:1.00 and (ii) if such Indebtedness is unsecured, at the election of the Parent, either (A) the Total Leverage Ratio does not exceed 6.50:1.00 or (B) the Interest Coverage Ratio is not less than 2.00:1.00;

provided that:

(1) any Incremental Facility and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt may be incurred under one or more of clauses (a) through (e) of this definition as selected by the Parent in its sole discretion (provided that, in the case of clause (e), an Incremental Facility may be incurred only under clause (i) thereof),

(2) if any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt is intended to be incurred or implemented under clause (e) of this definition and any other clause of this definition in a single transaction or series of related transactions, (A) the incurrence of the portion of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt to be incurred or implemented under clause (e) of this definition shall be calculated first without giving effect to any Incremental Facilities or Incremental Equivalent Debt to be incurred or implemented under any other clause of this definition, but giving full pro forma effect to the use of proceeds of the entire amount of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt and the related transactions and (B) the incurrence of the portion of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt to be incurred or implemented under the other applicable clauses of this definition shall be calculated thereafter, and

(3) any portion of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt that is incurred or implemented under clauses (a) through (d) of this definition, unless otherwise elected by the Parent, shall automatically and without need for action by any Person, be reclassified as having been incurred under clause (e) of this definition if, at any time after the incurrence or implementation thereof, when financial statements required pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or ( b)  are delivered or, if earlier, become internally available, such portion of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Equivalent Debt would, using the figures reflected in such financial statements, be (or have been) permitted under the First Lien Leverage Ratio, Secured Leverage Ratio, Total Leverage Ratio or Interest Coverage Ratio test, as applicable, set forth in clause (e) of this definition.

Incremental Commitment ” means any commitment made by a lender to provide all or any portion of any Incremental Facility or Incremental Loans.

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(a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof does not exceed the Incremental Cap as in effect at the time of determination (after giving effect to any reclassification on or prior to such date of determination),

(b) subject to the Permitted Earlier Maturity Indebtedness Exception, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness is no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans and the final maturity date of such Indebtedness is no earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, in each case as determined on the date of issuance or incurrence, as applicable, thereof; provided, that the foregoing limitations shall not apply to customary bridge loans with a maturity date not longer than one year; provided , that any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness (other than revolving loans) which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans shall be subject to the requirements of this clause (b) ,

(c) subject to clause (b) , such Indebtedness may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Parent and the lenders providing such Indebtedness,

(d) if such Indebtedness is secured by assets that constitute Collateral, the holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative therefor) shall be party to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement,

(e) such Indebtedness may provide for the ability to participate (A) on a pro rata basis or non-pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans made pursuant to Section  2.11(a) and (B) to the extent secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans, on a pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis other than in the case of a prepayment with proceeds of Indebtedness refinancing such Incremental Equivalent Debt) in any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required pursuant to Section  2.11(b) or less than a pro rata basis with the then-outstanding Term Facility, and

(f) if any financial maintenance covenant is added to any such Indebtedness and such financial maintenance covenant is more favorable to the lenders under such Indebtedness than the Financial Covenant, either (x) such financial maintenance covenant shall only be applicable after the Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date or (y) the Revolving Lenders shall also receive the benefit of such more favorable financial maintenance covenant (together with, at the election of the Parent, any applicable “equity cure” (or equivalent) provisions with respect thereto).

Incremental Facilities ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(a) .

Incremental Facility Amendment ” means an amendment to this Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (solely for purposes of giving effect to Section  2.22 ) and the Parent executed by each of (a) the applicable Borrowers, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Lender that agrees to provide all or any portion of the Incremental Facility being incurred pursuant thereto and in accordance with Section  2.22 .

Incremental Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(a) .

Incremental Revolving Facility ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(a) .

Incremental Revolving Facility Lender ” means, with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility, each Revolving Lender providing any portion of such Incremental Revolving Facility.

Incremental Revolving Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(a) .

Incremental Term Facility ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(a) .

 

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Incremental Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(a) .

Incurrence-Based Amounts ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.04(g) .

Indebtedness ” as applied to any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (b) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases of such Person to the extent recorded as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments to the extent the same would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; (d) any obligation of such Person owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (w) any earn out obligation or purchase price adjustment until such obligation (A) becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP and (B) has not been paid within 60 days after becoming due and payable following expiration of any dispute resolution mechanics set forth in the applicable agreement governing the applicable transaction, (x) any such obligations incurred under ERISA or under any employee consulting agreements, (y) accrued expenses, trade accounts payable, accruals for payroll and other liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business (including on an intercompany basis) and (z) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits), which purchase price is (i) due more than twelve months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (ii) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument; (e) all Indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) of others secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by such Person regardless of whether the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed by such Person or is non-recourse to the credit of such Person; (f) the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (g) the Guarantee by such Person of the Indebtedness of another; (h) all obligations of such Person in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock; and (i) all net obligations of such Person in respect of any Derivative Transaction, including any Hedge Agreement, whether or not entered into for hedging or speculative purposes; provided that (i) in no event shall obligations under any Derivative Transaction be deemed “Indebtedness” for any calculation of the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio or any other financial ratio under this Agreement and (ii) the amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e)  shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness (or such lower amount of maximum liability as is expressly provided for under the documentation pursuant to which the respective Lien is granted) and (B) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or any Joint Venture (other than any Joint Venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer to the extent such Person would be liable therefor under applicable Requirements of Law or any agreement or instrument by virtue of such Person’s ownership interest in such partnership or Joint Venture, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the term “Indebtedness” shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, (x) the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness (it being understood that any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness hereunder but for the application of this proviso shall not be deemed an incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder) and (y) the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded derivative created by the terms of such Indebtedness (it being understood that any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness hereunder but for the application of this proviso shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder).

 

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Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.03(b) .

Information ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  3.11 .

Initial Lenders ” means the Arrangers and the affiliates of the Arrangers who are party to this Agreement as Lenders on the Closing Date.

Initial Revolving Credit Commitment ” means, with respect to each Initial Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Initial Revolving Loans (and acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans) hereunder as set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Initial Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section  2.09 or 2.19 , (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section  10.05 or (c) increased pursuant to Section  2.22 . The aggregate amount of the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,225,000,000.

Initial Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of all Initial Revolving Loans of such Lender, plus the aggregate amount at such time of such Lender’s LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure, in each case, attributable to its Initial Revolving Credit Commitment.

Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date ” means the earlier of (i) the date that is five years after the Closing Date and (ii) the date that is 91 calendar days prior to the scheduled maturity date of any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $1,000,000,000.

Initial Revolving Facility ” means the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments and the Initial Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit thereunder.

Initial Revolving Lender ” means any Lender with an Initial Revolving Credit Commitment or any Initial Revolving Credit Exposure.

Initial Revolving Loan ” means any revolving loan made by the Initial Revolving Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to Section  2.01(a)(ii) .

Initial Term Lender ” means any Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.

Initial Term Loan Commitment ” means, with respect to each Term Lender, the commitment of such Term Lender to make Initial Term Loans hereunder in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name on the Commitment Schedule, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section  2.09 or Section  2.19 and (b) reduced or increased from

 

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time to time pursuant to (x) assignments by or to such Term Lender pursuant to Section  10.05 or (y) an Additional Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Term Lenders’ Initial Term Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is $4,565,027,632.87, minus the aggregate principal amount of Rolling Term Loans.

Initial Term Loan Maturity Date ” means the date that is seven years after the Closing Date.

Initial Term Loans ” means the term loans made by the Initial Term Lenders to VPI pursuant to Section  2.01(a)(i)(A) , including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Initial Term Loan issued to a Rolling Term Lender concurrently with discharge in full of such Rolling Term Lender’s Rolling Term Loan.

Intellectual Property Security Agreement ” means any agreement executed on or after the Closing Date confirming or effecting the grant of any Lien on IP Rights owned by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement, including any of the following: (a) a Trademark Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit  H-1 hereto, (b) a Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 hereto or (c) a Copyright Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-3 hereto.

Intercompany Note ” means a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Parent.

Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio for the most recently ended Test Period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Test Period to (b) Ratio Interest Expense for such Test Period.

Interest Election Request ” means a request by a Borrower in the form of Exhibit D hereto or another form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section  2.08 .

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (commencing with June 29, 2018) or the maturity date applicable to such Loan and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or BA Rate 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 Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing.

Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, to the extent available to all relevant affected Lenders, twelve months or, to the extent acceptable to all applicable Lenders, a shorter period) thereafter, as a Borrower may elect; 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 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 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) 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, in relation to the Eurocurrency Rate, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

(a) the applicable LIBO Rate for the longest period (for which that LIBO Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

(b) the applicable LIBO Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

each as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period of that Loan.

Investment ” means (a) any purchase or other acquisition by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any of the Securities of any other Person (other than any Loan Party), (b) the acquisition by purchase or otherwise (other than any purchase or other acquisition of inventory, materials, supplies and/or equipment in the ordinary course of business) of all or a substantial portion of the business, property or fixed assets of any other Person or any division, line of business, business unit or Product Line of any Person, (c) any loan, advance (other than any advance to any current or former employee, officer, director, member of management, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures or payroll expenses or advances in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person and (d) any Exclusive License of a Product Line of a Person (other than the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary) by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Person. Subject to Section  5.10 , the amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment, plus the cost of any addition thereto that otherwise constitutes an Investment, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect thereto, but giving effect to any repayments of principal in the case of any Investment in the form of a loan and any return of capital or return on Investment in the case of any equity Investment (whether as a distribution, dividend, redemption or sale). The original cost of an Exclusive License shall be the Exclusive License Investment Amount.

IP Rights ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  3.05(c) .

Issuing Bank ” means, as the context may require, (a) each of the Revolving Lenders with a Letter of Credit Commitment listed on Schedule 1.01(a)(ii) and (b) any other Revolving Lender that is appointed as an Issuing Bank in accordance with Section  2.05( i ) . Subject to the reasonable consent of the Parent (subject to the standards set forth in Section  10.05(b) ), each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by any Affiliate of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.

Joint Venture ” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.

Judgment Conversion Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.20(a) .

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.20(a) .

Junior Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party (other than Indebtedness among the Parent and/or its subsidiaries) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations.

 

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Latest Maturity Date ” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time.

Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date ” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any revolving loan or revolving credit commitment hereunder at such time.

Latest Term Loan Maturity Date ” means, as of any date of determination, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any term loan or term commitment hereunder at such time.

LC Collateral Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.05(j)(i) .

LC Disbursement ” means a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the Dollar Equivalent (if applicable) of the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed at such time. The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall equal its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure at such time.

Legal Reservations ” means the application of relevant Debtor Relief Laws, general principles of equity and/or principles of good faith and fair dealing.

Lenders ” means the Term Lenders, the Revolving Lenders, any lender with an Additional Commitment or an outstanding Additional Loan and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement or as a result of the application of Section  10.05(g) .

Letter of Credit ” means any Standby Letter of Credit or Commercial Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement (and shall be deemed to include all Existing Letters of Credit).

Letter of Credit Commitment ” means (i) with respect to any Issuing Bank listed on Schedule 1.01(a)(ii) , the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on such Schedule and (ii) with respect to any other Issuing Bank, the amount specified to be such Issuing Bank’s “Letter of Credit Commitment” at the time such Issuing Bank becomes an Issuing Bank (as contemplated by Section  2.05(i) all as separately increased pursuant to any written agreement between such Issuing Bank and the Parent and notified to the Administrative Agent) in each case, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided that with the consent of the Parent and the Administrative Agent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, any Issuing Bank may assign in whole or part a portion of its Letter of Credit Commitment to any other Revolving Lender who consents to such assignment.

Letter-of-Credit Right ” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

Letter of Credit Sublimit ” means the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Commitments, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section  2.05(i) , Section  2.10(c) or Section  2.22 hereof.

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Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing), in each case, in the nature of security; provided that in no event shall an operating lease in and of itself be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Limited Condition Transaction ” means any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, Restricted Payment or Restricted Debt Payment permitted by this Agreement, in each case whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

Loan Document Obligations ” means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and all other advances to, debts, liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents in respect of any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute, contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, any Promissory Note, the Collateral Documents, the Canadian Guarantee, any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and any other document or instrument designated by the Parent and the Administrative Agent as a “Loan Document”, including any Incremental Facility Amendment, Refinancing Amendment or Extension Amendment or any other amendment hereto or thereto. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto.

Loan Guarantee ” means the guarantee set forth in Article 7 hereof including pursuant to any Counterpart Agreement.

Loan Installment Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.10(a)(i) .

Loan Parties ” means the Parent, each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

Loans ” means any Initial Term Loan, any Additional Term Loan, any Revolving Loan, any Swingline Loan and/or any Additional Revolving Loan.

Margin Stock ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

Material Acquisition ” means any Permitted Acquisition or other similar Investment (including any Investment in a Similar Business) the aggregate consideration for which exceeds $1,500,000,000.

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition or results of operations, in each case, of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) the material rights and remedies (taken as a whole) of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the applicable Loan Documents.

Material Debt Instrument ” means any physical instrument evidencing any Indebtedness for borrowed money which is required to be pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent (or its bailee) pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

 

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Material Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds ” means Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in excess of $10,000,000 in any single transaction or series of related transactions.

Material Real Estate Asset ” means any “fee-owned” Real Estate Asset located in the United States or Canada, and the improvements thereto, that (together with such improvements) has a fair market value (as determined by the Parent in good faith after taking into account any liabilities with respect thereto that impact such fair market value) in excess of $50,000,000 (a) as of the Closing Date, with respect to any Real Estate Asset owned by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date, or (b) as of the date of acquisition thereof, with respect to any Real Estate Asset acquired by any Loan Party after the Closing Date.

Maturity Date ” means (a) with respect to the Initial Revolving Facility, the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (b) with respect to the Initial Term Loans, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) with respect to any Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Revolving Facility, the final maturity date for such Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Revolving Facility, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, (d) with respect to any Incremental Facility, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment and (e) with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Term Loans, the final maturity date set forth in the applicable Extension Amendment.

Maximum Rate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.19 .

MFN Provision ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.22(a)(v) .

Milestone Payments ” means payments made under contractual arrangements existing during the period of twelve months ending on the Closing Date or contractual arrangements arising thereafter, in each case in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment to sellers (or licensors) of the assets or Capital Stock acquired (or licensed) therein based on the achievement of specified revenue, profit or other performance targets (financial or otherwise).

Minimum Extension Condition ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.23(b)(iii) .

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage ” means any mortgage, hypothecation, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or other agreement which conveys or evidences a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the relevant Secured Parties, on any Material Real Estate Asset constituting Collateral.

Mortgage Policy ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

Multiemployer Plan ” means any employee benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, and in respect of which the Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, makes or is obligated to make contributions or with respect to which any of them has any ongoing obligation or liability.

Narrative Report ” means, with respect to the financial statements with respect to which it is delivered, a management discussion and narrative report describing the operations of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the applicable Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of the period to which the relevant financial statements relate.

 

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Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds ” means an amount equal to: (a) any Cash payments or proceeds (including Cash Equivalents) received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) under any casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder of any assets of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) as a result of the taking of any assets of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation, expropriation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (b) in respect of the Loan Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or direct or indirect equityholders (i) any actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the adjustment, settlement or collection of any claims in respect thereof, (ii) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with or expressly subordinated to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations) that is secured by a Lien on the assets in question and that is required to be repaid or otherwise comes due or would be in default under the terms thereof as a result of such loss, taking or sale, (iii) in the case of a taking, the reasonable out-of-pocket costs of putting any affected property in a safe and secure position, (iv) any selling costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable broker’s fees or commissions, legal fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith and transfer and similar Taxes and the Parent’s good faith estimate of income Taxes paid or payable (including pursuant to Tax sharing arrangements or that are or would be imposed on intercompany distributions of such proceeds)) in connection with any sale or taking of such assets as described in clause (a)  of this definition, (v) any amounts provided as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities under any indemnification obligation or purchase price adjustments associated with any sale or taking of such assets as referred to in clause (a)  of this definition ( provided that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, other than to make a payment for which such amount was reserved, such amounts shall constitute Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds) and (vi) in the case of any covered loss or taking from any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the pro rata portion thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (vi) ) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Parent or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a result thereof.

Net Proceeds ” means (a) with respect to any Disposition (including any Prepayment Asset Sale), the Cash proceeds (including Cash Equivalents and Cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received) in respect of non-cash consideration initially received), net of (with respect to any Loan Party or its subsidiaries, Affiliates or direct or indirect equity owners) (i) selling costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including broker’s fees or commissions, legal fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, deed or mortgage recording Taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith and transfer and similar Taxes and the Parent’s good faith estimate of income Taxes paid or payable (including pursuant to Tax sharing arrangements or that are or would be imposed on intercompany distributions of such proceeds) in connection with such Disposition), (ii) amounts provided as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities under any indemnification obligation or purchase price adjustment associated with such Disposition ( provided that to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, other than to make a payment for which such amount was reserved, such amounts shall constitute Net Proceeds), (iii) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans and any other Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with or expressly subordinated to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations) which is secured by the asset sold in

 

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such Disposition and which is required to be repaid or otherwise comes due or would be in default and is repaid (other than any such Indebtedness that is assumed by the purchaser of such asset), (iv) Cash escrows (until released from escrow to the applicable Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) from the sale price for such Disposition and (v) in the case of any Disposition by any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (v)) attributable to any minority interest and not available for distribution to or for the account of the applicable Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a result thereof; and (b) with respect to any issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness or Capital Stock, the Cash proceeds thereof, net of all Taxes and fees, commissions, costs, underwriting discounts and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith.

Non-Consenting Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.19(b)(iv) .

Non-Rolling Term Loans ” means each Original Term Loan other than a Rolling Term Loan.

Obligation Currency ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.20(a) .

Obligations ” means all Loan Document Obligations, together with (a) all Banking Services Obligations and (b) all Secured Hedging Obligations; provided that Banking Services Obligations and Secured Hedging Obligations shall cease to constitute Obligations on and after the Termination Date. For the avoidance of doubt, “Obligations” shall include all Parallel Debt.

Obligee Guarantor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  7.07 .

Organizational Documents ” means (a) with respect to any corporation, its certificate, memorandum or articles of incorporation, association, amalgamation or organization and its by-laws, (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership and its partnership agreement, (c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, (d) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization or certificate of formation, and its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement and (e) with respect to any other form of entity, such other organizational documents required by local Requirements of Law or customary under the jurisdiction in which such entity is organized to document the formation and governance principles of such type of entity. In the event that any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.

Original Term Lender ” means a Lender that holds Original Term Loans immediately prior to the Closing Date.

Original Term Loan ” means each “Series F Tranche B Term Loan” as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement that is outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date.

Other Applicable Indebtedness ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(i) .

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Lender or Administrative Agent, 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, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

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Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section  2.19) . For the avoidance of doubt, Other Taxes do not include any Excluded Taxes.

Outstanding Amount ” means the Dollar Equivalent of (a) with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Loans occurring on such date, (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit after giving effect to any changes in the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit or the issuance or expiry of such Letter of Credit, including as a result of any LC Disbursement and (c) with respect to any LC Disbursement on any date, the aggregate outstanding amount of such LC Disbursement on such date after giving effect to any disbursements with respect to any Letter of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of such LC Disbursement as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the applicable Borrower of such unreimbursed LC Disbursement.

Packaged Rights ” means warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary (whether settled in Capital Stock, cash or any combination thereof), regardless of the issuer of such warrants, options or other rights, that are initially issued as a unit with Indebtedness of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (which may be guaranteed by the Guarantors, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary) permitted to be incurred hereunder, even if such Indebtedness is separable from such warrants, options or other rights by a holder thereof.

Parallel Debt ” means in relation to an Underlying Debt an obligation to pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to (and in the same currency as) the amount of the Underlying Debt.

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.05(c) .

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.05(c) .

Patent ” means patents and patent applications, together with all inventions, designs or improvement described or claimed therein, and all reissues, reexaminations, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations in part thereof.

Payable Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.08(a) .

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Pension Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and that the Parent, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, maintains or contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to, or otherwise has any liability for.

Perfection Certificate ” means the Perfection Certificate in the form agreed between the Parent and the Administrative Agent and delivered on the Closing Date.

 

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Perfection Requirements ” means (a) with respect to any Loan Party organized within the United States (i) the filing of appropriate financing statements with the office of the Secretary of State or other appropriate office in the state of organization of each Loan Party, (ii) the filing of Intellectual Property Security Agreements or other appropriate assignments or notices with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or the U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable, (iii) the proper recording or filing, as applicable, of Mortgages and fixture filings with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset constituting Collateral, in each case in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (iv) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of any stock certificate or promissory note to the extent required to be delivered by the applicable Loan Documents, (v) the filing of Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and (vi) other filings, recordings and registrations necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent or to enforce the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents, (b) with respect to any Loan Party organized within Canada (i) the filing of appropriate PPSA financing statements in all applicable jurisdictions and applications for registration at the applicable Quebec Registers, (ii) the filing of Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, (iii) the proper recording or filing, as applicable, of Mortgages and fixture filings with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset located in Canada constituting Collateral, in each case in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (iv) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of any stock certificate or promissory note to the extent required to be delivered by the applicable Loan Documents, (v) the filing of Intellectual Property Security Agreements or other appropriate assignments or notices with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or the U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable and (vi) other filings, recordings and registrations necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Administrative Agent or to enforce the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents and (c) subject to the Agreed Security Principles and the other provisions of the Loan Documents, with respect to any Loan Party that is not organized within the United States or Canada, (i) the filing of Intellectual Property Security Agreements or other appropriate assignments or notices with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or the U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable, (ii) the filing of Intellectual Property Security Agreements with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and (iii) the taking of any actions required under applicable foreign Requirements of Law to validly create or perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by such Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Acquisition ” means (a) any acquisition by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise, of all or a substantial portion of the assets of, or any division, line of business, business unit or Product Line (including research and development and related assets in respect of any Product Line, product or facility) of, any Person or of a majority of the outstanding Capital Stock of any Person (and, in any event, including any Investment in (x) any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to increase the Parent’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s respective equity ownership in such Restricted Subsidiary or (y) any Joint Venture for the purpose of increasing the Parent’s or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership interest in such Joint Venture) or (b) any Exclusive License of a Product Line of a Person, in each case if (1) such Person is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers, conveys or Exclusive Licenses all or a substantial portion of its assets (or such division, line of business, business unit, Product Line or facility) to, or is liquidated into, the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction; provided that (i) the target Person, assets, business or division in respect of such acquisition is a business permitted under Section  5.16 and (ii) at the applicable time elected by the Parent in accordance with Section  1.04(e) , with respect to such acquisition, no Specified Event of Default shall be continuing.

Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction ” means any bond hedge or call or capped call option (or similar transaction) on the Parent’s Capital Stock in connection with the issuance of any Convertible Indebtedness; provided that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received from the sale of such Convertible Indebtedness.

 

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Permitted Earlier Maturity Indebtedness Exception ” means, with respect to any Incremental Term Facility, Incremental Equivalent Debt, Refinancing Indebtedness or Replacement Term Loan permitted to be incurred hereunder, that up to the greater of $750,000,000 and 21.5% of Consolidated Adjusted of EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness outstanding at such time (the “ Specified Debt ”) may have a final maturity date that is earlier than, and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness with respect to which the Specified Debt is otherwise required to have a later final maturity date or Weighted Average Life.

Permitted Liens ” means Liens permitted pursuant to Section  6.02 .

Permitted Payee ” means any future, current or former director, officer, member of management, manager, employee, independent contractor or consultant (or any Affiliate or transferee of any of the foregoing) of the Parent (or any Restricted Subsidiary).

Permitted Reorganization ” means any transaction or undertaking, including Investments, in connection with internal reorganizations and or restructurings (including in connection with tax planning and corporate reorganizations), so long as, after giving effect thereto, (a) the Loan Parties shall comply with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirements and Section  5.12 and (b) the security interest of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not materially impaired (including by a material portion of the assets that constitute Collateral immediately prior to such Permitted Reorganization no longer constituting Collateral) as a result of such Permitted Reorganization; provided that the Parent shall have delivered to the Administrate Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent certifying as to the best of such officer’s knowledge compliance with the requirements set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above.

Permitted Treasury Arrangements ” means Banking Services entered into in the ordinary course of business and any transactions between or among the Parent and its Subsidiaries that are entered into in the ordinary course of business in connection with such Banking Services.

Permitted Warrant Transaction ” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or similar transaction), on the Parent’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock, regardless of the issuer or seller thereof, issued substantially concurrently with any purchase of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or any other entity.

PPSA ” means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario); provided , however, if the validity, attachment, perfection (or opposability), effect of perfection or of non-perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in any Collateral are governed by the personal property security laws or laws relating to personal or movable property of any jurisdiction other than Ontario, “PPSA” shall also include those personal property security laws or laws relating to movable property in such other jurisdiction for the purpose of the provisions hereof relating to such validity, attachment, perfection (or opposability), effect of perfection or of non-perfection or priority and for the definitions related to such provisions.

 

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Preferred Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Prepayment Asset Sale ” means any Disposition by the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries made pursuant to Section  6.07(h) .

Primary Obligor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Guarantee”.

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 Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).

Pro Forma Basis ” or “ pro forma effect ” means, with respect to any determination of the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Total Assets (including component definitions thereof), that each Subject Transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets (or with respect to any determination pertaining to the balance sheet, including the acquisition of Cash and Cash Equivalents in connection with an acquisition of a Person, business line, unit, division or Product Line), as of the last day of such Test Period) with respect to any test or covenant for which such calculation is being made and that:

(a) (i) in the case of (A) any Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary or any division and/or Product Line of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or (B) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Subject Transaction, shall be excluded as of the first day of the applicable Test Period with respect to any test or covenant for which the relevant determination is being made and (ii) in the case of any Permitted Acquisition, Investment and/or designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary described in the definition of the term “Subject Transaction”, income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Subject Transaction shall be included as of the first day of the applicable Test Period with respect to any test or covenant for which the relevant determination is being made; provided that any pro forma adjustment may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustment is consistent with, subject to the limitations set forth in and without duplication with respect to the application of, the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”,

(b) any Expected Cost Savings as a result of any Cost Saving Initiative shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such Expected Cost Savings had been realized on the first day of the applicable Test Period and as if such Expected Cost Savings were realized in full during the entirety of such period; provided that any pro forma adjustment may be applied to any such test or covenant solely to the extent that such adjustment is consistent with, subject to the limitations set forth in and without duplication with respect to the application of, the definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”,

(c) any retirement or repayment of Indebtedness (other than normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Test Period with respect to any test or covenant for which the relevant determination is being made,

 

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(d) any Indebtedness incurred by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable Test Period with respect to any test or covenant for which the relevant determination is being made; provided that (x) if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable Test Period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness at the relevant date of determination (taking into account any interest hedging arrangements applicable to such Indebtedness), (y) interest on any obligation with respect to any Capital Lease shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined by a Responsible Officer of the Parent in good faith to be the rate of interest implicit in such obligation in accordance with GAAP and (z) interest on any Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate or other rate shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen by the Parent, and

(e) the acquisition of any assets (including Cash and Cash Equivalents) included in calculating Consolidated Total Assets, whether pursuant to any Subject Transaction or any Person becoming a subsidiary or merging, amalgamating or consolidating with or into the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, or the Disposition of any assets (including Cash and Cash Equivalents) included in calculating Consolidated Total Assets described in the definition of “Subject Transaction” shall be deemed to have occurred as of the last day of the applicable Test Period with respect to any test or covenant for which such calculation is being made.

For purposes of determining pro forma compliance with Section  6.13 prior to the last day of the first Fiscal Quarter after the Closing Date, the applicable level shall be the level cited in Section  6.15 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, for the avoidance of doubt, when calculating the First Lien Leverage Ratio for purposes of the definitions of “Applicable Rate”, “Commitment Fee Rate”, “Required Excess Cash Flow Percentage” and “Required Net Proceeds Percentage” and for purposes of Section  6.15 (other than for the purpose of determining pro forma compliance with Section  6.15 as a condition to taking any action under this Agreement), the events described in the immediately preceding paragraph that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect.

Product Line ” means any product line (including rights in respect of any drug or pharmaceutical, surgical or aesthetic product) of any Person.

Projections ” means the projections of the Parent and its Subsidiaries provided to the Arrangers on or about May 14, 2018.

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.

Promissory Note ” means a promissory note of the applicable Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto, evidencing the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of such Borrower owed to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.

 

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Public Company Costs ” means Charges associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith and Charges relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (and, in each case, any similar Requirement of Law under any other applicable jurisdiction), as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ or managers’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, Charges relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees and costs related to the foregoing.

Qualified Capital Stock ” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

Qualifying Bid ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Qualifying Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Quebec Registers ” means the Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights and the Land Registry Office of Quebec.

Ratio Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) consolidated total cash interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (i) including the interest component of any payment under any Capital Lease (regardless of whether accounted for as interest expense under GAAP) and (ii) excluding (A) amortization, accretion or accrual of deferred financing fees, original issue discount, debt issuance costs, discounted liabilities, commissions, fees and expenses, (B) any expense arising from any bridge, commitment, structuring and/or other financing fee (including fees and expenses associated with the Transactions and agency and trustee fees), (C) any expense resulting from the discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, acquisition accounting, (D) fees and expenses associated with any Dispositions, acquisitions, Investments, issuances of Capital Stock or Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not consummated), (E) costs associated with obtaining, or breakage costs in respect of, any Hedge Agreement or any other derivative instrument other than any interest rate Hedge Agreement or interest rate derivative instrument with respect to Indebtedness, (F) penalties and interest relating to Taxes, (G) any “additional interest” or “liquidated damages” for failure to timely comply with registration rights obligations, (H) [reserved], (I) any payments with respect to make-whole, prepayment or repayment premiums or other breakage costs of any Indebtedness, (J) any interest expense attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights or other rights of dissenting shareholders and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto in connection with any acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder and (K) for the avoidance of doubt, any non-cash interest expense attributable to any movement in the mark to market valuation of any obligation under any Hedge Agreement or any other derivative instrument and/or any payment obligation arising under any Hedge Agreement or derivative instrument other than any interest rate Hedge Agreement or interest rate derivative instrument with respect to Indebtedness minus (b) cash interest income for such period. For purposes of this definition, (x) interest in respect of any Capital Lease shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined by such Person in good faith to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease in accordance with GAAP and (y) interest expense shall be calculated after giving effect to any payments made or received under any Hedge Agreement or any other derivative instrument with respect to Indebtedness.

 

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Real Estate Asset ” means, at any time of determination, all right, title and interest of any Loan Party in and to all real property owned by such Loan Party and all real property leased or subleased by such Loan Party (in each case including, but not limited to, land, improvements and fixtures thereon).

Reclassifiable Item ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.03(b) .

Refinancing ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

Refinancing Amendment ” means an amendment to this Agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Parent executed by (a) the applicable Borrowers, (b) the Administrative Agent and (c) each Lender that agrees to provide all or any portion of the Replacement Term Loans or the Replacement Revolving Facility, as applicable, being incurred pursuant thereto and in accordance with Section  10.02(c) .

Refinancing Indebtedness ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.01(p) .

Refunding Capital Stock ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.04(a)(viii) .

Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.05(b) .

Regulation U ” means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation X ” means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Reinvestment Period ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(ii)(A) .

Related Funds ” means with respect to any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any other Approved Fund that is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, managers, officers, trustees, employees, partners, agents, advisors and other representatives of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment.

relevant transaction ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.08(a) .

Replaced Revolving Facility ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.02(c)(ii) .

Replaced Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.02(c) .

Replacement Debt ” means any Refinancing Indebtedness (whether borrowed in the form of secured or unsecured loans, issued in a public offering, Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other private placement or bridge financing in lieu of the foregoing or otherwise) incurred in respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section  6.01(a) (and any subsequent refinancing of such Replacement Debt).

 

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Replacement Revolving Facility ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.02(c) .

Replacement Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.02(c) .

Reply Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Reply Price ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Representatives ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.13 .

Repricing Transaction ” means each of (a) the optional prepayment (or mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section  2.11(b)(iii) ), repayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement of all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans substantially concurrently with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any broadly syndicated term “B” loans secured on a pari passu basis with the Initial Term Loans (including any first-lien secured Replacement Term Loans) having an Effective Yield that is less than the Effective Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (b) any amendment, waiver or other modification to this Agreement that would have the effect of reducing the Effective Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans; provided that the primary purpose (as determined by the Parent in good faith) of such prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution, replacement, amendment, waiver or other modification was to reduce the Effective Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans; provided , further, that in no event shall any such prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution, replacement, amendment, waiver or other modification in connection with a Change of Control or Material Acquisition constitute a Repricing Transaction. Any determination by the Administrative Agent of the Effective Yield for purposes of the definition shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any Person with respect to such determination absent bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Required Excess Cash Flow Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.10:1.00, 50%, (b) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.10:1.00 and greater than 1.60:1.00, 25% and (c) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 1.60:1.00, 0%.

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Loans or unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Loans and such unused Commitments at such time.

Required Net Proceeds Percentage means, as of any date of determination, (a) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.10:1.00, 100%, (b) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.10:1.00 and greater than 1.60:1.00, 50% and (c) if the First Lien Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 1.60:1.00, 0%.

Required Revolving Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Loans and unused Revolving Credit Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Loans and such unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.

Requirements of Law ” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, local, Canadian federal, provincial or municipal or other foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

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Responsible Officer ” of any Person means the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president or the chief operating officer of such Person and any other individual or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this Agreement, and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, shall include any secretary or assistant secretary or any other individual or similar official thereof with substantially equivalent responsibilities of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article 2 , any other officer of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a written notice to the Administrative Agent (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by electronic means). Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of any Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party, and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

Responsible Officer Certification ” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of a Responsible Officer of the Parent that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the consolidated financial condition of the Persons covered by such financial statements as at the dates indicated and their consolidated income and cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments and, in the case of quarterly financial statements, the absence of footnotes.

Restatement Agreement ” means the Restatement Agreement to the Existing Credit Agreement dated June 1, 2018, by and among the Parent, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders party thereto and the other parties thereto.

Restricted Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(iv) .

Restricted Debt ” means any Junior Indebtedness to the extent the outstanding principal amount thereof is equal to or greater than the Threshold Amount.

Restricted Debt Payments ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.04(b) .

Restricted Payment ” means (a) any dividend or other distribution on account of any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Parent (or any direct or indirect parent of the Parent), except a dividend payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock (or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Qualified Capital Stock) to the holders of such class, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value of any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Parent and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of the Capital Stock of the Parent now or hereafter outstanding. The amount of any Restricted Payment (other than Cash) shall be the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Parent on the applicable date set forth in Section  1.04(e) , of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Parent pursuant to such Restricted Payment.

Restricted Subsidiary ” means, as to any Person, any subsidiary of such Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise specified, “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each other Borrower).

 

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Retained Asset Sale Proceeds ” means, at any date of determination, an amount determined on a cumulative basis, that is equal to the aggregate cumulative sum of (a) all Net Proceeds and Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that, pursuant to application of the Required Net Proceeds Percentage, are or were not required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section  2.11(b)(ii) and (b) all Excluded Proceeds (as defined in Section  2.11(b)(ii) ).

Return Bid ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Dutch Auction”.

Revaluation Date ” means (a) with respect to any Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternate Currency, each of the following: (i) each date of any Borrowing of such Revolving Loan, (ii) each date of any conversion or continuation of such Revolving Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) the last day of each Fiscal Quarter and (iv) the date of any voluntary reduction of a Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section  2.09(b) ; (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in any Alternate Currency, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of such a Letter of Credit, (ii) each date of an amendment of such a Letter of Credit that would have the effect of increasing the face amount thereof and (iii) the last day of each Fiscal Quarter; (c) with respect to the unused Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender pursuant to Section  2.12(a) , such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Lenders shall reasonably require and (d) any additional date as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Revolving Lenders shall require, in each case under this clause (d) , at any time when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Revolving Credit Commitment ” means any Initial Revolving Credit Commitment and any Additional Revolving Credit Commitment.

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount at such time of such Lender’s Initial Revolving Credit Exposure and Additional Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Facility ” means the Initial Revolving Facility, any Incremental Revolving Facility, any facility governing any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment or Extended Revolving Loans and any Replacement Revolving Facility.

Revolving Lender ” means any Initial Revolving Lender and any Additional Revolving Lender. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Revolving Lenders” shall include the Swingline Lender.

Revolving Loans ” means any Initial Revolving Loans and any Additional Revolving Loans.

Rolling Term Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Restatement Agreement.

Rolling Term Loans ” means each Original Term Loan held by a Lender that is a Rolling Term Lender (or, if less, the amount notified to such Rolling Term Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date).

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.08(b) .

 

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Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or Global Affairs Canada, (b) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clause (a).

Sanctions ” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or the Government of Canada.

Scheduled Consideration ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of its functions.

Secured Hedging Obligations ” means all Hedging Obligations (other than any Excluded Swap Obligations) under each Hedge Agreement that (a) is in effect on the Closing Date between any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent and a counterparty that is the Administrative Agent, a Lender, an Arranger or any Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Arranger as of the Closing Date or the Third Restatement Date, Second Restatement Date, First Restatement Date or Original Date (as each such term is defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) or (b) is entered into after the Closing Date between any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent and any counterparty that is (or is an Affiliate of) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Arranger at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, for which such Loan Party agrees to provide security, it being understood that each counterparty thereto shall be deemed (A) to appoint the Administrative Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (B) to agree to be bound by the provisions of Article 9 , Sections 10.03 and 10.10 and each Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement as if it were a Lender.

Secured Leverage Ratio ” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended or the Test Period otherwise specified where the term “Secured Leverage Ratio” is used in this Agreement, in each case for the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Secured Parties ” means (i) the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank, (ii) the Administrative Agent, (iii) each counterparty to a Hedge Agreement the obligations under which constitute Secured Hedging Obligations, (iv) each provider of Banking Services the obligations under which constitute Banking Services Obligations, (v) the Agent and the Arrangers and (vi) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document.

Secured Party Claim ” means any amount which any Borrower or any other Loan Party owes to a Secured Party under or in connection with the Loan Documents.

 

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Securities ” means any stock, shares, units, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing; provided that the term “Securities” shall not include any earn-out agreement or obligation or any employee bonus or other incentive compensation plan or agreement.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Shared Incremental Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the greater of $1,000,000,000 and 28.5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis minus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Facilities and/or Incremental Equivalent Debt originally incurred or issued in reliance on the Shared Incremental Amount outstanding on such date, in each case after giving effect to any reclassification of any such Indebtedness as having been incurred under clause (e)  of the definition of “Incremental Cap” hereunder.

Shared RP Amount ” means the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made at the time of determination pursuant to Sections 6.04(a)(ii)(A) , (a)(vii) and (a)(x) minus the aggregate amount of the Shared RP Amount utilized by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Investments pursuant to Section  6.06(q)(ii) or (b) make Restricted Debt Payments pursuant to Section  6.04(b)(iv) .

Similar Business ” means any Person the majority of the revenues of which are derived from a business that would be permitted by Section  5.16 if the references to “Restricted Subsidiaries” in Section  5.16 were read to refer to such Person.

Soft Call Termination Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.12(f) .

SPC ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  10.05(e) .

Specified Collateral Document ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.02 .

Specified Event of Default ” means an Event of Default pursuant to Section  8.01(a) or, with respect to the Parent, Section  8.01(f) or (g) .

Specified Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC with respect to which a U.S. Subsidiary that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes owns (within the meaning of section 958(a) of the Code) more than 50% of the equity by vote or value.

Specified Person ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  8.01(f) .

Spot Rate ” means, for any currency, on any Revaluation Date or other relevant date of determination, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Administrative Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by the Administrative Agent of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date that is two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made (or on such other day and time as may be mutually agreed by the Parent and the Administrative Agent); provided that the Administrative Agent may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.

 

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Standby Letter of Credit ” means any Letter of Credit other than any Commercial Letter of Credit.

Stated Amount ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, at any time, the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder, in each case determined (x) as if any future automatic increases in the maximum available amount provided for in any such Letter of Credit had in fact occurred at such time and (y) without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met but after giving effect to all previous drawings made thereunder.

Subject Loans ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) Initial Term Loans and (b) any Additional Term Loans that are subject to ratable prepayment requirements in accordance with Section  2.11(b) on such date.

Subject Person ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.

Subject Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.11(b)(ii) .

Subject Transaction ” means, with respect to any Test Period, (a) the Transactions, (b) any Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, or any business line, unit or division of, any Person or any facility, or of a majority of the outstanding Capital Stock of any Person (but in any event including any Investment in (x) any Restricted Subsidiary which serves to increase a Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s respective equity ownership in such Restricted Subsidiary or (y) any Joint Venture for the purpose of increasing a Borrower’s or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary’s ownership interest in such Joint Venture), in each case that is permitted by this Agreement, (c) any Disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of a subsidiary (or any business unit, line of business or division of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) not prohibited by this Agreement, (d) the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section  5.10 hereof, (e) any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness), (f) any Cost Saving Initiative and/or (g) any other event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires pro forma compliance with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a pro forma basis.

Subsidiary ” or “ subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof; provided that in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interests in the nature of a “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding. Unless otherwise specified, “subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Parent.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means (x) on the Closing Date, each subsidiary of the Parent (other than any subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary on the Closing Date) listed on Schedule 1.01(f) as of the Closing Date and (y) thereafter, each subsidiary of the Parent that becomes a guarantor of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in each case, until such time as the relevant subsidiary is released from its obligations under the Loan Guarantee in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent may from time to time, upon notice to the

 

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Administrative Agent, elect to cause any subsidiary that would otherwise be an Excluded Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder (but shall have no obligation to do so), subject to the satisfaction of guarantee and collateral requirements consistent with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirements or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Parent and the Administrative Agent (which shall include, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, guarantee and collateral requirements customary under local law, including customary local limitations). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall an Excluded Subsidiary be a Subsidiary Guarantor unless the Parent makes such an election with respect to the Excluded Subsidiary.

Substitute Affiliate Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.12(e) .

Substitute Facility Office ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  1.12(e) .

Successor Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.07(a)(i)(B) .

Successor Parent ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.07(a)(i)(B) .

Swap Obligations ” 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.

Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be equal to its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time.

Swingline Lender ” means Barclays, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or any successor lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

Swingline Loan ” means any Loan made pursuant to Section  2.04 .

Swiss Collateral Documents ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.08 .

Swiss Federal Tax Administration ” means the Swiss authority responsible for levying Swiss Federal Withholding Tax.

Swiss Federal Withholding Tax ” means taxes imposed under the Swiss Withholding Tax Act.

Swiss Parallel Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.08(a) .

Swiss Withholding Tax Act ” means the Swiss Federal Act on Withholding Tax of 13 October 1965 ( Bundesgesetz über die Verrechnungssteuer ), together with the related ordinances, regulations and guidelines, all as amended and applicable from time to time.

Swiss Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary Guarantor that is organized under the laws of Switzerland.

Taxes ” means any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax and penalties applicable thereto.

Term Commitment ” means any Initial Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, any Additional Term Loan Commitment.

 

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Term Facility ” means the Term Loans provided to or for the benefit of the applicable Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Term Lender ” means a Lender with a Term Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.

Term Loan ” means the Initial Term Loans and, if applicable, any Additional Term Loans.

Termination Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the lead-in to Article 5 .

Test Period ” means, as of any date, (a) for purposes of determining actual compliance with Section  6.15 , the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters then most recently ended for which financial statements under Section  5.01(a) or Section  5.01(b) , as applicable, have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) and (b) for any other purpose, the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters then most recently ended for which financial statements under Section  5.01(a) or Section  5.01(b) , as applicable, have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) or, if earlier, are internally available; it being understood and agreed that prior to the first delivery (or required delivery) of financial statements under Section  5.01(a) or Section  5.01(b) , “Test Period” means the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters most recently ended for which financial statements of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries are available.

Threshold Amount ” means the greater of $200,000,000 and 5.7% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period.

Total Leverage Ratio ” means the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (a) Consolidated Total Debt outstanding as of such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended or the Test Period otherwise specified where the term “Total Leverage Ratio” is used in this Agreement in each case for the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Total Revolving Credit Commitment ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments as in effect at such time. The Total Revolving Credit Commitment as of the Closing Date is $1,225,000,000.

Trademark ” means all trademarks, trade names, trade dress and logos, the registrations and applications for registration thereof and the goodwill of the business symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all renewals of the foregoing.

Transaction Costs ” means fees, premiums, expenses and other transaction costs (including original issue discount or upfront fees) payable or otherwise borne by the Parent and/or its subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions and the transactions contemplated thereby.

Transactions ” means, collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the Borrowing of Loans hereunder, (b) the Refinancing and (c) the payment of the Transaction Costs.

Treasury Capital Stock ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  6.04(a)(viii) .

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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 Eurocurrency Rate, the Alternate Base Rate, the Canadian Prime Rate or the BA Rate.

UAE Parallel Debt Claim ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  11.09(a) .

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the creation or perfection of security interests.

Underlying Debt ” means in relation to any Borrower or any other Loan Party and at any time, each obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent) owing by such Borrower or such Loan Party to a Secured Party under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including for the avoidance of doubt any change or increase in those obligations pursuant to or in connection with any amendment or supplement or restatement or novation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in each case whether or not anticipated as of the date of this Agreement) excluding such Borrower’s or such Loan Party’s parallel debt obligations under Article 11 hereof.

Unrestricted Cash Amount ” means, as to any Person on any date of determination, the amount of (a) unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) Cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are restricted in favor of the Credit Facilities and/or other permitted pari passu, senior or junior secured Indebtedness (which may also include Cash and Cash Equivalents securing other Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on Collateral along with the Credit Facilities and/or any other permitted pari passu, senior or junior secured Indebtedness), in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any subsidiary of the Parent designated by the Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 5.10 hereto or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section  5.10 .

Unused Revolving Credit Commitment ” of any Lender, at any time, means the remainder of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender at such time, if any, less the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans made by such Lender, (b) such Lender’s LC Exposure at such time and (c) except for purposes of Section  2.12(a) , such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans.

Upfront Payments ” means any upfront or similar payments made during the period of twelve months ending on the Closing Date or arising thereafter in connection with any drug or pharmaceutical product research and development or collaboration arrangements or the closing of any Drug Acquisition.

U.S. ” or “ United States ” means the United States of America.

U.S. Security Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of or about the date hereof, among the Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties party thereto, as same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

U.S. Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary incorporated or organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

U.S.  Tax Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section  2.17(f)(iii)(B)(3) .

 

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USA PATRIOT Act ” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

VPI ” means Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required scheduled payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness; provided that the effect of any prepayment made in respect of such Indebtedness shall be disregarded in making such calculation.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” of any Person means a subsidiary of such Person 100% of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by Requirements of Law to be owned by a resident of the relevant jurisdiction) are owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

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.

WURA ” means the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada).

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 “Term Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Rate Term Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Term Loan Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Rate Term Loan Borrowing”).

Section 1.03. Terms Generally . (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” The words “ordinary course of business” or “ordinary course” shall, with respect to any Person, be deemed to refer to items or actions that are consistent with industry practice or norms of such Person’s industry or such Person’s past practice (it being understood that the sale of accounts receivable (and related assets) pursuant to supply-chain, factoring or reverse factoring arrangements entered into by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course of business so long as such accounts receivable (and related assets) are sold for Cash in an amount not less than 95% of the face amount thereof). Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein or in any Loan Document (including any Loan Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or extended, replaced or refinanced (subject to any restrictions or qualifications on such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, supplements or modifications or extensions, replacements or refinancings set forth herein), (ii) any reference to any Requirement of Law in any Loan Document shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing, superseding or interpreting such

 

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Requirement of Law, (iii) any reference herein or in any Loan Document to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iv) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (v) all references herein or in any Loan Document to Articles, Sections, clauses, paragraphs, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, clauses and paragraphs of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, such Loan Document, (vi) in the computation of periods of time in any Loan Document from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including” and (vii) the words “asset” and “property”, when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including Cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

(b) For purposes of determining compliance at any time with Sections 6.01 , 6.02 and 6.06 , in the event that any Indebtedness, Lien, or Investment or portion thereof, as applicable, at any time meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of transactions or items permitted pursuant to any clause of such Sections 6.01 (other than Section  6.01(a) (in the case of Indebtedness incurred on the Closing Date)), 6.02 (other than Sections 6.02 (a) and ( t) ) and 6.06 (each of the foregoing, a “ Reclassifiable Item ”), the Parent, in its sole discretion, may, from time to time, divide, classify or reclassify such Reclassifiable Item (or portion thereof) under one or more clauses of each such Section and will only be required to include such Reclassifiable Item (or portion thereof) in any one category; provided that, upon delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or (b)  following the initial incurrence or making of any such Reclassifiable Item, if such Reclassifiable Item could, based on such financial statements, have been incurred or made in reliance on Section  6.01(z) (in the case of Indebtedness and Liens) or any “ratio-based” basket or exception (in the case of all other Reclassifiable Items), such Reclassifiable Item shall automatically be reclassified as having been incurred or made under the applicable provisions of Section  6.01(z) or such “ratio-based” basket or exception, as applicable (in each case, subject to any other applicable provision of Section  6.01(z) or such “ratio-based” basket or exception, as applicable). It is understood and agreed that any Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition and/or Affiliate transaction need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness, Lien, Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition and/or Affiliate transaction under Sections 6.01 , 6.02 , 6.04 , 6.06 , 6.07 or 6.09, respectively, but may instead be permitted in part under any combination thereof or under any other available exception.

(c) For purposes of any Collateral located in the Province of Quebec or charged by any deed of hypothec (or any other Loan Document) and for all other purposes pursuant to which the interpretation or construction of a Loan Document may be subject to the laws of the Province of Quebec or a court or tribunal exercising jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec, (a) “personal property” shall be deemed to include “movable property”, (b) “real property” shall be deemed to include “immovable property”, (c) “tangible property” shall be deemed to include “corporeal property”, (d) “intangible property” shall be deemed to include “incorporeal property”, (e) “security interest”, “mortgage” and “lien” shall be deemed to include a “hypothec”, “prior claim” and a “resolutory clause,” (f) all references to filing, registering or recording under the Code or the PPSA shall be deemed to include publication under the Civil Code of Quebec, (g) all references to “perfection” of or “perfected” Liens shall be deemed to include a reference to an “opposable” or “set up” Liens as against third parties, (h) any “right of offset”, “right of setoff” or similar expression shall be deemed to include a “right of compensation”, (i) “goods” shall be deemed to include “corporeal movable property” other than chattel paper, documents of title, instruments, money and securities, (j) an “agent” shall be deemed to include a “mandatary,” (k) “construction liens” shall be deemed to include “legal hypothecs”, (l) “joint and several” shall be deemed to include “solidary” and “jointly and severally” shall be deemed to include “solidarily” (m) “gross negligence or willful

 

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misconduct” shall be deemed to be “intentional or gross fault”, (n) “beneficial ownership” shall be deemed to include “ownership”, (o) “easement” shall be deemed to include “servitude”, (p) “priority” shall be deemed to include “rank” or “prior claim”, as applicable, (q) “survey” shall be deemed to include “certificate of location and plan”, (r) “fee simple title” shall be deemed to include “absolute ownership”, (s) “leasehold interest” shall be deemed to include “rights resulting from a lease” and (t) “lease” shall be deemed to include a “contract of leasing (crédit-bail)”. The parties hereto confirm that it is their wish that this Agreement and any other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated herein be drawn up in the English language only (except if another language is required under any applicable law) and that all other documents contemplated thereunder or relating thereto, including notices, may also be drawn up in the English language only. Les parties aux présentes confirment que c’est leur volonté que cette convention et les autres documents de crédit soient rédigés en langue anglaise seulement et que tous les documents, y compris tous avis, envisagés par cette convention et les autres documents peuvent être rédigés en langue anglaise seulement (sauf si une autre langue est requise en vertu d’une loi applicable).

Section 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP .

(a) (i) All financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature that are used in calculating the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Total Assets shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that (A) if any change to GAAP or in the application thereof (including the conversion to IFRS as described below) is implemented after the date of delivery of the financial statements described in Section  3.04(a) and/or there is any change in the functional currency reflected in the financial statements or (B) if the Parent elects or is required to report under IFRS, the Parent or the Required Lenders may request to amend the relevant affected provisions hereof (whether or not the request for such amendment is delivered before or after the relevant change or election) to eliminate the effect of such change or election, as the case may be, on the operation of such provisions and (x) the Parent and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to enter into an amendment of the relevant affected provisions (it being understood that no amendment or similar fee shall be payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection therewith) to preserve the original intent thereof in light of the applicable change or election, as the case may be and (y) the relevant affected provisions shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP and the currency, in each case, as in effect and applied immediately prior to the applicable change or election, as the case may be, until the request for amendment has been withdrawn by the Parent or the Required Lenders, as applicable, or this Agreement has been amended as contemplated hereby. Any consent required from the Administrative Agent or any Required Lender with respect to the foregoing shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

(ii) All terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to (i) any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159) (or any other Accounting Standards Codification, International Accounting Standard or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Parent or any subsidiary at “fair value,” as defined therein, (ii) any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification, International Accounting Standard or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and (iii) the application of Accounting

 

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Standards Codification 480, 815, 805 and 718 (to the extent these pronouncements under Accounting Standards Codification 718 result in recording an equity award as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the circumstance where, but for the application of the pronouncements, such award would have been classified as equity). If the Parent notifies the Administrative Agent that the Parent is required to report under IFRS or has elected to do so through an early adoption policy, “GAAP” shall mean international financial reporting standards pursuant to IFRS (provided thereafter, the Parent cannot elect to report under GAAP).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, but subject to Sections 1.04(d) , (e) and (g) , all financial ratios and tests (including the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio and the amount of Consolidated Total Assets, Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) contained in this Agreement that are calculated with respect to any Test Period during which any Subject Transaction occurs shall be calculated with respect to such Test Period and such Subject Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis. Further, if since the beginning of any such Test Period and on or prior to the date of any required calculation of any financial ratio or test (x) any Subject Transaction has occurred or (y) any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any Borrower or any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Test Period has consummated any Subject Transaction, then, in each case, any applicable financial ratio or test shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for such Test Period as if such Subject Transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets (or with respect to any determination pertaining to the balance sheet, including the acquisition of Cash and Cash Equivalents), as of the last day of such Test Period), it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that solely for purposes of (x) calculating quarterly compliance with Section  6.15 and (y) calculating the First Lien Leverage Ratio for purposes of the definitions of “Applicable Rate” and “Commitment Fee Rate”, in each case, the date of the required calculation shall be the last day of the Test Period, and no Subject Transaction occurring thereafter shall be taken into account.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraph (a)  above or in the definition of “Capital Lease”, in the event of an accounting change or a change in the application of GAAP requiring all or certain leases to be capitalized or otherwise accounted for as liabilities on the balance sheet of the applicable Person, unless the Parent elects otherwise, only those leases (assuming for purposes hereof that such leases were in existence on the date hereof) that would constitute Capital Leases (including leases that are classified as “Financing Leases” for purposes of GAAP) in conformity with GAAP on the date hereof shall be considered Capital Leases, and all calculations and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable, in accordance therewith.

(d) For purposes of determining the permissibility of any action, change, transaction or event that by the terms of the Loan Documents requires a calculation of any financial ratio or financial test (including the Total Leverage Ratio, the First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Secured Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio and the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated Total Assets), subject to the succeeding clause (e) , such financial ratio or test shall be calculated at the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in such financial ratio or financial test occurring after the time such action is taken, such change is made, such transaction is consummated or such event occurs, as the case may be.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (including in connection with any calculation made on a Pro Forma Basis), if the terms of this Agreement require (i) compliance with any financial ratio or financial test (including, without limitation, Section  6.15 hereof, any First Lien Leverage

 

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Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test, any Total Leverage Ratio test and/or any Interest Coverage Ratio test) and/or any cap expressed as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, (ii) accuracy of any representation or warranty and/or the absence of a Default or Event of Default (or any type of default or event of default) or (iii) compliance with any basket or other condition, as a condition to (A) the consummation of any transaction (including in connection with any acquisition or similar Investment or the assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness), (B) the making of any Restricted Payment and/or (C) the making of any Restricted Debt Payment, the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the election of the Parent, (1) in the case of any acquisition or similar Investment or any Disposition and any transaction related thereto, at the time of (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of) either (x) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such acquisition, Investment or Disposition (or, solely in connection with an acquisition to which the United Kingdom City Code on Takeovers and Mergers applies, the date on which a “Rule 2.7 Announcement” of a firm intention to make an offer) or (y) the consummation of such acquisition, Investment or Disposition, (2) in the case of any Restricted Payment, at the time of (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of) (x) the declaration of such Restricted Payment or (y) the making of such Restricted Payment and (3) in the case of any Restricted Debt Payment, at the time of (or on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended Test Period at the time of) (x) delivery of notice with respect to such Restricted Debt Payment or (y) the making of such Restricted Debt Payment, in each case, after giving effect to the relevant acquisition or similar Investment, Restricted Payment and/or Restricted Debt Payment or other transaction on a Pro Forma Basis (including, in each case, giving effect to the relevant transaction, any relevant Indebtedness (including the intended use of proceeds thereof) and, at the election of the Parent, giving pro forma effect to other prospective “limited conditionality” acquisitions or similar Investments for which definitive agreements have been executed, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of an adverse change in such financial ratio or test occurring after the time such election is made (but any subsequent improvement in the applicable financial ratio or test may be utilized by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Parent shall have elected the option set forth in clause (x)  of any of the preceding clauses (1) , (2) or ( 3)  in respect of any transaction, then the Parent or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to consummate such transaction even if any applicable test or condition shall cease to be satisfied subsequent to the Parent’s election of such option. The provisions of this paragraph (e)  shall also apply in respect of the incurrence of any Incremental Facility.

(f) [Reserved].

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless the Parent otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement (other than a borrowing under the Revolving Facility) that does not require compliance with a financial ratio or financial test (including any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test, any Total Leverage Ratio test and/or any Interest Coverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “ Fixed Amounts ”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio or financial test (including any First Lien Leverage Ratio test, any Secured Leverage Ratio test, any Total Leverage Ratio test and/or any Interest Coverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “ Incurrence-Based Amounts ”), it is understood and agreed that (A) the incurrence of the Incurrence-Based Amount shall be calculated first without giving effect to any Fixed Amount but giving full pro forma effect to the use of proceeds of such Fixed Amount and the related transactions and (B) the incurrence of the Fixed Amount shall be calculated thereafter. Unless the Parent elects otherwise, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have used amounts under an Incurrence-Based Amount then available to the Borrowers prior to utilization of any amount under a Fixed Amount then available to the Borrowers.

 

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(h) The principal amount of any non-interest bearing Indebtedness or other discount security constituting Indebtedness at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Parent dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.

(i) The increase in any amount secured by any Lien by virtue of the accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or a dividend in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and/or any increase in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of any fluctuation in the exchange rate of any applicable currency and will not be deemed not to be the granting of a Lien for purposes of Section  6.02 .

(j) For purposes of determining compliance with Section  6.01 or Section  6.02 , if any Indebtedness or Lien is incurred in reliance on a basket measured by reference to a percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, and any refinancing or replacement thereof would cause the percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to be exceeded if calculated based on the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA on the date of such refinancing or replacement, such percentage of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA will be deemed not to be exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing or replacement Indebtedness or other obligation does not exceed an amount sufficient to repay the principal amount of such Indebtedness or other obligation being refinanced or replaced, except by an amount equal to (x) unpaid accrued interest, penalties and premiums (including tender, prepayment or repayment premiums) thereon plus underwriting discounts and other customary fees, commissions and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount or initial yield payment) incurred in connection with such refinancing or replacement, (y) any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (z) additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section  6.01 .

(k) Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Parent pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.05. Effectuation of Transactions . Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) is made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.

Section 1.06. Timing of Payment and Performance . When payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of “Interest Period”) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.

Section 1.07. Times of Day . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Section 1.08. Currency Equivalents Generally .

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transaction ”), in a currency other than Dollars, (i) the Dollar equivalent amount of a relevant transaction in a currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on the rate of exchange quoted by the Bloomberg Foreign Exchange Rates & World Currencies Page (or any successor page thereto, or in the event such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg Page, by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Parent) for such foreign currency, as in effect at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date of such relevant transaction (which, in the case of any Restricted Payment, Restricted Debt Payment, Investment, Disposition or incurrence of Indebtedness, shall be determined as set forth in Section  1.04(e) ); provided , that if any Indebtedness is incurred (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) to refinance or replace other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars, and the relevant refinancing or replacement would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing or replacement, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing or replacement Indebtedness (and, if applicable, associated Lien granted) does not exceed an amount sufficient to repay the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, except by an amount equal to (x) unpaid accrued interest, penalties and premiums (including tender premiums) thereon plus underwriting discounts and other customary fees, commissions and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount or initial yield payment) incurred in connection with such refinancing or replacement, (y) any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (z) additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section  6.01 and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a change in the rate of currency exchange occurring after the time of any relevant transaction so long as such relevant transaction was permitted at the time incurred, made, acquired, committed, entered or declared as set forth in clause ( i ) . For purposes of Section  6.15 and the calculation of compliance with any financial ratio for purposes of taking any action hereunder (including for purposes of calculating compliance with the Incremental Cap) on any relevant date of determination, amounts denominated in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the applicable currency exchange rate used in preparing the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections  5.01(a) or ( b) (or, prior to the first such delivery, the financial statements referred to in Section  3.04 ), as applicable, for the relevant Test Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the Parent would not be in compliance with Section  6.15 if any Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars were to be translated into Dollars on the basis of the applicable currency exchange rate used in preparing the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or ( b) , as applicable, for the relevant Test Period, but would be in compliance with Section  6.15 if such Indebtedness that is denominated in a currency other than in Dollars were instead translated into Dollars on the basis of the average relevant currency exchange rates over such Test Period (taking into account the currency translation effects, determined in accordance with GAAP, of any Hedge Agreement permitted hereunder in respect of currency exchange risks with respect to the applicable currency in effect on the date of determination for the Dollar equivalent amount of such Indebtedness), then, solely for purposes of compliance with Section  6.15 , the First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Test Period shall be calculated on the basis of such average relevant currency exchange rates.

(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Parent’s consent to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market convention or practice relating to such change in currency.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rate as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating the Dollar Equivalent amount of any Revolving Loan and/or Letter of Credit that is denominated in any Alternate Currency. The Spot Rate shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rate employed in converting any amount between any Alternate Currency and Dollars until the next occurring Revaluation Date.

 

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Section 1.09. Cashless Rollovers . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, to the extent that any Lender extends the maturity date of, or replaces, renews or refinances, any of its then-existing Loans with Incremental Loans, Replacement Term Loans, Loans in connection with any Replacement Revolving Facility, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Loans or loans incurred under a new credit facility, in each case, to the extent such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing is effected by means of a “cashless roll” by such Lender, such extension, replacement, renewal or refinancing shall be deemed to comply with any requirement hereunder or any other Loan Document that such payment be made “in Dollars”, “in immediately available funds”, “in Cash” or any other similar requirement.

Section 1.10. Additional Alternate Currencies .

(a) The Parent may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans be made to the Borrowers and/or Letters of Credit be issued to the Borrowers in a currency that is not Dollars or an Alternate Currency; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class that will provide such Loans, and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Banks, in each case as set forth in Section  10.02(b)(ii)(E) .

(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., ten Business Days prior to the requested date of the making of such Revolving Loan or issuance of such Letter of Credit (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the applicable Issuing Banks, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank thereof. Each applicable Revolving Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans) or each applicable Issuing Bank (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., five Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.

(c) Any failure by a Revolving Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the applicable Revolving Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Parent, and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternate Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowing of Revolving Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit in such currency, as applicable, in which case the Parent and the Revolving Lenders shall be permitted (but not required) to amend this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as necessary to accommodate such Borrowings and/or Letters of Credit (as applicable), in accordance with Section  10.02(b)(ii)(E) . If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section  1.10 , the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Parent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the Eurocurrency Rate and/or the Alternate Base Rate is not applicable to or available with respect to any Revolving Loan denominated in any Alternate Currency, the components of the interest rate applicable to such Revolving Loan shall be separately agreed by the Parent and the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 1.11. Security Principles . The Collateral Documents, guarantee provisions hereof (including as applied to any Counterpart Agreement), and each other guaranty and security document delivered or to be delivered under this Agreement and any obligation to enter into such document or obligation in each case by any Subsidiary shall be granted in accordance with the Agreed Security Principles set forth in Schedule 1.01(d) .

Section 1.12. Additional Borrowers .

(a) From time to time on or after the Closing Date, and with three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree), subject to completion of customary “know your customer” procedures and delivery of related information, the Parent may designate any Subsidiary Guarantor as an additional Borrower (each such person, an “ Additional Borrower ”) under the Revolving Facility, an Incremental Revolving Facility, an Additional Revolving Facility or a Replacement Revolving Facility, provided that such person prior to or contemporaneously with becoming an Additional Borrower (i) is incorporated in an Approved Jurisdiction and (ii) in the case of an Additional Borrower under any Incremental Revolving Facility or Additional Revolving Facility, is approved by the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders or Additional Revolving Lenders, as applicable.

(b) Once a person has become an Additional Borrower in accordance with clause (a)  above, it (i) shall be a “Borrower” in respect of the applicable Facility and will have the right to request Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in accordance with Article 2 hereof until the earlier to occur of the applicable Maturity Date or the date on which such Additional Borrower resigns as an Additional Borrower in accordance with clause ( c)  below.

(c) An Additional Borrower may elect to resign as an Additional Borrower; provided that: (i) no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result from the resignation of such Additional Borrower, (ii) such resigning Additional Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a written notice of resignation and (iii) its obligations in its capacity as Guarantor continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect. Upon satisfaction of the requirements in sub-clauses ( i ) , (ii) and (iii)  of this clause (c) , the relevant Additional Borrower shall cease to be an Additional Borrower and a Borrower.

(d) Each Borrower hereby designates the Parent as its agent and representative. The Parent may act as the agent of any Borrower for the purposes of (i) delivering Borrowing Requests, continuation or conversion notices and other notices pursuant to Article 2 hereof (and for the purpose of giving instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of any such Loans or the issuance of any Letters of Credit), (ii) delivering and receiving all other notices, consents, certificates and similar instruments contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents and (iii) taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants and certifications) on behalf of any Borrower under any Loan Document. The Parent hereby accepts such appointment.

(e) In respect of a Loan or Loans to a particular Additional Borrower (“ Designated Loans ”), any Lender (a “ Designating Lender ”) may at any time and from time to time designate (by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Parent): (i) a substitute lending office from which it will make Designated Loans (a “ Substitute Facility Office ”) or (ii) nominate an Affiliate to act as the Lender of Designated Loans (a “ Substitute Affiliate Lender ”). A notice to nominate a Substitute Affiliate Lender must be in the form set out in Exhibit O and be countersigned by the relevant Substitute Affiliate Lender

 

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confirming it will be bound as a Lender under this Agreement in respect of the Designated Loans in respect of which it acts as Substitute Affiliate Lender. The Designating Lender will act as the representative of any Substitute Affiliate Lender it nominates for all administrative purposes under this Agreement. The Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the other Loan Parties will be entitled to deal only with the Designating Lender, except that payments will be made in respect of Designated Loans to the lending office of the Substitute Affiliate Lender. In particular the Loans, Commitments, LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure of the Designating Lender will not be treated as reduced by the introduction of the Substitute Affiliate Lender for voting purposes under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and the Substitute Affiliate Lender will be treated as having no Loans, Commitments, LC Exposure or Swingline Exposure for such voting purposes. Save as mentioned in the immediately preceding sentence, a Substitute Affiliate Lender will be treated as a Lender for all purposes under the Loan Documents and having a Loan, Commitment, LC Exposure or Swingline Exposure equal to the principal amount of all Designated Loans in which it is participating if and for so long as it continues to be a Substitute Affiliate Lender under this Agreement. A Designating Lender may revoke its designation of an Affiliate as a Substitute Affiliate Lender by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent and provided that such notice may only take effect when there are no Designated Loans outstanding to the Substitute Affiliate Lender. Upon such Substitute Affiliate Lender ceasing to be a Substitute Affiliate Lender the Designating Lender will automatically assume (and be deemed to assume without further action by any party) all rights and obligations previously vested in the Substitute Affiliate Lender. If a Designating Lender designates a Substitute Facility Office or Substitute Affiliate Lender in accordance with this clause (e) : (i) any Substitute Affiliate Lender shall be treated for the purposes of Section  2.17 as having become a Lender on the date of this Agreement and (ii) the provisions of Section  10.05 shall not apply to or in respect of any Substitute Facility Office or Substitute Affiliate Lender.

ARTICLE 2

THE CREDITS

Section 2.01. Commitments .

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:

(i) on the Closing Date (A)(1) each Rolling Term Loan of each Rolling Term Lender is repaid and discharged in full concurrently with the issuance to such Rolling Term Lender by VPI of Initial Term Loans in a corresponding principal amount and (2) all accrued and unpaid interest on the Rolling Term Loans to, but not including, the Closing Date shall be payable, but no amounts under Section 2.18(c) of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be payable in connection with such conversion; and

(B) (1) each Initial Term Lender severally, and not jointly, agrees to make Initial Term Loans denominated in Dollars to VPI in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Initial Term Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, (2) the Parent shall prepay the aggregate principal amount of the Non-Rolling Term Loans substantially concurrently with the receipt by VPI of the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans. All accrued and unpaid interest on the Non-Rolling Term Loans to, but not including, the Closing Date shall be payable on the Closing Date, and the Parent will make any payments required under Section 2.18(c) of the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the Non-Rolling Term Loans in accordance therewith and (3) upon the repayment of the Non-Rolling Term Loans of such Original Lender, accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any other amounts due and owing thereto pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, such Original Term Lender shall cease to be a Lender hereunder for all purposes; and

 

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(ii) each Revolving Lender severally, and not jointly, agrees to make Revolving Loans to any Borrower in Dollars or any Alternate Currency at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date, and until the earlier of the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the termination of the Initial Revolving Credit Commitment of such Revolving Lender in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that, after giving effect to any Borrowing of Initial Revolving Loans, the Outstanding Amount of such Revolving Lender’s Initial Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Initial Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein, the applicable Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of the Initial Term Loans may not be reborrowed; provided further that amounts in respect of Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement on the Closing Date shall be adjusted as set forth in the Restatement Agreement.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any applicable Refinancing Amendment, Extension Amendment or Incremental Facility Amendment, each Lender with an Additional Commitment of a given Class, severally and not jointly, agrees to make Additional Loans of such Class to the applicable Borrower or Borrowers, which Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender at the time of any incurrence thereof the Additional Commitment of such Class of such Lender as set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Extension Amendment or Incremental Facility Amendment.

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 Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments of the applicable Class. Each Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section  2.04 .

(b) Subject to Section  2.01 and Section  2.14 , (i) each Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith, (ii) each Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars shall be comprised entirely of Canadian Prime Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith and (iii) each Borrowing denominated in an Alternate Currency other than Canadian Dollars shall be comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Loans; provided that each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan denominated in Dollars. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) such Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be deemed to have been made and held by such Lender, and the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall nevertheless be to such Lender for the account of such domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender and (iii) in exercising such option, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to minimize increased costs to the applicable Borrower resulting therefrom (which obligation of such Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it otherwise determines would be disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of Section  2.15 shall apply); provided , further , that any such domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender shall not be entitled to any greater indemnification under Section  2.17 with respect to such Eurocurrency Rate Loan than that to which the applicable Lender was entitled on the date on which such Loan was made (except in connection with any indemnification entitlement arising as a result of a Change in Law after the date on which such Loan was made).

 

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(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall comprise an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $500,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof). Each ABR Borrowing when made shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Loan Borrowing may be made in a lesser aggregate amount that is (x) equal to the entire aggregate Unused Revolving Credit Commitments or (y) required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section  2.05(e) . At the commencement of each Interest Period for any BA Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall comprise an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of C$100,000 and not less than C$500,000. Each Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing when made shall be in a minimum principal amount of C$100,000; provided that a Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Borrowing may be made in a lesser aggregate amount that is (x) equal to the entire aggregate Unused Revolving Credit Commitments or (y) required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section  2.05(e) . 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 ten (10) different Interest Periods in effect for Eurocurrency Rate Borrowings and BA Rate Borrowings at any time outstanding (or such greater number of different Interest Periods as the Administrative Agent may agree from time to time).

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall, nor shall any Borrower be entitled to, request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date applicable to such Loans.

Section 2.03. Requests for Borrowings . Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans shall be made upon irrevocable notice by the applicable Borrower to the Administrative Agent ( provided that notices in respect of any Borrowings to be made in connection with any acquisition, Investment or irrevocable repayment, redemption or refinancing of Indebtedness may be conditioned on the closing of such acquisition, Investment or irrevocable repayment, redemption or refinancing of such Indebtedness). Each such notice must be in writing and must be received by the Administrative Agent (by hand delivery, fax or other electronic transmission (including “.pdf” or “.tif”)) not later than 1:00 p.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested day of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans (or one Business Day in the case of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans to be made on the Closing Date) and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans (other than Swingline Loans) or Canadian Prime Rate Loans (or, in each case, such later time as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent); provided , however , that if the applicable Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans having an Interest Period of other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” (A) the applicable notice from the applicable Borrower must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation (or such later time as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is available to them and (B) not later than 10:00 a.m. three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower whether or not the requested Interest Period is available to the appropriate Lenders. Each written notice with respect to a Borrowing by the applicable Borrower pursuant to this Section  2.03 shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent in the form of a written Borrowing Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower. Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section  2.02 :

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(b) the Class of such Borrowing;

(c) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(d) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(e) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing, a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing or a BA Rate Borrowing;

(f) in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or a BA Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(g) the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account or any other designated account(s) to which funds are to be disbursed (the “ Funding Account ”).

If, with respect to a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If, with respect to a Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. The Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of the Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing (x) in the case of any ABR Borrowing or Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, on the same Business Day of receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section or (y) in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing, no later than one Business Day following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section.

Section 2.04. Swingline Loans .

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to any Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50,000,000; provided that (x) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make any Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan and (y) after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and LC Exposure shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. Each Swingline Loan shall be in a minimum principal amount of not less than $100,000 or such lesser amount as may be agreed by the Swingline Lender; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Swingline Loan may be in an aggregate amount that is (x) equal to the entire unused balance of the aggregate Unused Revolving Credit Commitments or (y) required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section  2.05(e) . Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Swingline Loans may be borrowed, prepaid and reborrowed. To request a Swingline Loan, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such request in writing, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the applicable Borrower on the same Business Day by means of a credit to the Funding Account or otherwise in accordance with the instructions of the applicable Borrower (including, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section  2.05(e) , by remittance to the applicable Issuing Bank).

 

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(b) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. on any Business Day require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on the second Business Day following receipt of such notice in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount 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 Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline 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 any reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit 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 Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section  2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this Section  2.04(b) ), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower of any participation in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this Section  2.04(b) , and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the applicable Borrower (or other Person on behalf of the applicable Borrower) in respect of any Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of any sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted by the Swingline Lender to the Administrative Agent and any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that have made their payments pursuant to this Section  2.04(b) and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and thereafter to the applicable Borrower, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in any Swingline Loan pursuant to this Section  2.04(b) shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

(c) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section  2.04 by the time specified in Section  2.04(b) , the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swingline Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate from time to time in effect and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (c)  shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

Section 2.05. Letters of Credit .

(a) General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (i) each Issuing Bank agrees, in each case in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section  2.05 , (A) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the fifth Business Day prior to the Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date, upon the request of the applicable

 

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Borrower, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or any Alternate Currency issued on sight basis only for the account of the applicable Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that a Borrower will be the applicant) and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section  2.05(b) and (B) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit and (ii) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in the Letters of Credit issued pursuant to Section  2.05(d) ; provided, further, that after giving effect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, (w) the aggregate LC Exposure shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitments, (x) the LC Exposure of each Revolving Lender shall not exceed such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue Commercial Letters of Credit without its consent.

(ii) No Issuing Bank shall have an obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if (x) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, (y) customary “know your customer” requirements of such Issuing Bank with respect to the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit would be violated or (z) any law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or direct that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, at least three Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank or, in the case of any issuance to be made on the Closing Date, one Business Day prior to the Closing Date), a request to issue a Letter of Credit, which shall specify that it is being issued under this Agreement, in the form of Exhibit K attached hereto. To request an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (other than any automatic extension of a Letter of Credit permitted under Section  2.05(c) ), the applicable Borrower shall submit such a request to the applicable Issuing Bank selected by the applicable Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) at least three Business Days in advance of the requested date of amendment, extension or renewal (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank), identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, extended or renewed, and specifying the proposed date (which shall be a Business Day) and other details of the amendment, extension or renewal. Requests for the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit must be accompanied by such other information required by the applicable Issuing Bank as shall be necessary to issue, amend, extend or renew such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the applicable Borrower to, or entered into by the applicable Borrower with, the applicable Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. No Letter of Credit, letter of credit application or other document entered into by the applicable Borrower with any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit shall contain any representations or warranties, covenants or events of default not set forth in this Agreement (and to the extent inconsistent herewith shall be rendered null and void or reformed automatically without further action by any Person to conform to the terms of this Agreement), and all representations and warranties, covenants and events of default set forth therein shall contain standards, qualifications, thresholds and exceptions for materiality or otherwise consistent with those set forth in this Agreement (and, to the extent inconsistent herewith, shall be deemed to

 

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automatically incorporate the applicable standards, qualifications, thresholds and exceptions set forth herein without action by any Person). A Letter of Credit may be issued, amended, extended or renewed only if (and on the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of each Letter of Credit the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, extension or renewal, the Initial Revolving Credit Exposure would not exceed the Initial Revolving Credit Commitment. In addition, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend, extend or renew any Letter of Credit if the expiration date of such Letter of Credit extends beyond the Maturity Date applicable to the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class unless (1) the aggregate amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit expiring after such Maturity Date does not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect that are scheduled to remain in effect after such Maturity Date, (2) all Revolving Lenders and such Issuing Bank shall have consented to such expiry date, (3) the applicable Borrower shall have caused such Letter of Credit to be backstopped by a “back to back” letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank or (4) the applicable Borrower shall have caused such Letter of Credit to be Cash collateralized in accordance with Section  2.05(j) , in the case of clause (3)  or (4) on or before the date that such Letter of Credit is issued, amended, extended or renewed beyond such date. Promptly after the delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank will also deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment. Upon receipt of such Letter of Credit or amendment, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders, in writing, of such Letter of Credit or amendment, and if so requested by a Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent will provide such Revolving Lender with copies of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c) Expiration Date .

(i) Except as set forth in Section  2.05(b) , no Standby Letter of Credit shall expire later than the earlier of (A) the date that is one year after the date of the issuance of such Standby Letter of Credit (or such later date to which the relevant Issuing Bank may agree) and (B) five (5) Business Days prior to the Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date; provided that, any Standby Letter of Credit may provide for the automatic extension thereof for any number of additional periods each of up to one year in duration (none of which, in any event, shall extend beyond the date referred to in the preceding clause (B)  unless 100% of the then-available face amount thereof is Cash collateralized or backstopped on or before the date that such Letter of Credit is extended beyond the date referred to in clause (B)  above pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Issuing Bank).

(ii) Except as set forth in Section  2.05(b) , no Commercial Letter of Credit shall expire later than the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the issuance thereof (or such later date to which the relevant Issuing Bank may agree) and (B) five (5) Business Days prior to the Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date; provided that any Commercial Letter of Credit may provide for the automatic extension thereof for any number of additional periods each of up to one year in duration (none of which, in any event, shall extend beyond the date referred to in the preceding clause (B)  unless 100% of the then-available face amount thereof is Cash collateralized or backstopped on or before the date that such Letter of Credit is extended beyond the date referred to in clause (B)  above pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Issuing Bank).

(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 the applicable Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, the applicable 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

 

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equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (in respect of any Letter of Credit issued in any Alternate Currency, expressed in the Dollar Equivalent thereof). 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 applicable Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e)  of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower 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 Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement .

(i) If the applicable Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of Commercial Letters of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank) an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately following the date on which the applicable Borrower receives notice under paragraph (g)  of this Section of such LC Disbursement (or, if such notice is received less than two hours prior to the deadline for requesting ABR Borrowings pursuant to Section  2.03 , on the second Business Day immediately following the date on which the applicable Borrower receives such notice); provided that the applicable Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section  2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Loan and, to the extent so financed, the applicable Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Revolving Loan Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the applicable Borrower 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 applicable Borrower 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 applicable Borrower, 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 the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the applicable Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable 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.

(ii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section  2.05(e) by the time specified therein, such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate (or, in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in any Alternate Currency, the Administrative

 

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Agent’s customary rate for interbank advances in such Alternate Currency) from time to time in effect and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the applicable Issuing Bank submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (ii)  shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f) Obligations Absolute . The applicable Borrower’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 or herein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under any 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) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under any 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 applicable Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their respective 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 such Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse such Issuing Bank from liability to the applicable Borrower 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 applicable Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the applicable Borrower 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, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of applicable 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 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 applicable 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 . The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower in writing of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that no failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall relieve the applicable Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest . If any Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, then, unless the applicable Borrower reimburses 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

 

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Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the applicable Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement (or the date on which such LC Disbursement is reimbursed with the proceeds of Loans, as applicable), at the rate per annum then applicable to (x) in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars, Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans, (y) in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, Revolving Loans that are Canadian Prime Rate Loans and (z) in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in any other Alternate Currency, Revolving Loans that are Eurocurrency Rate Loans with an Interest Period of one month; provided that if the applicable Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e)  of this Section, then Section  2.13(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable 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 such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of an Issuing Bank or Addition of New Issuing Banks . Any Issuing Bank may be replaced with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Parent and the successor Issuing Bank at any time by written agreement among the Parent, the Administrative Agent 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 becomes effective, the applicable Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section  2.12(b )( ii) . From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced 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 any 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 issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit after such replacement. The Parent may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the relevant Revolving Lender, designate one or more additional Revolving Lenders to act as an issuing bank under the terms of this Agreement. Any Revolving Lender designated as an issuing bank pursuant to this paragraph ( i )  shall be deemed to be an “Issuing Bank” (in addition to being a Revolving Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Revolving Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other Issuing Bank and such Revolving Lender.

(j) Cash Collateralization .

(i) If any Event of Default exists and the Revolving Loans have been declared due and payable in accordance with Article 7 hereof, then on the Business Day that the Parent receives notice from the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders demanding the deposit of Cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph (j) , upon such demand, the applicable Borrower shall deposit, in an interest-bearing account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders (the “ LC Collateral Account ”), an amount in Cash equal to 100% of the LC Exposure as of such date (minus the amount then on deposit in the LC Collateral Account); provided that the obligation to deposit such Cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such 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 Parent described in Section  8.01(f) or (g) .

 

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(ii) Any such deposit under clause (i)  above shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (j) . The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account, and the applicable Borrower hereby grants the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a First Priority security interest in the LC Collateral Account. 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 the applicable 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 applicable Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders) be applied to satisfy other Obligations. If the applicable Borrower is required to provide an amount of Cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (together with all interest and other earnings with respect thereto, to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the applicable Borrower promptly but in no event later than three Business Days after such Event of Default has been cured or waived.

(k) Existing Letters of Credit . Each Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed a Letter of Credit issued hereunder for all purposes under this Agreement without need for any further action by the Borrowers or any other Person (but giving effect to the reallocation of applicant status as set forth in the Restatement Agreement).

(l) Reporting . Not later than the third Business Day following the last day of each month and on the date of any issuance of any Letter of Credit (or at such other intervals as the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank shall agree), each Issuing Bank shall provide to the Administrative Agent a schedule of the Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, showing the date of issuance of each Letter of Credit, the account party, the original face amount (if any), the expiration date, and the reference number of any Letter of Credit outstanding at any time during such month, and showing the aggregate amount (if any) payable by each Borrower to such Issuing Bank during such month.

Section 2.06. [Reserved] .

Section 2.07. Funding of Borrowings .

(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m. to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an amount equal to such Lender’s respective Applicable Percentage; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section  2.04 . The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the Funding Account or as otherwise directed by the applicable Borrower or the Parent; provided that Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of any LC Disbursement as provided in Section  2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from any Lender prior to the proposed date of any 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 applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if any Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable

 

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Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate (or, with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternate Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternate Currency, in an amount that is approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by the Administrative Agent in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency) and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the Loans comprising such Borrowing at such time. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing and the applicable Borrower’s obligation to repay the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this Section  2.07(b) shall cease. If the applicable Borrower pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, the amount so paid shall constitute a repayment of such Borrowing by such amount. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the applicable Borrower or any other Loan Party may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

Section 2.08. Type; Interest Elections .

(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect to convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type available in such currency or to continue any Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The applicable 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 based upon their Applicable Percentages and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Loans, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower shall deliver an Interest Election Request (by hand delivery, fax or other electronic transmission (including “.pdf” or “.tif”)), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower, of the applicable election to the Administrative Agent by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section  2.03 if the applicable Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or a BA Rate 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.

(c) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(d) If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, such Borrowing shall be converted at the end of such Interest Period to a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or BA Rate Borrowing, as applicable, with an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default exists and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the applicable Borrower, then, so long as such Event of Default exists (i) no outstanding Borrowing denominated in Dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the then-current Interest Period applicable thereto.

 

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(e) It is understood and agreed that (i) only a Borrowing denominated in Dollars may be made as, or converted to, an ABR Loan, (ii) only a Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars may be made as, or converted to, a Canadian Prime Rate Loan or a BA Rate Loan and (iii) a Borrowing denominated in an Alternate Currency other than Canadian Dollars may only be made as, or converted to, or continued as, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan (or such other type of Revolving Loan as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower pursuant to Section  1.10 ).

Section 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments .

(a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Initial Term Loan Commitments on the Closing Date shall automatically terminate upon the making of the Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date, (ii) the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments shall automatically terminate on the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (iii) the Additional Term Loan Commitments of any Class shall automatically terminate upon the making of the Additional Term Loans of such Class and, if any such Additional Term Loan Commitment is not drawn on the date that such Additional Term Loan Commitment is required to be drawn pursuant to the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Extension Amendment or Incremental Facility Amendment, the undrawn amount thereof shall terminate unless otherwise provided in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Extension Amendment or Incremental Facility Amendment and (iv) the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class shall automatically terminate on the Maturity Date specified therefor in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Extension Amendment or Incremental Facility Amendment.

(b) Upon delivering the notice required by Section  2.09(c) , the Parent may at any time terminate or from time to time reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 and (ii) the Parent shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class if, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, as applicable, and any concurrent prepayment of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Exposure attributable to the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class would exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class; provided that, after the establishment of any Additional Revolving Credit Commitment, any such termination or reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class shall be subject to the provisions set forth in Section  2.22 , 2.23 and/or 10.02 , as applicable.

(c) The Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce any Class or Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments under paragraph (b)  of this Section (as selected by the Parent) not later than 1:00 p.m. on or prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction (or not later than 1:00 p.m., three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, in the case of a termination or reduction involving a prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Borrowings or BA Rate Borrowings (or such later date to which the Administrative Agent may agree)), specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Revolving Lenders of each applicable Class or Classes of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Parent pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that any such notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Parent (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 any Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to this Section  2.09 shall be permanent. Upon any reduction of any Revolving Credit Commitment, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Lender of the relevant Class shall be reduced by such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such reduction amount.

 

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Section 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .

(a) VPI hereby unconditionally promises to repay the outstanding principal amount of the Initial Term Loans to the Administrative Agent for the account of each applicable Term Lender (i) commencing on September 28, 2018, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date (each such date being referred to as a “ Loan Installment Date ”), in each case in an amount equal to 1.25% of the original principal amount of the Initial Term Loans (as such payments may be reduced from time to time as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Section  2.11 and purchases or assignments in accordance with Section  10.05(g) or increased as a result of any increase in the amount of such Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section  2.22(a) ) and (ii) on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, in an amount equal to the remainder of the principal amount of the Initial Term Loans outstanding on such date, together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment. The applicable Borrower shall repay the Additional Term Loans of any Class in such scheduled amortization installments and on such date or dates as shall be specified therefor in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Extension Amendment or Incremental Facility Amendment (as such payments may be reduced from time to time as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Section  2.11 and purchases or assignments in accordance with Section  10.05(g) or increased as a result of any increase in the amount of such Additional Term Loans pursuant to Section  2.22(a) ).

(b) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Initial Revolving Lender, the then-unpaid principal amount of the Initial Revolving Loans of such Lender made to such Borrower on the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Additional Revolving Lender, the then-unpaid principal amount of each Additional Revolving Loan of such Additional Revolving Lender made to such Borrower on the Maturity Date applicable thereto and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan made to such Borrower on the earlier of (x) the 10th Business Day following the incurrence of such Swingline Loan and (y) the Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date. On the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date, each Borrower shall make payment in full in Cash of all accrued and unpaid fees and all reimbursable expenses and other Loan Document Obligations with respect to the Initial Revolving Facility then due, together with accrued and unpaid interest (if any) thereon attributable to such Borrower.

(c) If the Maturity Date in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the Maturity Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect (or will automatically be in effect upon the occurrence of such Maturity Date), such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section  2.05(d) and Section  2.05(e) ) under (and ratably participated in by Revolving Lenders pursuant to) the non-terminating or new Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments continuing at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) (in each case, after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Loans) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i) and unless provisions reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank for the treatment of such Letter of Credit as a letter of credit under a successor credit facility have been agreed upon, the applicable Borrower shall, on or prior to the applicable Maturity Date, (x) cause such Letter of Credit to be replaced and returned to the applicable

 

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Issuing Bank undrawn and marked “cancelled”, (y) cause such Letter of Credit to be backstopped by a “back to back” letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank or (z) Cash collateralize such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section  2.05(j) . Commencing with the Maturity Date of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be in an amount agreed solely with the applicable Issuing Bank; provided that, at the request of the Parent, the Letter of Credit Sublimit immediately following such Maturity Date shall be no less than the Letter of Credit Sublimit immediately prior to such Maturity Date multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments immediately following such Maturity Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments immediately prior to such Maturity Date.

(d) 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.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) 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 or the Issuing Banks and each Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s share thereof.

(f) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (d)  or ( e) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein (absent manifest error); provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any manifest error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the applicable Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided , further , that in the event of any inconsistency between the accounts maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (e)  of this Section and any Lender’s records, the accounts of the Administrative Agent shall govern.

(g) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a Promissory Note. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Promissory Note payable to such Lender and its registered permitted assigns; it being understood and agreed that such Lender (and/or its applicable permitted assign) shall be required to return such Promissory Note to the applicable Borrower in accordance with Section  10.05(b )( iii) and upon the occurrence of the Termination Date (or as promptly thereafter as practicable). If any Lender loses the original copy of its Promissory Note, it shall execute an affidavit of loss containing a customary indemnification provision that is reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Borrower. The obligation of each Lender to execute an affidavit of loss containing a customary indemnification provision that is reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Borrower shall survive the Termination Date.

Section 2.11. Prepayment of Loans .

(a) Optional Prepayments .

(i) Upon prior notice in accordance with paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section, the applicable Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing of Term Loans of one or more Classes (such Class or Classes to be selected by the applicable Borrower in its sole discretion) in whole or in part without premium or penalty (but subject to (A) in the case of Initial Term Loans only, Section  2.12(f) and (B) if applicable, Section  2.16 ). Each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages of the relevant Class.

 

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(ii) Upon prior notice in accordance with paragraph (a )( iii) of this Section, the applicable Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing of Revolving Loans of any Class or any Borrowing of Swingline Loans, including any Additional Revolving Loans, in whole or in part without premium or penalty (but subject to Section  2.16 ). Prepayments made pursuant to this Section  2.11(a )( ii) , first, shall be applied ratably to the Swingline Loans and to outstanding LC Disbursements and second, shall be applied ratably to the outstanding Revolving Loans, including any Additional Revolving Loans of the relevant Class.

(iii) The applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of a prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) in writing of any prepayment under this Section  2.11(a)  (A) in the case of a prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or a BA Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (B) in the case of a prepayment of an ABR Borrowing or a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment or (C) in the case of a prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment (or, in each case, such later date or time to which the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree). Each such notice shall be irrevocable (except as set forth in the proviso to this sentence) and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that a notice of prepayment delivered by the applicable Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other transactions or other conditional events, in which case such notice may be revoked by the applicable Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied and/or the applicable Borrower may delay or rescind such notice until such condition is satisfied. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to any Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the relevant Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of a Borrowing of the same Type and Class as provided in Section  2.02(c) or such lesser amount that is then outstanding with respect to such Borrowing being repaid. Each prepayment of Term Loans shall be applied to the Class or Classes of Term Loans specified by the applicable Borrower in the applicable prepayment notice, and each prepayment of Term Loans of such Class or Classes made pursuant to this Section  2.11(a) shall be applied against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Term Loans of such Class or Classes in the manner specified by the applicable Borrower or, if not so specified on or prior to the date of such optional prepayment, in direct order of maturity.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments .

(i) No later than the fifth Business Day after the date on which the financial statements with respect to each Fiscal Year of the Parent are delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(b) , commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2018, the applicable Borrowers shall prepay Subject Loans in accordance with clause (vi)  below in an aggregate principal amount (the “ ECF Prepayment Amount ”) equal to (A) the Required Excess Cash Flow Percentage of Excess Cash Flow of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Excess Cash Flow Period then most recently ended (this clause (A) , the “ Base ECF Prepayment Amount ”) minus (B) at the option of the Parent, to the extent occurring during such Excess Cash Flow Period (or occurring after such Excess Cash Flow Period and prior to the date of the applicable Excess Cash Flow payment), and without duplication (including duplication of any amounts deducted in any prior Excess Cash Flow Period), the following (collectively, the “ ECF Deductions ”):

 

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(1) the aggregate principal amount of any Term Loans and Revolving Loans prepaid pursuant to Section  2.11(a) ;

(2) the aggregate principal amount of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, Replacement Debt and/or any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section  6.01 to the extent secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit Facilities, voluntarily prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or otherwise retired (or contractually committed to be prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or otherwise retired); and

(3) the amount of any reduction in the outstanding amount of any Term Loans, Incremental Equivalent Debt, Replacement Debt and/or any other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section  6.01 to the extent secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Credit Facilities, resulting from any purchase or assignment made in accordance with Section  10.05(g) of this Agreement (including in connection with any Dutch Auction) (with respect to Term Loans) and any equivalent provisions with respect to any Incremental Equivalent Debt, Replacement Debt and/or such other Indebtedness;

in the case of each of clauses (1) - (3) , (I) excluding any such payments, prepayments and expenditures made during such Fiscal Year that reduced the amount required to be prepaid pursuant to this Section  2.11(b)( i ) in the prior Fiscal Year, (II) in the case of any prepayment of revolving Indebtedness, to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction in the relevant commitment, (III) to the extent that such payments, prepayments and expenditures were not financed with the proceeds of other long-term funded Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness) of the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries and (IV) in each case under clause (3)  above, based upon the actual amount of cash paid in connection with any relevant purchase or assignment; provided that no prepayment under this Section  2.11(b)( i ) shall be required unless the principal amount of Subject Loans required to be prepaid exceeds $50,000,000 (and, in such case, only such amount in excess of $50,000,000 shall be required to be prepaid); provided , further , that if at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Parent (or any Restricted Subsidiary) is also required to prepay, repurchase or offer to prepay or repurchase any Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis (without regard to the control of remedies) with any Secured Obligation pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness (such Indebtedness required to be so prepaid or repurchased or offered to be so prepaid or repurchased, “ Other Applicable Indebtedness ”) with any portion of the ECF Prepayment Amount, then the applicable Borrowers may apply such portion of the ECF Prepayment Amount on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Subject Loans and the relevant Other Applicable Indebtedness (or accreted amount if such Other Applicable Indebtedness is issued with original issue discount) at such time) to the prepayment of the Subject Loans and to the prepayment of the relevant Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Subject Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section  2.11(b)( i ) shall be reduced accordingly; it being understood that (1) the portion of such ECF Prepayment Amount allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the portion of such ECF Prepayment Amount required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and

 

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the remaining amount, if any, of such ECF Prepayment Amount shall be allocated to the Subject Loans in accordance with the terms hereof and (2) to the extent the holders of the Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such Indebtedness prepaid or repurchased, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Subject Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.

(ii) No later than the fifth Business Day following the receipt of Net Proceeds in respect of any Prepayment Asset Sale or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds that are Material Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, in each case, in excess of $200,000,000 in any Fiscal Year (disregarding Net Proceeds of up to $75,000,000 received in respect of Exclusive Licenses in such Fiscal Year), the applicable Borrowers shall apply an amount equal to the Required Net Proceeds Percentage of such Net Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received with respect thereto in excess of such thresholds (collectively, the “ Subject Proceeds ”; and any Net Proceeds in respect of any Prepayment Asset Sale or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds that do not constitute Subject Proceeds, the “ Excluded Proceeds ”) to prepay the outstanding principal amount of Subject Loans in accordance with clause (vi)  below; provided that (A) the Borrowers shall not be required to make a mandatory prepayment under this clause (ii)  in respect of the Subject Proceeds to the extent (x) the Subject Proceeds are so reinvested within 12 months following receipt thereof (the “ Reinvestment Period ”) or (y) the Parent or any of its subsidiaries has contractually committed to so reinvest the Subject Proceeds during such Reinvestment Period and the Subject Proceeds are so reinvested within six months after the expiration of such Reinvestment Period; provided , however, that if the Subject Proceeds have not been so reinvested prior to the expiration of the applicable period, the applicable Borrowers shall promptly prepay the outstanding principal amount of Subject Loans with the Subject Proceeds not so reinvested as set forth above (without regard to the immediately preceding proviso) ( provided that the Parent may elect to deem certain expenditures that would otherwise be permissible reinvestments but that occurred prior to the receipt of the applicable Net Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (as applicable) as having been reinvested in accordance with the provisions of this Section  2.11(b)(ii) , but only to the extent such deemed expenditure shall have been made no earlier than (x) in the case of Net Proceeds, the earlier of the execution of a definitive agreement with respect to such Prepayment Asset Sale or the consummation of the applicable Disposition and (y) in the case of Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, the occurrence of the event in respect of which such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds were received) and (B) if, at the time that any such prepayment would be required hereunder, the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is required to repay or repurchase (or offer to repay or repurchase) any Other Applicable Indebtedness, then the relevant Person may apply the Subject Proceeds on a pro rata basis to the prepayment of the Subject Loans and to the repurchase or repayment of the Other Applicable Indebtedness (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Subject Loans and the Other Applicable Indebtedness (or accreted amount if such Other Applicable Indebtedness is issued with original issue discount) at such time); it being understood that (1) the portion of the Subject Proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of the Subject Proceeds required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof (and the remaining amount, if any, of the Subject Proceeds shall be allocated to the Subject Loans in accordance with the terms hereof), and the amount of the prepayment of the Subject Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section  2.11(b)(ii) shall be reduced accordingly and (2) to the extent the holders of the Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such Indebtedness prepaid or repurchased, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within ten Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Subject Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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(iii) In the event that the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives Net Proceeds from the issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than with respect to Indebtedness permitted under Section  6.01 , except to the extent the relevant Indebtedness constitutes Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section  6.01(p) or Replacement Term Loans incurred to refinance Initial Term Loans in accordance with the requirements of Section  10.02(c) ), the applicable Borrowers shall, substantially simultaneously with (and in any event not later than two Business Days thereafter) the receipt of such Net Proceeds by the Parent or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary, apply an amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the relevant Initial Term Loans in accordance with clause (vi)  below;

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Section  2.11(b) to the contrary, (A) the Borrowers shall not be required to prepay any amount that would otherwise be required to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.11(b)( i ) or (ii)  above to the extent that the relevant Excess Cash Flow is generated by any Foreign Subsidiary, the relevant Prepayment Asset Sale is consummated by any Foreign Subsidiary or the relevant Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds are received by any Foreign Subsidiary, as the case may be, for so long as the Parent determines in good faith that the repatriation to the applicable Borrower of any such amount would be prohibited or delayed (beyond the time period during which such prepayment is otherwise required to be made pursuant to Section  2.11(b)( i ) or (ii)  above) under any Requirement of Law or conflict with the fiduciary duties of such Foreign Subsidiary’s directors, or result in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a material risk of personal or criminal liability for any officer, director, employee, manager, member of management or consultant of such Foreign Subsidiary (including on account of financial assistance, corporate benefit, thin capitalization, capital maintenance or similar considerations); it being understood and agreed that (i) solely within 365 days following the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period or the event giving rise to the relevant Subject Proceeds, the applicable Borrower shall take all commercially reasonable actions required by applicable Requirements of Law to permit such repatriation and (ii) if the repatriation of the relevant affected Excess Cash Flow or Subject Proceeds, as the case may be, is permitted under the applicable Requirement of Law and, to the extent applicable, would no longer conflict with the fiduciary duties of such director, or result in, or be reasonably expected to result in, a material risk of personal or criminal liability for the Persons described above, in either case, within 365 days following the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period or the event giving rise to the relevant Subject Proceeds, the relevant Foreign Subsidiary will promptly repatriate the relevant Excess Cash Flow or Subject Proceeds, as the case may be, and the repatriated Excess Cash Flow or Subject Proceeds, as the case may be, will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional Taxes payable or reserved against such Excess Cash Flow or such Subject Proceeds, as a result thereof, in each case by any Loan Party, such Loan Party’s subsidiaries, and any Affiliates or indirect or direct equity owners of the foregoing) to the repayment of Subject Loans pursuant to this Section  2.11(b) to the extent required herein (without regard to this clause (iv) ), (B) the Borrowers shall not be required to prepay any amount that would otherwise be required to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.11(b)( i ) or (ii)  to the extent that the relevant Excess Cash Flow is generated by any Joint Venture or the relevant Subject Proceeds are received by any Joint Venture for so long as the Parent determines in good faith that the distribution to the applicable Borrowers of such Excess Cash Flow or Subject Proceeds would be prohibited under the Organizational Documents (or any relevant shareholders’ or similar agreement) governing such Joint Venture; it being understood that if the relevant prohibition ceases to exist within the 365-day period following the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period, the event giving rise to the relevant Subject Proceeds, the relevant Joint Venture will promptly distribute the relevant Excess Cash Flow or the relevant Subject

 

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Proceeds, as the case may be, and the distributed Excess Cash Flow or Subject Proceeds, as the case may be, will be promptly (and in any event not later than ten Business Days after such distribution) applied (net of additional Taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of Subject Loans pursuant to this Section  2.11(b) to the extent required herein (without regard to this clause (iv) ) and (C) if the Parent determines in good faith that the repatriation (or other intercompany distribution) to the applicable Borrower of any amounts required to mandatorily prepay the Subject Loans pursuant to Section  2.11(b)( i ) or (ii)  above would result in material and adverse tax consequences for any Loan Party or any of such Loan Party’s subsidiaries, Affiliates or indirect or direct equity owners, taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation (such amount, a “ Restricted Amount ”), as determined by the Parent in good faith, the amount the applicable Borrower shall be required to mandatorily prepay pursuant to Section  2.11(b)( i ) or (ii)  above, as applicable, shall be reduced by the Restricted Amount; provided that to the extent that the repatriation (or other intercompany distribution) of any Subject Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow from the relevant Foreign Subsidiary would no longer have a material and adverse tax consequence within the 365-day period following the event giving rise to the relevant Subject Proceeds or the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period, as the case may be, an amount equal to the Subject Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, as applicable, not previously applied pursuant to this clause (C) , shall be promptly applied to the repayment of Subject Loans pursuant to Section  2.11(b) as otherwise required above (without regard to this clause (iv) );

(v) Each Lender may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent at or prior to the time and in the manner specified by the Administrative Agent, prior to any prepayment of Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans required to be made by a Borrower pursuant to this Section  2.11(b) , to decline all (but not a portion) of its Applicable Percentage of such prepayment (such declined amounts, the “ Declined Proceeds ”), which Declined Proceeds may be retained by the applicable Borrower and used for any legal purpose permitted (or not prohibited) hereunder, including to increase the Available Amount; provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, no Lender may reject any prepayment made under Section  2.11(b)(iii) above to the extent that such prepayment is made with the Net Proceeds of (w) Refinancing Indebtedness (including Replacement Debt) incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans or Additional Term Loans pursuant to Section  6.01(p) , (x) Incremental Term Loans incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Term Loans pursuant to Section  2.22 , (y) Replacement Term Loans incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Term Loans in accordance with the requirements of Section  10.02(c) and/or (z) Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Term Loans in accordance with the requirements of Section  6.01(z) . If any Lender fails to deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent of its election to decline receipt of its Applicable Percentage of any mandatory prepayment within the time frame specified by the Administrative Agent, such failure will be deemed to constitute an acceptance of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans.

(vi) Except as may otherwise be set forth in any amendment to this Agreement in connection with any Additional Term Loan, (A) each prepayment of Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans pursuant to this Section  2.11(b) shall be applied ratably to each Class of Term Loans (based upon the then outstanding principal amounts of the respective Classes of Term Loans) ( provided that any prepayment constituting (w) Refinancing Indebtedness (including Replacement Debt) incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Initial Term Loans or Additional Term Loans pursuant to Section  6.01(p) , (x) Incremental Loans incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Term Loans pursuant to Section  2.22 , (y) Replacement Term Loans incurred to refinance all or a portion of the Term Loans in accordance with the requirements of Section  10.02(c) and/or (z) Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred to refinance all or a portion of

 

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the Term Loans in accordance with the requirements of Section  6.01(z) shall, in each case be applied solely to each applicable Class of refinanced or replaced Term Loans), (B) with respect to each Class of Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans, all accepted prepayments under Section  2.11(b)( i ) , (ii) or (iii)  shall be applied against the remaining scheduled installments of principal due in respect of the Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans as directed by the Parent (or, in the absence of direction from the Parent, to the remaining scheduled amortization payments in respect of the Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans in direct order of maturity) and (C) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Term Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages. The amount of such mandatory prepayments shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Initial Term Loans and Additional Term Loans being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Loans are ABR Loans, Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Loans of any other Type. Any prepayment of Initial Term Loans made on or prior to the Soft Call Termination Date pursuant to Section  2.11(b )( iii) as part of a Repricing Transaction shall be accompanied by the fee set forth in Section  2.12(f) .

(vii) In the event that on any Revaluation Date (after giving effect to the determination of the Outstanding Amount of each Revolving Loan, Letter of Credit and LC Disbursement) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Class exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the applicable Borrowers shall, within five Business Days of receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent, prepay the Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans and/or reduce LC Exposure in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Revolving Credit Exposure as of the date of such payment to an amount not to exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect by taking any of the following actions as it shall determine at its sole discretion: (A) prepaying Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans or (B) with respect to any excess LC Exposure, depositing Cash in the LC Collateral Account or “backstopping” or replacing the relevant Letters of Credit, in each case, in an amount equal to 100% of such excess LC Exposure (minus any amount then on deposit in the LC Collateral Account).

(viii) At the time of each prepayment required under Section  2.11(b )( i ) , (ii) or (iii) , the Parent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the amount of such prepayment in the form attached as Exhibit M hereto. Each such certificate shall specify the Borrowings being prepaid and the principal amount of each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be prepaid. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest as required by Section  2.13 . All prepayments of Borrowings under this Section  2.11(b) shall be subject to Section  2.16 and, except as set forth in the last sentence of clause (vi) above, shall otherwise be without premium or penalty.

Section 2.12. Fees .

(a) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender of any Class (other than any Defaulting Lender) a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate equal to the Commitment Fee Rate per annum applicable to the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class on the average daily amount of the Unused Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class of such Revolving Lender during the period from and including the Closing Date to the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December for the quarterly period then ended (commencing on June 29, 2018) but in the case of the payment made on such date, for the period from the Closing Date to such date) and on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class terminate. For purposes of calculating the commitment fees only, no portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed utilized as a result of outstanding Swingline Loans.

 

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(b) The Borrowers agree to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender of any Class (other than any Defaulting Lender) a participation fee with respect to its participation in each Letter of Credit, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Rate Revolving Loans on the daily face amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure attributable to its Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class in respect of such Letter of Credit (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements), during the period from and including the Closing Date to the later of the date on which such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class terminates and the date on which such Revolving Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure related to its Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class in respect of such Letter of Credit (including any such LC Exposure that may exist following the termination of such Revolving Credit Commitments) and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee, in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank for the period from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit (or if terminated on an earlier date, to the termination date of such Letter of Credit), computed at a rate equal to the rate agreed by such Issuing Bank and the Parent (but in any event not to exceed 0.125% per annum) of the daily face amount of such Letter of Credit, as well as such Issuing Bank’s reasonable and customary fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued to but excluding the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December shall be payable in arrears for the quarterly period then ended (or, in the case of the payment made on June 29, 2018, for the period from the Closing Date to such date) on the last Business Day of such calendar quarter; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class terminate, and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 30 days after receipt of a written demand (accompanied by reasonable back-up documentation) therefor.

(c) [Reserved].

(d) The Parent agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by the Parent and the Administrative Agent in writing.

(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Revolving Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances except as otherwise provided in the Fee Letter. Fees payable hereunder shall accrue through and including the last day of the month immediately preceding the applicable fee payment date.

(f) In the event that, on or prior to the date that is six months after the Closing Date (the “ Soft Call Termination Date ”), VPI (x) prepays, repays, refinances, substitutes or replaces any Initial Term Loans in connection with a Repricing Transaction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any prepayment made pursuant to Section  2.11(b)(iii) that constitutes a Repricing Transaction) or (y) effects any amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent under, this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, VPI shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Initial Term Lenders, (I) in the case of clause (x) , a premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (II) in the case of clause (y) , a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans that are the subject of such Repricing Transaction outstanding immediately prior to such amendment. If, on or prior to

 

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the Soft Call Termination Date, all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans held by any Term Lender are prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced pursuant to Section  2.19(b)(iv) as a result of, or in connection with, such Term Lender not agreeing or otherwise consenting to any waiver, consent, modification or amendment referred to in clause (y)  above (or otherwise in connection with a Repricing Transaction), such prepayment, repayment, refinancing, substitution or replacement will be made at 101% of the principal amount so prepaid, repaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced. All such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction.

(g) Unless otherwise indicated herein, all computations of fees shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and shall be payable for the actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). Each determination by the Administrative Agent of the amount of any fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Section 2.13. Interest .

(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including Swingline Loans) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Eurocurrency Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(c) The Loans comprising (i) each Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Canadian Prime Rate plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each BA Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the BA Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the existence and continuance of any Event of Default under Section  8.01(a) , if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any LC Disbursement or any fee payable by a Borrower hereunder is not, in each case, paid or reimbursed when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, the relevant overdue amount shall bear interest, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal or interest of any Loan or unreimbursed LC Disbursement, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or LC Disbursement as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or Section  2.05(h) or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a)  of this Section; provided that no amount shall be payable pursuant to this Section  2.13(d) to any Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender; provided further that no amounts shall accrue pursuant to this Section  2.13(d) on any overdue amount, reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement or other amount payable to a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender.

(e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and on the Maturity Date applicable to such Loan or, in the case of any Revolving Loan, upon the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class, as applicable; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph  (d) 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 or Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loan prior to the termination of the relevant revolving Commitments), 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 Rate Loan or BA Rate 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. Accrued interest for any Class of Additional Loans shall be payable as set forth in the applicable Refinancing Amendment, Incremental Facility Amendment or Extension Amendment.

 

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(f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed for ABR Loans 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 interest computed for Canadian Prime Rate Revolving Loans and BA Rate Revolving Loans 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, Eurocurrency Rate, Canadian Prime Rate or BA Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Interest shall accrue on each Loan from the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day.

Section 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest . If at least two Business Days prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or for a BA Rate Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate or the BA Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Eurocurrency Rate or the BA Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

in each case in circumstances to which Section  2.24 does not apply, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Parent and the Lenders by telephone or facsimile as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Parent and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, which the Administrative Agent agrees promptly to do, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or a BA Rate Borrowing, as applicable, shall be ineffective and such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing or a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, as applicable (or, in the case of a pending request for conversion or continuation of a Borrowing denominated in an Alternate Currency other than Canadian Dollars, the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders shall establish a mutually acceptable alternative rate) on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Rate Borrowing or a BA Rate Borrowing, as applicable, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing or a Canadian Prime Rate Borrowing, as applicable (or, in the case of a pending request for a Borrowing denominated in an Alternate Currency other than Canadian Dollars, the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Lenders shall establish a mutually acceptable alternative rate).

Section 2.15. Increased Costs .

(a) If any Change in Law:

(i) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Eurocurrency Rate or the BA Rate) or Issuing Bank;

(ii) subjects any Lender or Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent 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) in respect of its loans, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

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(iii) imposes on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans made by any Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the relevant Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or BA Rate Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to 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 such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, BA Rate Loan or Letter of Credit in an amount deemed by such Lender or Issuing Bank to be material, then, within 30 days after the Parent’s receipt of the certificate contemplated by paragraph (c)  of this Section, the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided that no Borrower shall be liable for such compensation if (x) the relevant Change in Law occurs on a date prior to the date such Lender becomes a party hereto, (y) such Lender invokes Section  2.20 or (z) in the case of requests for reimbursement under clause (iii)  above resulting from a market disruption, (A) the relevant circumstances do not generally affect the banking market or (B) the applicable request has not been made by Lenders constituting Required Lenders.

(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding liquidity or capital 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 such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law other than due to Taxes (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then within 30 days of receipt by the Parent of the certificate contemplated by paragraph (c)  of this Section the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Any Lender or Issuing Bank requesting compensation under this Section  2.15 shall be required to deliver a certificate to the Parent that (i) sets forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a)  or (b) of this Section, (ii) sets forth in reasonable detail the manner in which such amount or amounts were determined and (iii) certifies that such Lender or Issuing Bank is generally charging such amounts to similarly situated borrowers, which certificate shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(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 no Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank notifies the Parent of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided , further , that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

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Section 2.16. Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the conversion or prepayment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or BA Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration or otherwise), (b) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or BA Rate Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (c) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan or BA Rate Loan of any Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the applicable Parent pursuant to Section  2.19 , then, in any such event, the applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense incurred by such Lender that is attributable to such event (other than loss of profit). In the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or BA Rate Loan, the loss, cost or expense of any Lender shall be the amount reasonably 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 Eurocurrency Rate or BA 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 applicable currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar or applicable interbank market; it being understood that such loss, cost or expense shall in any case exclude any interest rate floor and all administrative, processing or similar fees. Any Lender requesting compensation under this Section  2.16 shall be required to deliver a certificate to the Parent (i) setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section, the basis therefor and, in reasonable detail, the manner in which such amount or amounts were determined and (ii) certifying that such Lender is generally charging the relevant amounts to similarly situated borrowers, which certificate 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 hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Requirements of Law. If any applicable Requirement of Law requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by any applicable withholding agent, then (i) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the amount payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section  2.17 ) having been made by the applicable withholding agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank (as applicable) (or, where the Administrative Agent receives a payment for its own account, the Administrative Agent), receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) such withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.

(b) In addition, the Loan Parties shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.

 

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(c) Each Loan Party shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing Bank within 30 days after receipt of the certificate described in the succeeding sentence, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section), as applicable, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided that if such Loan Party reasonably believes that such Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Loan Party to obtain a refund of such Taxes (which shall be repaid to such Loan Party in accordance with Section  2.17(g) ) so long as such efforts would not, in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank, result in any additional out-of-pocket costs or expenses not reimbursed by such Loan Party or be otherwise materially disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable. In connection with any request for reimbursement under this Section  2.17(c) , the relevant Lender, Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall deliver a certificate to the Parent setting forth, in reasonable detail, the basis and calculation of the amount of the relevant payment or liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section  2.17(c) , no Borrower shall be required to indemnify the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section  2.17(c) for any incremental interest or penalties resulting from a failure of such Administrative Agent, such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, to notify the Parent of the relevant possible indemnification claim within 180 days after the Administrative Agent or such Lender or Issuing Bank receives written notice from the applicable taxing authority of the specific tax assessment giving rise to such indemnification claim.

(d) [reserved]

(e) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(f) Status of Lenders and Issuing Banks.

(i) Any Lender and any Issuing Bank that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Parent and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Parent or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation as the Parent or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender and any Issuing Bank, if reasonably requested by the Parent or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law or reasonably requested by the Parent or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Parent or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender or Issuing Bank is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Parent and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section  2.17(f) .

(ii) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees that if any documentation it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such documentation or promptly notify the Parent and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.

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(A) any Lender or Issuing Bank that is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “ U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank ”) shall deliver to the Parent and the Administrative Agent on or about the date on which such U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank becomes a Lender or the Issuing Bank under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Parent or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Lender that is not a U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank (a “ Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank ”) shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Parent and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Parent or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank 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) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(3) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank 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 L-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 the applicable U.S. Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the applicable U.S. Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and no payments in connection with the Agreement are effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business (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 Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 or Exhibit L-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Non-U.S. Lender/Issuing Bank may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

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(C) any Lender or Issuing Bank shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Parent and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or about the date on which such Lender or Issuing Bank becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Parent or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Requirements of 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 Requirements of Law to permit the Parent or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Lender or Issuing Bank under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or Issuing Bank 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 or Issuing Bank shall deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender or Issuing Bank has complied with such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Lender or Issuing Bank shall not be required to deliver any documentation under this Section  2.17(e) to the extent it is legally ineligible to deliver.

(g) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes (whether received in cash or applied by the taxing authority granting the refund to offset other Taxes otherwise owed) as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section  2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section  2.17 ), it shall pay the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such indemnifying party under this Section  2.17 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) of such indemnified party, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that such indemnifying party, upon the request of the indemnified party, agrees to repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event the indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g) , in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g)  to the extent that the payment thereof would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the position that the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax

 

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subject to indemnification had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(h) Minimum Interest . As part of entering into this Agreement, the parties hereto have assumed that the interest payable at the rates set forth in this Agreement is not and will not become subject to Swiss Federal Withholding Tax. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto agree that in the event that (A) Swiss Federal Withholding Tax is due on interest payments or other payments by any Loan Party under this Agreement and (B)  Section  2.17(a) is unenforceable for any reason, where payment of an additional amount would otherwise be required by the terms of Section  2.17(a) :

(x) the applicable interest rate in relation to that interest payment shall be (i) the interest rate which would have applied to that interest payment divided by (ii) 1 minus the rate at which the relevant Swiss Federal Withholding Tax deduction is required to be made under Swiss domestic tax law and/or applicable double taxation treaties (where the rate at which the relevant Swiss Federal Withholding Tax deduction is required to be made is for this purpose expressed as a fraction of 1); and

(y) the Loan Party shall (i) pay the relevant interest at the adjusted rate in accordance with paragraph (x) above, (ii) make the Swiss Federal Withholding Tax deduction on the interest so recalculated and (iii) all references to a rate of interest under the Agreement shall be construed accordingly.

To the extent that interest payable by any Loan Party under this Agreement becomes subject to Swiss Federal Withholding Tax, the parties shall promptly cooperate in completing any procedural formalities (including submitting forms and documents required by the Swiss or foreign tax authorities) to the extent possible and necessary (i) for the Loan Party to obtain the authorization from the Swiss Federal Tax Administration to make interest payments without them being subject to Swiss Federal Withholding Tax or being subject to Swiss Federal Withholding Tax at a reduced rate under applicable double taxation treaties and (ii) to ensure that any person entitled to a full or partial refund under any applicable double taxation treaty is so refunded.

Section  2.17(g) equally applies to this Section  2.17(h) .

(i) 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, any Lender or Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(j) For purposes of this Section  2.17 , the term “Requirements of Law” includes FATCA.

Section 2.18. Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Payments .

(a) Unless otherwise specified, 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 the time expressed hereunder or under such Loan Document (or, if no time is expressly required, by 2:00 p.m.) on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off (except as otherwise provided in Section  2.17 ) or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the

 

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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 to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Parent by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the applicable Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 , 2.16 , 2.17 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, round such Lender’s percentage of such Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar amount. Except as set forth in any amendment entered into pursuant to Section  10.02(b )( ii)(E) with respect to the making of Revolving Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars, all payments (including accrued interest) hereunder shall be made in Dollars. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(b) Subject in all respects to the provisions of any applicable Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent at any time when an Event of Default exists and all or any portion of the Loans have been accelerated hereunder pursuant to Section  8.01 , shall, upon election by the Administrative Agent or at the direction of the Required Lenders, be applied, first , on a pro rata basis, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank from the Borrowers constituting Loan Document Obligations, second , on a pro rata basis, to pay any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the Borrowers constituting Loan Document Obligations, third , to pay interest due and payable in respect of any Loans, on a pro rata basis, fourth , to prepay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements, all Banking Services Obligations and all Secured Hedging Obligations on a pro rata basis among the Secured Parties, fifth , to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to 100% of the LC Exposure (minus the amount then on deposit in the LC Collateral Account) on such date, to be held in the LC Collateral Account as Cash collateral for such Loan Document Obligations, on a pro rata basis; provided that if any Letter of Credit expires undrawn, then any Cash collateral held to secure the related LC Exposure shall be applied in accordance with this Section  2.18(b) , beginning with clause first above, sixth , to the payment of any other Secured Obligation due to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party by the Borrowers on a pro rata basis, seventh , as provided for under any applicable Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and eighth , to the Parent or as the Parent shall direct.

(c) If any Lender obtains payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off or otherwise) in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans of any Class or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans held by it resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans of such Class and participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender with Loans of such Class and participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for Cash at face value) participations in the Loans and sub-participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans of other Lenders of such Class at such time outstanding to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders of such Class ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans of such Class and participations in LC Disbursements or 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 apply to (x) any payment made by a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement

 

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or (y) any payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any permitted assignee or participant, including any payment made or deemed made in connection with Sections 2.22 , 2.23, 10.02(c) and/or Section  10.05 . Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Requirements of Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the applicable 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. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section  2.18(c) and will, in each case, notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section  2.18(c) shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Loan Document Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Loan Document Obligations purchased.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Lender or any 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 Lender or Issuing Bank the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank 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 Federal Funds Effective Rate (or, with respect to any such amounts denominated in an Alternate Currency, the Administrative Agent’s customary rate for interbank advances in such Alternate Currency) and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

(e) If any Lender fails to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section  2.07(b) or Section  2.18(d) , then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

Section 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section  2.15 or such Lender determines it can no longer make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans pursuant to Section  2.20 , or any Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to or indemnify any Lender, Issuing Bank or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to Section  2.17 , then such Lender or Issuing Bank shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or its participation in any Letter of Credit affected by such event, or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or Issuing Bank, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section  2.15 or 2.17 , as applicable, in the future or mitigate the impact of Section  2.20 , as the case may be, and (ii) would not subject such Lender or Issuing Bank to any material unreimbursed out-of-pocket cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or Issuing Bank in any material respect. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or Issuing Bank in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section  2.15 or such Lender determines it can no longer make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans pursuant to Section  2.20 , (ii) any Loan Party is required to pay any additional amount to or indemnify any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section  2.17 , (iii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or (iv) in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of “each Lender”, “each Revolving Lender” or “each Lender directly affected thereby” (or any other Class or group of Lenders other than the Required Lenders) with respect to which Required Lender or Required Revolving Lender consent (or the consent of Lenders holding loans or commitments of such Class or lesser group representing more than 50% of the sum of the total loans and unused commitments of such Class or lesser group at such time) has been obtained, as applicable, any Lender is a non-consenting Lender (each such Lender, a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”), then the Parent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, (x) terminate the applicable Commitments and/or Additional Commitments of such Lender, and procure the repayment of all Loan Document Obligations of the applicable Borrowers owing to such Lender relating to the applicable Loans and participations held by such Lender as of such termination date under one or more Credit Facilities or Additional Credit Facilities as the Parent may elect or (y) replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to assign and delegate (and such Lender shall be obligated to assign and delegate), without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section  10.05 ), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which Eligible Assignee may be another Lender, if any Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (A) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of its Loans and, if applicable, participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, in each case of such Class of Loans, Commitments and/or Additional Commitments, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder with respect to such Class of Loans, Commitments and/or Additional Commitments, (B) in the case of any assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section  2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section  2.17 , such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (C) such assignment does not conflict with applicable law. No action by or consent of a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of the amounts described in clause (A)  of the immediately preceding sentence. No Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) shall be required to make any such assignment and delegation, and the applicable Borrowers may not repay the Loan Document Obligations of such Lender and the Parent may not terminate its Commitments or Additional Commitments, if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Parent to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each Lender agrees that if it is replaced pursuant to this Section  2.19 , it shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption to evidence such sale and purchase and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any Promissory Note (if the assigning Lender’s Loans are evidenced by one or more Promissory Notes) subject to such Assignment and Assumption ( provided that the failure of any Lender replaced pursuant to this Section  2.19 to execute an Assignment and Assumption or deliver any such Promissory Note shall not render such sale and purchase (and the corresponding assignment) invalid), such assignment shall be recorded in the Register and any such Promissory Note shall be deemed cancelled. Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Lender’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Lender and in the name of such Lender, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion, with prior written notice to such Lender, to take any action and to execute any such Assignment and Assumption or other instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (b) . To the extent that any Lender is replaced pursuant to Section  2.19(b )( iv) in connection with a Repricing Transaction requiring payment of a fee pursuant to Section  2.12(f) , VPI shall pay to each Lender being replaced as a result of such Repricing Transaction the fee set forth in Section  2.12(f) .

 

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Section 2.20. Illegality . If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate or BA Rate (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternate Currency), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate or the BA Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or an Alternate Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Parent through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to (A) make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans in Dollars or such Alternate Currency, (B) in the case of Dollars, to convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans or (C) in the case of Canadian Dollars, to convert Canadian Prime Rate Loans to BA Rate Loans, shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Loans denominated in Dollars the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate, the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender, shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Parent that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist (which notice such Lender agrees to give promptly). Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the applicable Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or (A) if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Dollars, convert all of such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans to ABR Loans (the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component of the Alternate Base Rate), (B) if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Canadian Dollars, convert all of such Lender’s BA Rate Loans to Canadian Prime Rate Loans or (C) if applicable and such Loans are denominated in an Alternate Currency other than Canadian Dollars, convert such Loans to Loans bearing interest at an alternative rate that is mutually acceptable to the applicable Borrowers and such Lender, in each case, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans, as applicable, to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans, as applicable (in which case the applicable Borrowers shall not be required to make payments pursuant to Section  2.16 in connection with such payment) and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurocurrency Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the applicable Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted. Each Lender agrees to designate a different lending office if such designation will avoid the need for such notice and will not, in the determination of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

Section 2.21. 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 unfunded portion of any Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section  2.12(a) and, subject to clause (d )( iv) below, on the participation of such Defaulting Lender in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section  2.12(b) and pursuant to any other provisions of this Agreement or other Loan Document.

 

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(b) The Commitments, Loans and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders, each affected Lender, the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Lenders or such other number of Lenders as may be required hereby or under any other Loan Document have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any waiver, amendment or modification pursuant to Section  10.02 ); provided that any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender disproportionately and adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

(c) Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of any Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section  2.11 , Section  2.15 , Section  2.16 , Section  2.17 , Section  2.18 , Article 8 , Section  10.05 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section  10.09 ), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent and, where relevant, the Parent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any applicable Issuing Bank and/or Swingline Lender hereunder; third , if so reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or reasonably requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, to be held as Cash collateral for future funding obligations of such Defaulting Lender in respect of any participation in any Letter of Credit; fourth , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, as the Parent may request, 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; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent or the Parent, to be held in a deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of such Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the non-Defaulting Lenders, Issuing Banks or Swingline Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any non-Defaulting Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , to the payment of any amounts owing to any Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Exposure in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loan or LC Exposure was made or created, as applicable, at a time when the conditions set forth in Section  4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Exposure owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Exposure owed to, such Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to any Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by any Defaulting Lender or to post Cash collateral pursuant to this Section  2.21(c) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(d) If any Swingline Loans or LC Exposure exists at the time any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of such Swingline Loans and LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from such Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation;

 

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(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i)  above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the applicable Borrower shall, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Requirements of Law, within two Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent, Cash collateralize 100% of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure and any obligations of such Defaulting Lender to fund participations in any Swingline Loan (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to paragraph (i)  above and any Cash collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender or pursuant to Section  2.21(c) above) or make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and to the applicable Issuing Bank and/or Swingline Lender with respect to such LC Exposure and/or Swingline Loans and obligations to fund participations. Cash collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce LC Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (A) the elimination of the applicable LC Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of the Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section  2.19 )) or (B) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash collateral (including as a result of any subsequent reallocation of Swingline Loans and LC Exposure among non-Defaulting Lenders described in clause (i)  above);

(iii) (A) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to this Section  2.21(d) , then the fees payable to the Revolving Lenders pursuant to Section  2.12(a) and (b) , as the case may be, shall be adjusted to give effect to such reallocation and (B) if the LC Exposure of any Defaulting Lender is Cash collateralized pursuant to this Section  2.21(d) , then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the applicable Issuing Bank, any Lender or the Borrowers hereunder, no letter of credit fees shall be payable under Section  2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure; and

(iv) if any Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is not Cash collateralized, prepaid or reallocated pursuant to this Section  2.21(d) , then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the applicable Issuing Bank or any Revolving Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section  2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure shall be payable to the applicable Issuing Bank until such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is Cash collateralized or reallocated.

(e) So long as any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan, and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, create, incur, amend or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is reasonably satisfied that the related exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders, Cash collateral provided pursuant to Section  2.21(c) and/or Cash collateral provided by the applicable Borrower in accordance with Section  2.21(d) , and participating interests in any such or newly issued, extended or created Letter of Credit or newly made Swingline Loan shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Revolving Lenders in a manner consistent with Section  2.21(d)( i ) (it being understood that Defaulting Lenders shall not participate therein).

(f) In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Parent agree that any Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Applicable Percentage of Swingline Loans and LC Exposure of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and on such date such Revolving Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders (other than

 

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Swingline Loans) or participations in Revolving Loans as the Administrative Agent shall determine as are necessary in order for such Revolving Lender to hold such Revolving Loans or participations in accordance with its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Class. Notwithstanding the fact that any Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, (x) no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender and (y) except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

Section 2.22. Incremental Credit Extensions .

(a) One or more Borrowers (or Subsidiary Guarantors that will become Borrowers) may, at any time, on one or more occasions pursuant to an Incremental Facility Amendment (i) add one or more new Classes of term facilities and/or increase the principal amount of the Term Loans of any existing Class by requesting new term loan commitments to be added to such Loans (any such new Class or increase, an “ Incremental Term Facility ” and any loans made pursuant to an Incremental Term Facility, “ Incremental Term Loans ”) and/or (ii) add one or more new Classes of revolving commitments and/or increase the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any existing Class (any such new Class or increase, an “ Incremental Revolving Facility ” and, together with any Incremental Term Facility, “ Incremental Facilities ”, or either or any thereof, an “ Incremental Facility ”; and the loans thereunder, “ Incremental Revolving Loans ” and, together with any Incremental Term Loans, “ Incremental Loans ”) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the Incremental Cap; provided that:

(i) no Incremental Commitment in respect of any Incremental Term Facility may be in an amount that is less than $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount to which the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree),

(ii) except as separately agreed from time to time between a Borrower and any Lender, no Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Commitment, and the determination to provide such commitments shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of such Lender (it being agreed that no Borrower shall be obligated to offer the opportunity to any Lender to participate in any Incremental Facility),

(iii) no Incremental Facility or Incremental Loan (nor the creation, provision or implementation thereof) shall require the approval of any existing Lender other than in its capacity, if any, as a lender providing all or part of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Loan,

(iv) any such Incremental Revolving Facility shall either (A) be subject to the same terms and conditions as any then-existing Revolving Facility (and be deemed added to, and made a part of, such Revolving Facility) (it being understood that, if required to consummate an Incremental Revolving Facility, the Parent may increase the pricing, interest rate margins, rate floors and undrawn fees on the applicable Revolving Facility being increased for all lenders under such Revolving Facility, but additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the lenders participating in such Incremental Revolving Facility without any requirement to pay such amounts to any existing Revolving Lenders) or (B) mature no earlier than, and require no scheduled mandatory commitment reduction prior to, the Initial Revolving Credit Maturity Date and all other material terms (other than pricing, maturity, upfront, arrangement, structuring, underwriting, ticking, consent, amendment and other fees, participation in mandatory

 

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prepayments or commitment reductions and immaterial terms, which shall be determined by the Parent) shall be substantially consistent with the Initial Revolving Loans or shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that if any financial maintenance covenant or other more favorable provision is added for the benefit of any Incremental Revolving Facility, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the extent that such financial maintenance covenant or other provision is (1) also added for the benefit of any then-existing Revolving Facility or (2) only applicable after the applicable Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date),

(v) the Effective Yield (and the components thereof) applicable to any Incremental Facility may be determined by the Parent and the lender or lenders providing such Incremental Facility; provided that, in the case of any broadly syndicated Dollar-denominated Incremental Term Facility, the Effective Yield applicable thereto may not be more than 0.50% higher than the Effective Yield applicable to the Initial Term Loans unless the Applicable Rate (and/or, as provided in the proviso below, the Alternate Base Rate floor or Eurocurrency Rate floor) with respect to the Initial Term Loans is adjusted such that the Effective Yield on the Initial Term Loans is not more than 0.50% per annum less than the Effective Yield with respect to such Incremental Facility (this proviso, the “ MFN Provision ”); provided further that any increase in Effective Yield applicable to any Initial Term Loan due to the application or imposition of an Alternate Base Rate floor or Eurocurrency Rate floor on any Incremental Term Loan may, at the election of the Parent, be effected through an increase in (or implementation of, as applicable) any Alternate Base Rate floor or Eurocurrency Rate floor applicable to such Initial Term Loans or an increase in the interest rate margin applicable to such Incremental Loans; provided further that the MFN Provision shall not apply to (1) Incremental Term Facilities having an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $750,000,000 (as selected by the Parent), (2) Incremental Term Facilities scheduled to mature on or after the date that is one year after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or (3) Incremental Term Facilities incurred more than 12 months after the Closing Date,

(vi) subject to the Permitted Earlier Maturity Indebtedness Exception, the final maturity date with respect to any Incremental Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of the incurrence thereof; provided , that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to customary bridge loans with a maturity date not longer than one year; provided , that any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans shall be subject to the requirements of this clause (vi) ,

(vii) subject to the Permitted Earlier Maturity Indebtedness Exception, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Facility shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Initial Term Loans; provided , that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to customary bridge loans with a maturity date of not longer than one year; provided , that any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans shall be subject to the requirements of this clause (vii) ,

(viii) subject to clauses (vi)  and (vii) above, any Incremental Term Facility may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Parent and the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility,

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(x) (A) each Incremental Facility shall rank pari passu with the Initial Term Loans (in the case of any Incremental Term Facility) and pari passu with the Initial Revolving Loans (in the case of Incremental Revolving Loans), in each case in right of payment and security and (B) no Incremental Facility may be (x) guaranteed by any Person which is not a Loan Party or (y) secured by Liens on any assets other than the Collateral,

(xi) any Incremental Term Facility may provide for the ability to participate (A) on a pro rata basis or non-pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans made pursuant to Section  2.11(a) and (B) on a pro rata or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis, other than in the case of prepayment with proceeds of Indebtedness refinancing such Incremental Term Loans) in any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required pursuant to Section  2.11(b) ,

(xii) no Specified Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Facility (except in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or irrevocable repayment or redemption of Indebtedness, where no such Specified Event of Default shall exist at the time as elected by the Parent pursuant to Section  1.04(e) ),

(xiii) except as otherwise required or permitted in clauses (iv) through (xi) above, all other terms of any Incremental Term Facility shall be as agreed between the Parent and the lenders providing such Incremental Term Facility,

(xiv) the proceeds of any Incremental Facility may be used for working capital, Capital Expenditures and other general corporate purposes of the applicable Borrowers and their subsidiaries (including permitted Restricted Payments, Investments, Permitted Acquisitions, Restricted Debt Payments and any other purpose not prohibited by the terms of the Loan Documents), and

(xv) on the date of the making of any Incremental Term Loans that will be added to any Class of then existing Term Loans, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Sections 2.08 or 2.13 , such Incremental Term Loans shall be added to (and constitute a part of, be of the same Type as and, at the election of the Parent, have the same Interest Period as) each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans of such Class on a pro rata basis (based on the relative sizes of such Borrowings), so that each Term Lender providing such Incremental Term Loans will participate proportionately in each then-outstanding Borrowing of Term Loans of such Class; it being acknowledged that the application of this clause may result in new Incremental Term Loans having Interest Periods (the duration of which may be less than one month) that begin during an Interest Period then applicable to outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans or BA Rate Loans of the relevant Class and which end on the last day of such Interest Period.

(b) Incremental Commitments may be provided by any existing Lender or by any other Eligible Assignee (any such other Eligible Assignee being called an “ Additional Lender ”); provided that the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facility, the Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank) shall have consented (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to the relevant Additional Lender’s provision of Incremental Commitments if such consent would be required under Section  10.05(b) for an assignment of Loans to such Additional Lender; provided further , that any Additional Lender that is an Affiliated Lender shall be subject to the provisions of Section  10.05(g) , mutatis mutandis, to the same extent as if the relevant Incremental Commitments and related Loan Document Obligations had been obtained by such Lender by way of assignment.

 

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(c) Each Lender or Additional Lender providing a portion of any Incremental Commitment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Parent all such documentation (including the relevant Incremental Facility Amendment) as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to evidence and effectuate such Incremental Commitment. On the effective date of such Incremental Commitment, each Additional Lender shall become a Lender for all purposes in connection with this Agreement.

(d) As a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any Incremental Facility or the making of any Incremental Loans, (i) upon its request, the Administrative Agent shall have received customary written opinions of counsel, as well as such reaffirmation agreements, supplements and/or amendments as it shall reasonably require, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received, from each Additional Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form provided to such Additional Lender by the Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative Questionnaire ”) and such other documents as it shall reasonably require from such Additional Lender, (iii) the Administrative Agent and applicable Additional Lenders shall have received all fees required to be paid in respect of such Incremental Facility or Incremental Loans and (iv) upon its request, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of Parent signed by a Responsible Officer thereof:

(A) certifying and attaching a copy of the resolutions adopted by the governing body of the applicable Borrowers approving or consenting to such Incremental Facility or Incremental Loans, and

(B) to the extent applicable, certifying that the condition set forth in clause (a)(xii) above has been satisfied.

(e) Upon the implementation of any Incremental Revolving Facility pursuant to this Section  2.22 :

(i) if such Incremental Revolving Facility establishes Revolving Credit Commitments of the same Class as any then-existing Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, (i) each Revolving Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each relevant Incremental Revolving Facility Lender, and each relevant Incremental Revolving Facility Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed a portion of such Revolving Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to each deemed assignment and assumption of participations, all of the Revolving Lenders’ (including each Incremental Revolving Facility Lender’s) (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans shall be held on a pro rata basis on the basis of their respective Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving effect to any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to this Section  2.22 ) and (ii) the existing Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class shall assign Revolving Loans to certain other Revolving Lenders of such Class (including the Revolving Lenders providing the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility), and such other Revolving Lenders (including the Revolving Lenders providing the relevant Incremental Revolving Facility) shall purchase such Revolving Loans, in each case to the extent necessary so that all of the Revolving Lenders of such Class participate in each outstanding borrowing of Revolving Loans pro rata on the basis of their respective Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class (after giving effect to any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to this Section  2.22 ); it being understood and agreed that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to this clause ( i ) ; and

 

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(ii) if such Incremental Revolving Facility establishes Revolving Credit Commitments of a new Class, (1) the borrowing and repayment (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on any Revolving Facility, (B) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of any Revolving Facility and (C) repayments made in connection with any permanent repayment and termination of any Revolving Credit Commitments (subject to clause (3)  below)) of Incremental Revolving Loans after the effective date of such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with any then-existing Revolving Facility, (2) all swingline loans and/or letters of credit made or issued, as applicable, under such Incremental Revolving Facility shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Revolving Lenders and (3) any permanent repayment of Revolving Loans with respect to, and reduction or termination of Revolving Credit Commitments under, any Revolving Facility after the effective date of any Incremental Revolving Facility shall be made on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis with all other Revolving Facilities, except that the applicable Borrowers shall be permitted to permanently repay Revolving Loans and terminate Revolving Credit Commitments of any Revolving Facility on a greater than pro rata basis (I) as compared to any other Revolving Facilities with a later Maturity Date than such Revolving Facility or (II) to the extent refinanced or replaced with a Replacement Revolving Facility or Replacement Debt.

(f) On the date of effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Facility, the maximum amount of LC Exposure and/or Swingline Loans, as applicable, permitted hereunder shall increase by an amount, if any, agreed upon by the Administrative Agent, the Parent and the relevant Issuing Bank and/or the Swingline Lender, as applicable.

(g) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any Incremental Facility Amendment and/or any amendment to any other Loan Document with the Parent and/or the applicable Borrowers as may be necessary in order to establish new or any increase in any Classes or sub-Classes in respect of Loans or commitments pursuant to this Section  2.22 and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Parent in connection with the establishment or increase, as applicable, of such Classes or sub-Classes, in each case on terms consistent with this Section  2.22 (including with respect to the appointment of a Subsidiary Guarantor as a Borrower in respect of such Incremental Facility).

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section  2.22 (including Section  2.22(d) ) or in any other provision of any Loan Document, if the proceeds of any Incremental Facility are intended to be applied to finance an acquisition or other Investment and the lenders providing such Incremental Facility so agree, the availability thereof shall be subject to customary “SunGard” or “certain funds” conditionality (including the making and accuracy of customary specified representations in connection with such acquisition or other Investment).

(i) This Section  2.22 shall supersede any provision in Section  2.18 or 10.02 to the contrary.

Section 2.23. Extensions of Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “ Extension Offer ”) made from time to time by the Parent to all Lenders holding Loans of any Class or Commitments of any Class, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Loans or Commitments of such Class) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Parent and/or the applicable Borrowers are hereby permitted from time to time to consummate transactions with any individual Lender who accepts the terms contained in the relevant Extension Offer to extend the Maturity Date of all or a portion of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments of such Class and otherwise modify the terms of all or a portion of such Loans and/or

 

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Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Loans and/or Commitments (and related outstandings) and/or modifying the amortization schedule, if any, in respect of such Loans) (each, an “ Extension ”); it being understood that any Extended Term Loans shall constitute a separate Class of Loans from the Class of Loans from which they were converted and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall constitute a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from which they were converted, so long as the following terms are satisfied:

(i) except as to (x) interest rates, fees and final maturity (which shall, subject to clause (iii) (y) below, be determined by the Parent and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), (y) terms applicable to such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Loans that are more favorable to the lenders or the agent of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Loans than those contained in the Loan Documents and are then conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents on or prior to the effectiveness of such Extension for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders or, as applicable, the Administrative Agent pursuant to the applicable Extension Amendment and (z) any terms or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date (in each case, as of the date of such Extension), the commitment of any Revolving Lender that agrees to an Extension (an “ Extended Revolving Credit Commitment ”; and the Loans thereunder, “ Extended Revolving Loans ”), and the related outstandings, shall be a revolving commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with substantially consistent terms (or terms not less favorable to existing Revolving Lenders) as the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments subject to the relevant Extension Offer (and related outstandings) provided hereunder; provided that to the extent more than one Revolving Facility exists after giving effect to any such Extension, (1) the borrowing and repayment (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on any Revolving Facility (and related outstandings), (B) repayments required upon the Maturity Date of any Revolving Facility and (C) repayments made in connection with any permanent repayment and termination of any Revolving Credit Commitments (subject to clause (3)  below)) of Extended Revolving Loans after the effective date of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Revolving Facilities, (2) all swingline loans and/or letters of credit made or issued, as applicable, under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall be participated on a pro rata basis by all Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class and (3) any permanent repayment of Revolving Loans with respect to, and reduction or termination of Revolving Credit Commitments under, any Revolving Facility after the effective date of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis with all other Revolving Facilities, except that the applicable Borrowers shall be permitted to permanently repay Revolving Loans and terminate Revolving Credit Commitments of any Revolving Facility on a greater than pro rata basis (I) as compared to any other Revolving Facilities with a later Maturity Date than such Revolving Facility or (II) to the extent refinanced or replaced with a Replacement Revolving Facility or Replacement Debt;

(ii) except as to (x) interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premiums, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iii) (x) , (iv) and (v) , be determined by the Parent and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), (y) terms applicable to such Extended Term Loans that are more favorable to the lenders or the agent of such Extended Term Loans than those contained in the Loan Documents and are then conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents on or prior to the effectiveness of such Extension for the benefit of the Term Lenders or, as applicable, the Administrative Agent pursuant to the applicable Extension Amendment and (z) any terms or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date (in each case, as of the date of such Extension), the Term Loans of any Lender extended pursuant to any Extension (any such extended Term Loans, the “ Extended Term Loans ”) shall have substantially consistent terms (or terms not less favorable to existing Lenders) as the tranche of Term Loans subject to the relevant Extension Offer;

 

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(iii) (x) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the then applicable Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of extension and (y) no Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Loans shall have a final maturity date earlier than (or require commitment reductions prior to) the then applicable Latest Revolving Loan Maturity Date;

(iv) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any then-existing Term Loans;

(v) subject to clauses (iii)  and (iv) above, any Extended Term Loans may otherwise have an amortization schedule as determined by the Parent and the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans;

(vi) any Extended Term Loans may provide for the ability to participate (A) on a pro rata basis or non-pro rata basis in any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans made pursuant to Section  2.11(a) and (B) on a pro rata or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis other than in the case of prepayment with proceeds of Indebtedness refinancing such Extended Term Loans) in any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required pursuant to Section  2.11(b) ;

(vii) if the aggregate principal amount of Loans or commitments, as the case may be, in respect of which Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer exceeds the maximum aggregate principal amount of Loans or commitments, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the Parent pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Loans or commitments, as the case may be, of such Lenders shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) held by Lenders that have accepted such Extension Offer;

(viii) unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees, each Extension shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000;

(ix) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied or waived by the Parent; and

(x) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing.

(b) With respect to any Extension consummated pursuant to this Section  2.23 , (i) no such Extension shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory prepayment for purposes of Section  2.11 , (ii) the scheduled amortization payments (in so far as such schedule affects payments due to Lenders participating in the relevant Class) set forth in Section  2.10 shall be adjusted to give effect to such Extension of the relevant Class and (iii) except as set forth in clause (a)(viii) above, no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment; provided that the Parent may, at its election, specify as a condition (a “ Minimum Extension Condition ”) to consummating such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Parent’s sole discretion and which may be waived by the Parent in its sole discretion) of Loans or commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable Classes be tendered. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders

 

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hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Section  2.23 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any tranche of Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including Sections 2.10 , 2.11 or 2.18 ) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section.

(c) No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Loans and/or commitments under any Class (or a portion thereof), (B) with respect to any Extension of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the consent of each Issuing Bank to the extent the commitment to provide Letters of Credit is to be extended and (C) with respect to any Extension of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the consent of the Swingline Lender to the extent the swingline facility is to be extended (in each case which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). All Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall constitute Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral and guaranteed on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any Extension Amendment and such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Parent and/or the applicable Borrowers as may be necessary in order to establish new Classes or sub-Classes in respect of Loans or commitments so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Parent in connection with the establishment of such new Classes or sub-Classes, in each case on terms consistent with this Section  2.23 .

(d) In connection with any Extension, the Parent shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section  2.23 .

Section 2.24. LIBOR Replacement . If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in Section  2.14 have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in Section  2.14 have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the Eurocurrency Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Eurocurrency Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Parent shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the Eurocurrency 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 shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section  10.02 , 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, written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

On the dates and to the extent required pursuant to Section  4.01 or Section  4.02 , as applicable, each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby represent and warrant to the Lenders that:

Section 3.01. Organization; Powers . Each Borrower and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is (i) duly organized and validly existing and (ii) in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has all requisite organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted and (c) is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction) in, every jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification; except, in each case referred to in this Section  3.01 (other than clause (a)( i ) and (b) , in each case with respect to each Borrower) where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability . The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational power and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action of such Loan Party. Each Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Legal Reservations.

Section 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts . The execution and delivery of each Loan Document by each Loan Party party thereto and the performance by such Loan Party thereof (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect (except to the extent not required to be obtained or made pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement), (ii) in connection with the Perfection Requirements and (iii) such consents, approvals, registrations, filings or other actions the failure to obtain or make which would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate any (i) of such Loan Party’s Organizational Documents or (ii) Requirements of Law applicable to such Loan Party which, in the case of this clause (b)(ii) , would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) will not violate or result in a default under any material Contractual Obligation in respect of Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount exceeding the Threshold Amount to which such Loan Party is a party which, in the case of this clause (c) , would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect .

(a) After the Closing Date, the financial statements most recently provided pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), as applicable, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Parent on a consolidated basis as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, (w) except as otherwise expressly noted therein, (x) subject, in the case of quarterly financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments and (y) except as may be necessary to reflect any differing entity and/or organizational structure prior to giving effect to the Transactions.

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Section 3.05. Properties .

(a) As of the Closing Date, Schedule 3.05 sets forth the address of each Material Real Estate Asset that is owned in fee simple by any Loan Party.

(b) Each Borrower and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries have good and valid fee simple title to or rights to purchase, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all of their respective Real Estate Assets and have good title to their personal property and assets, in each case material to the business, except (i) for Permitted Liens, (ii) for defects in title that do not materially interfere with their ability to conduct their business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes, or (iii) where the failure to have such title or interest would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Each Borrower and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries owns or otherwise has a license or right to use all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and other intellectual property rights (“ IP Rights ”) necessary for the conduct of its respective business as presently conducted, and, to the knowledge of the applicable Borrower, such IP Rights do not infringe or violate the IP Rights of any third party, except to the extent such failure to own or license or have rights to use would not, or where such infringement or violations would not, reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.06 :

(a) there are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened in writing against the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(b) except for any matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Borrowers nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries has received any Environmental Claim nor, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, is any Environmental Claim threatened and (ii) neither the Borrowers nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law or knows of any basis for any liability under Environmental Laws; and

(c) neither the Borrowers nor any of their Restricted Subsidiaries have treated, stored, transported, Released or disposed of any Hazardous Material at or from any currently or formerly owned, leased or operated real estate or facility in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.07. Compliance with Laws . Each Borrower and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except, in each case where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, it being understood and agreed that this Section  3.07 shall not apply to any law specifically referenced in Section  3.17 .

Section 3.08. Investment Company Status . No Loan Party is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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Section 3.09. Taxes . Each Borrower and each of their Restricted Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it that are due and payable, except (a) Taxes (or any requirement to file Tax returns with respect thereto) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the applicable Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to pay Taxes or file Tax returns would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.10. ERISA .

(a) Each Employee Benefit Plan is in compliance with its terms and with ERISA and the Code and all other applicable laws and regulations, except where any failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) In the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.11. Disclosure .

(a) As of the Closing Date, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, all written factual information (other than forward-looking or projected information, pro forma information and information of a general economic or general industry nature (including any reports or memoranda prepared by third party consultants)) concerning the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the Transactions and that was prepared by or on behalf of the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective representatives and made available to any Initial Lender or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions on or before the Closing Date (the “ Information ”), when taken as a whole, did not, when furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made (after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto from time to time).

(b) The Projections have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrowers to be reasonable at the time furnished (it being recognized that such Projections are not to be viewed as a guarantee of financial performance or as facts and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are beyond the Borrowers’ control, that no assurance can be given that any particular financial projections (including the Projections) will be realized, that actual results may differ from projected results and that such differences may be material).

(c) As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

Section 3.12. Solvency . As of the Closing Date, immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date and the incurrence of indebtedness and obligations on the Closing Date in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, (i) the sum of the debt (including contingent liabilities) of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, does not exceed the fair value of the assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the capital of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is not unreasonably small in relation to the business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, contemplated as of the Closing Date and (iii) the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not intend to incur, or believe that they will incur, debts (including current obligations and contingent liabilities) beyond their ability to pay such debts (taking into account any refinancing thereof) as they mature in the ordinary course of business. For the purposes hereof, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be

 

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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 liability meets the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5).

Section 3.13. Capitalization and Subsidiaries . The Perfection Certificate sets forth, in each case as of the Closing Date, (a) a correct and complete list of the name of each subsidiary of the Parent and the ownership interest therein held by the Parent or its applicable subsidiaries and (b) the type of entity of each Borrower and each of their subsidiaries.

Section 3.14. Security Interest in Collateral . Subject to the Legal Reservations and the Perfection Requirements (including the Agreed Security Principles), the provisions, limitations and/or exceptions set forth in this Agreement and/or the other relevant Loan Documents (including any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement), the Collateral Documents create legal, valid and enforceable Liens on all of the Collateral described therein in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the other Secured Parties, and upon the satisfaction of the applicable Perfection Requirements (as limited by the Agreed Security Principles), such Liens constitute perfected Liens (with the priority such Liens are expressed to have within the relevant Collateral Documents) on the Collateral (to the extent such Liens are required to be perfected under the terms of the Loan Documents) securing the Obligations, in each case as and to the extent set forth therein. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty (other than any representation or warranty expressly made in such Loan Document) as to (A) the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign Requirements of Law (except to the extent a pledge of Capital Stock has been duly executed under the laws of the jurisdiction of the issuer thereof), (B) the enforcement of any security interest or right or remedy with respect to any Collateral that may be limited or restricted by, or require any consent, authorization, approval or license under, any Requirement of Law, (C) on the Closing Date and until required pursuant to Section  5.12 , as applicable, the pledge or creation of any security interest, or the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or enforceability of any pledge or security interest to the extent the same is not required on the Closing Date pursuant to Section  4.01 or (D) any Excluded Asset.

Section 3.15. Labor Disputes . As of the Closing Date, except as individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened in writing and (b) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters.

Section 3.16. Federal Reserve Regulations . No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that results in a violation of the provisions of Regulation U and Regulation X.

Section 3.17. Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws .

(a) (i) Neither the Borrowers nor any of their Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, any director or officer of any of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries, or any agent or employee of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with this Agreement, is a Sanctioned Person; and (ii) the Borrowers will not directly or, to their knowledge,

 

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indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Sanctioned Person, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, in each case in any manner that would result in the violation of applicable Sanctions by any Person party to this Agreement.

(b) Each Loan Party is in compliance with applicable Sanctions and anti-corruption laws in all material respects.

(c) No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, directly or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or any other person or entity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any other applicable anti-corruption law.

The representations and warranties set forth in this Section made by or on behalf of any Foreign Subsidiary are subject to and limited by any Requirements of Law applicable to such Foreign Subsidiary; it being understood and agreed that to the extent that any Foreign Subsidiary is unable to make any representation or warranty set forth in this Section as a result of the application of this sentence, such Foreign Subsidiary shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is in compliance, in all material respects, with any equivalent Requirements of Law relating to anti-terrorism, anti-corruption, sanctions or anti-money laundering that is applicable to such Foreign Subsidiary in its relevant local jurisdiction of organization. Without limiting the foregoing sentence, the representations and warranties set forth in this Section made by any Subsidiary resident in Germany ( Inl ä nder ) within the meaning of section 2 paragraph 15 of the German Foreign Trade Act ( Au ß enwirtschaftsgesetz ) are only made to the extent such representation and/or warranty does not result in a violation of or conflict with section 7 of the German Foreign Trade Ordinance ( Au ß enwirtschaftsverordnung ).

Section 3.18. Canadian Employee Benefit Plans .

(a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth on Schedule 3.18, the Canadian Employee Benefit Plans are, and have been, established, registered, amended, funded, invested and administered in compliance with the terms of such Canadian Employee Benefit Plans (including the terms of any documents in respect of such Canadian Employee Benefit Plans), all Applicable Laws and any applicable collective agreements. There is no investigation by a Governmental Authority or claim (other than routine claims for payment of benefits) pending or, to the knowledge of a Canadian Loan Party, threatened involving any Canadian Employee Benefit Plan or its assets, and no facts exist which could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such investigation or claim (other than routine claims for payment of benefits) which if determined adversely, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) All employer and employee payments, contributions and premiums required to be remitted, paid to or in respect of each Canadian Pension Plan have been paid or remitted in accordance with its terms and all applicable laws.

(c) No Canadian Pension Plan Termination Events have occurred that individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Canadian Loan Party owing an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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None of the Canadian Employee Benefit Plans, other than the Canadian Pension Plans, provide benefits beyond retirement or other termination of service to employees or former employees of a Canadian Loan Party, or to the beneficiaries or dependents of such employees.

ARTICLE 4

CONDITIONS

Section 4.01. Closing Date . The obligations of (i) each Lender to make Loans and (ii) any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section  10.02 ):

(a) Credit Agreement and Loan Documents . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each Loan Party party thereto (i) a counterpart signed by each such Loan Party (or written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a copy transmitted by facsimile or other electronic method) that such party has signed a counterpart) of (A) each Closing Date Collateral Document and (B) any Promissory Note requested by a Lender at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date and (ii) a Borrowing Request as required by Section  2.03 .

(b) Legal Opinions . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and each Issuing Bank on the Closing Date, a customary written opinion of (i) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, in its capacity as special New York counsel to the Loan Parties and (ii) each other special counsel to the Loan Parties listed on Schedule 1.01(c), in each case, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each Issuing Bank.

(c) Solvency . The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I , dated as of the Closing Date from the chief financial officer (or other officer with reasonably equivalent responsibilities) of the Parent in the form attached as Exhibit I hereto.

(d) Secretary s Certificates; Certified Charters; Good Standing Certificates . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date and executed by a secretary, assistant secretary, director or other senior officer (as the case may be) thereof, which shall (A) certify that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the resolutions or written consents of its shareholders, board of directors, board of managers, members or other governing body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, the borrowings and issuance of Promissory Notes (if any) hereunder, and that such resolutions or written consents have not been modified, rescinded or amended (other than as attached thereto) and are in full force and effect (provided that if the Organizational Documents of a Loan Party authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party without any such resolution or written consent, such resolution or written consent need not be attached to such certificate), (B) identify by name and title and bear the signatures of (x) the officers, managers, directors or authorized signatories of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party on the Closing Date or (y) the individuals to whom such officers, managers, directors or authorized signatories of such Loan Party have granted powers of attorney to sign the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and (C) certify (x) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization (or memorandum of association, constitution or other equivalent thereof) of such Loan Party certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party and a true and correct copy of its by-laws or operating, management, partnership or similar agreement and (y) that such documents or agreements have not been amended (except as otherwise attached to such certificate and certified therein as being the only amendments thereto as of such date), (ii) a good standing (or equivalent) certificate (if applicable) as of a recent date for such Loan Party from the relevant authority of its jurisdiction of organization and (iii) such

 

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other documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including without limitation (A) current SRL licenses in respect of each Loan Party organized in Barbados, (B) negative certificates and excerpts from the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register in respect of each Loan Party organized in Luxembourg and (C) excerpts from the applicable commercial register in respect of each Loan Party organized in Switzerland.

(e) Closing Certificate . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party (or by the Parent on behalf of each Loan Party), dated the Closing Date and executed by a secretary, assistant secretary or other senior officer (as the case may be) thereof, which shall certify the matters set forth in Sections  4.02(b) and ( c) .

(f) Fees . Prior to or substantially concurrently with the funding of the Initial Term Loans hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) all fees required to be paid by the Parent (for itself or on behalf of VPI, as appropriate) on the Closing Date pursuant to the Fee Letter and (ii) all expenses required to be paid by the Parent (for itself or on behalf of VPI, as appropriate) for which invoices have been presented at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel for the Administrative Agent that are payable under the engagement letter entered into between the Arrangers and the Parent with respect to the Credit Facilities), in each case on or before the Closing Date, which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Loans or may be paid from the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans.

(g) Perfection Certificate . The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party (or by the Parent on behalf of each Loan Party), together with all attachments contemplated thereby.

(h) Filings, Registrations and Recordings . Each document (including any UCC financing statement, PPSA financing statements, application for registration at the applicable Quebec Register or equivalent filings) required by any Closing Date Collateral Document or under law to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral required to be delivered pursuant to such Closing Date Collateral Document, shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

(i) USA PATRIOT Act . (i) No later than three Business Days in advance of the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent with respect to any Loan Party at least ten Business Days in advance of the Closing Date, which documentation or other information is required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and (ii) at least three days prior to the Closing Date, if a Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it shall deliver a Beneficial Ownership Certification.

(j) Refinancing . The Refinancing shall occur substantially concurrently with the Closing Date.

For purposes of determining whether the conditions specified in this Section  4.01 have been satisfied on the Closing Date, by funding the Loans hereunder, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that has executed the Restatement Agreement (or an Assignment and Assumption on the Closing Date) shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) the delivery of any document or instrument, and the taking of any action, set forth on Schedule 5.17 hereto shall not be a condition precedent to the Closing Date but shall be required to be satisfied after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.17 hereto, and (ii) all conditions precedent and representations, warranties, covenants, Events of Default and other provisions contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed modified as set forth on Schedule 5.17 hereto (and to permit the taking of the actions described therein within the time periods required therein, rather than as elsewhere provided in the Loan Documents).

Section 4.02. Each Credit Extension . The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension (which, for the avoidance of doubt (including for purposes of the last paragraph of this Section  4.02 but not clause (a) of this Section 4.02), shall not include (A) any Incremental Loans advanced in connection with any acquisition, other Investment or irrevocable repayment or redemption of Indebtedness and/or (B) any Credit Extension under any Incremental Facility Amendment, Refinancing Amendment and/or Extension Amendment, in each case to the extent not otherwise required by the lenders in respect of thereof) is subject solely to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) (i) In the case of a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section  2.03 , (ii) in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by Section  2.05(b) or (iii) in the case of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have received a request as required by Section  2.04(a) .

(b) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of any such Credit Extension with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Extension and excluding, after the Closing Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section  3.11(b) ; provided that to the extent that any representation and warranty specifically refers to a given date or period, it shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date or for such period.

(c) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the applicable Credit Extension, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Credit Extension shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b)  and (c) of this Section.

ARTICLE 5

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

From the Closing Date until the date on which all Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other Loan Document Obligations payable under any Loan Document (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim or demand has been made) have been paid in full in Cash and all Letters of Credit have expired or have been terminated (or have been (x) collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank or (y) deemed reissued under another agreement in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank) and all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed (such date, the “ Termination Date ”), each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby covenant and agree with the Lenders that:

 

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Section 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Reports . The Parent will deliver to the Administrative Agent, for delivery by the Administrative Agent to each Lender:

(a) Quarterly Financial Statements . Within 45 days after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending June 30, 2018, (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Parent for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and setting forth, in reasonable detail, in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, together with a Responsible Officer Certification (which may be included in the applicable Compliance Certificate) with respect thereto and (ii) a Narrative Report;

(b) Annual Financial Statements . Within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year ending after the Closing Date, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Parent for such Fiscal Year and setting forth, in reasonable detail, in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements, (A) a report thereon of an independent certified public accountant (or accountants) of recognized national standing or another accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which report shall not be subject to a “going concern” or scope of audit qualification (except for any such qualification pertaining to, or disclosure of an exception or qualification resulting from, the maturity (or impending maturity) of any Indebtedness under this Agreement occurring within one year of the date of delivery of the relevant audit opinion or any anticipated breach of the Financial Covenant), and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Parent as at the dates indicated and its income and cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP and (B) a Narrative Report;

(c) Compliance Certificate; Unrestricted Subsidiaries . (i) Within 5 Business Days after the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or 5.01(b) with respect to any Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as applicable, a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate and (ii) within 5 Business Days after the delivery of financial statements of the Parent pursuant to Section  5.01(b) , (A) a summary (which may be in footnote form) of the pro forma adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such financial statements and (B) a list identifying each subsidiary of the Parent as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such financial statements or confirming that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date and the most recent prior delivery of such information;

(d) Financial Plan . As soon as practicable and in any event no later than 90 days subsequent to the beginning of each Fiscal Year (beginning with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2019), a consolidated plan and financial forecast for such Fiscal Year, including forecasted consolidated statements of income of Parent for each Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year (it being understood that the forecasted financial information is not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Financial Plan may differ from such forecasted financial information and that such differences may be material).

(e) Notice of Default or Event of Default . Promptly upon any Responsible Officer of the Parent obtaining knowledge of (i) any Default or Event of Default or (ii) the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences or would reasonably be expected to cause or evidence, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a reasonably detailed notice specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change and what action the Parent has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

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(f) Notice of Litigation . Promptly upon any Responsible Officer of the Parent obtaining knowledge of (i) the institution of any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent or (ii) any material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clauses (i) or (ii), would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, written notice thereof by the Parent together with such other non-privileged information as may be reasonably available to the Loan Parties to enable the Lenders to evaluate such matters;

(g) ERISA . Promptly upon any Responsible Officer of the Parent becoming aware of the occurrence of any ERISA Event that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a written notice specifying the nature thereof;

(h) [Reserved] ;

(i) Information Regarding Collateral . Promptly (and, in any event, within 90 days of the relevant change or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree) written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name, (ii) in any Loan Party’s type of organization, (iii) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization or (iv) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number, in each case to the extent such information is necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to perfect or maintain the perfection and priority of its security interest in the Collateral of the relevant Loan Party;

(j) Certain Reports . Promptly upon their becoming publicly available and without duplication of any obligations with respect to any such information that is otherwise required to be delivered under the provisions of any Loan Document, copies of (i) all financial statements, material reports, material notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the Parent to its security holders acting in such capacity and (ii) all material regular and periodic reports and all material registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the SEC or any analogous governmental or private regulatory authority with jurisdiction over matters relating to securities (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8 or a similar form); provided that no such delivery shall be required hereunder with respect to any of the foregoing to the extent that such are publicly available via EDGAR; and

(k) Canadian Employee Benefit Plans . Promptly upon any Responsible Officer of the Parent obtaining knowledge of: (1) a Canadian Pension Plan Termination Event; (2) the failure to make a required contribution to or payment under any Canadian Pension Plan when due; (3) the occurrence of any event which is reasonably likely to result in a Canadian Loan Party incurring any liability, fine or penalty with respect to any Canadian Employee Benefit Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (4) the establishment of any material new Canadian Employee Benefit Plans or (5) any change to an existing Canadian Employee Benefit Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; in the notice to the Administrative Agent of the foregoing, copies of all documentation relating thereto as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request shall be provided; and

(l) Other Information . Such other certificates, reports and information (financial or otherwise) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time regarding the financial condition or business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries or compliance with applicable “know your customer” requirements under the PATRIOT Act or other applicable anti-money laundering laws; provided , however , that neither the Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to disclose or

 

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provide any information (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective customers and/or suppliers, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives) is prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law, (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) in respect of which the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary owes confidentiality obligations to any third party ( provided such confidentiality obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of the requirements of this Section  5.01(l) ); provided , further , that in the event the Parent does not provide any certificate, report or information requested pursuant to this Section  5.01(l) in reliance on the preceding proviso, the Parent shall provide notice to the Administrative Agent that such certificate, report or information is being withheld and the Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to describe, to the extent both feasible and permitted under applicable Requirements of Law or confidentiality obligations, or without waiving such privilege, as applicable, the applicable certificate, report or information.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section  5.01 may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (v) on which the Parent (or a representative thereof) (x) posts such documents or (y) provides a link thereto at the website address listed on Schedule 10.01 (as updated from time to time); provided that, other than with respect to items required to be delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(j) above, the Parent shall promptly notify (which notice may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents or a link thereto on such website and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents; (vi) on which such documents are delivered by the Parent to the Administrative Agent for posting on behalf of the Parent on IntraLinks, SyndTrak or another relevant secure 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); (vii) on which such documents are faxed to the Administrative Agent (or electronically mailed to an address provided by the Administrative Agent); or (viii) in respect of the items required to be delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(j) above in respect of information filed by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the SEC or any analogous governmental or private regulatory authority with jurisdiction over matters relating to securities (other than Form 10-Q Reports and Form 10-K Reports), on which such items have been made available on the SEC website or the website of the relevant analogous governmental or private regulatory authority or securities exchange.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a) , ( b) and (h)  of this Section  5.01 may be satisfied with respect to any financial statements of the Parent (including with respect to delivery of a Narrative Report) by furnishing Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC or any securities exchange, in each case, within the time periods specified in such paragraphs.

No financial statement required to be delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(a) or ( b)  shall be required to include acquisition accounting adjustments relating to any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment to the extent it is not practicable to include any such adjustments in such financial statement.

Section 5.02. Existence . Except as otherwise permitted under Section  6.07 or as a result of the consummation of a Permitted Reorganization, the Parent will, and the Parent will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their existence and all rights, franchises, licenses and permits material to their business except, other than with respect to the preservation of the existence of the Borrowers, to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that neither the Parent nor any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such existence (other than with respect to the preservation of existence of the Borrowers, except as otherwise permitted under Section  6.07 or as a result of the consummation of a Permitted Reorganization), right, franchise, license or permit if a Responsible

 

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Officer of such Person or such Person’s board of directors (or similar governing body) determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to the Lenders.

Section 5.03. Payment of Taxes . The Parent will, and the Parent will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay all Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income or businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues thereon; provided that no such Tax need be paid if (a) it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (i) adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions, as are required in conformity with GAAP, have been made therefor and (ii) in the case of a Tax which has or may become a Lien against a material portion of the Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of such portion of the Collateral to satisfy such Tax or (b) failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.04. Maintenance of Properties . The Parent will, and the Parent will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation excepted, all material tangible property reasonably necessary to the normal conduct of business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all needed and appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and use commercially reasonable efforts to prosecute, renew and maintain in full force and effect all material IP Rights, in each case, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or where the failure to maintain such tangible properties, make such repairs, renewals or replacements or prosecute, renew and maintain such material IP Rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.05. Insurance . Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrowers will maintain or cause to be maintained, in each case, as determined by the Parent in good faith, with financially sound and reputable insurers, such insurance coverage with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons, including, but only if required by applicable law or regulation, flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property, in each case in compliance with applicable Flood Insurance Laws. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as a loss payee, mortgagee and/or an additional insured, as applicable, thereunder as its interests may appear and (ii) to the extent available from the relevant insurance carrier, in the case of each casualty insurance policy (excluding any business interruption insurance policy), contain a loss payable clause or endorsement that names the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the loss payee thereunder and, to the extent available, provide for at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of any modification or cancellation of such policy (or 10 days’ prior written notice in the case of the failure to pay any premiums thereunder); provided that the Borrowers shall have 120 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as agreed by the Administrative Agent) to comply with the requirements of the foregoing clauses ( i )  and (ii) with respect to policies in effect on the Closing Date.

Section 5.06. Inspections . The Parent will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized representative designated by the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at which the principal financial records and executive officers of the applicable Person are located, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their respective financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their respective affairs, finances

 

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and accounts with its and their Responsible Officers and independent public accountants (subject to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures) ( provided that the Parent (or any of its subsidiaries) may, if it so chooses, be present at or participate in any such discussion), all upon reasonable notice and at reasonable times during normal business hours; provided that (x) only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section  5.06 , (y) the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time during any calendar year and (z) only one such time per calendar year shall be at the expense of the Parent; provided , further , that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Parent at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice; provided , further that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Parent nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making of copies of or taking abstracts from, or discuss any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information of the Parent and its subsidiaries and/or any of its customers and/or suppliers, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by applicable law, (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or (iv) in respect of which the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary owes confidentiality obligations to any third party ( provided such confidentiality obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of the requirements of this Section  5.06 ); provided , further , that in the event any of the circumstances described in the preceding proviso exist, the Parent shall provide notice to the Administrative Agent thereof and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to describe, to the extent both feasible and permitted under applicable Requirements of Law or confidentiality obligations, or without waiving such privilege, as applicable, the applicable document, information or other matter.

Section 5.07. Maintenance of Book and Records . The Parent will, and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account containing entries of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and permit the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

Section 5.08. Compliance with Laws . The Parent will comply, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including ERISA and all Environmental Laws), except to the extent the failure of the Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary to comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the requirements set forth in this Section  5.08 , as they pertain to compliance by any Foreign Subsidiary with Sanctions and anti-corruption Laws are subject to and limited by any Requirement of Law applicable to such Foreign Subsidiary in its relevant local jurisdiction.

Section 5.09. Hazardous Materials Activity .

(a) The Parent will deliver to the Administrative Agent:

(i) reasonably promptly following Parent becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (A) any Release required to be reported by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency under any applicable Environmental Law, (B) any remedial action taken by or on behalf of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in response to any Hazardous Materials Activity or Environmental Claim, or (C) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim, that in the case of each of clauses (A) , (B) and ( C)  above, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

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(ii) reasonably promptly following the sending or receipt thereof by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a copy of any and all written communications with respect to any Release required to be reported by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency or any Release required to be remediated pursuant to any Environmental Law, that in each case would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The Parent shall reasonably promptly take, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries reasonably promptly to take, any and all actions reasonably necessary to (i) cure any violation of Environmental Law by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and, to the extent required by Environmental Law, address with appropriate corrective or remedial action any Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material at or from any Facility, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder, where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; provided that it shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Section  5.09 if the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries are in good faith contesting such violation, liability for such Release or threatened Release or such Environmental Claim in accordance with applicable Environmental Law.

Section 5.10. Designation of Subsidiaries . The Parent may at any time after the Closing Date designate (or re-designate) any subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that as of the date of designation (or re-designation) of any subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (a) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (b) the Parent shall be compliant, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Financial Covenant or (c) no Unrestricted Subsidiary shall own any Capital Stock in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent (unless such Restricted Subsidiary is also designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary simultaneously with the aforementioned designation in accordance with the terms of this Section  5.10 ) or hold any Indebtedness of or any Lien on any property of the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries (unless the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted hereunder to incur such Indebtedness or grant such Lien in favor of such Unrestricted Subsidiary). The designation of any subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Parent therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the portion of the fair market value of the net assets of such subsidiary attributable to the Parent’s equity interest therein as estimated by the Parent in good faith (and such designation shall only be permitted to the extent such Investment is permitted under Section  6.06 ). The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence or making, as applicable, at the time of designation of any then-existing Investment, Indebtedness or Lien of such subsidiary, as applicable; provided that upon a re-designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent shall be deemed to continue to have an Investment in the resulting Restricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Parent’s “Investment” in such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such re-designation less (b) the portion of the fair market value of the net assets of such Restricted Subsidiary attributable to the Parent’s equity therein at the time of such re-designation. As of the Closing Date, the subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.10 hereto have been designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

Section 5.11. Use of Proceeds . The Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans on and after the Closing Date, to finance the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Borrowers and their subsidiaries (including to consummate the Refinancing and for capital expenditures, acquisitions, working capital and/or purchase price adjustments, the payment of transaction

 

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fees and expenses, other Investments, Restricted Payments, Restricted Debt Payments and any other purpose not prohibited by the terms of the Loan Documents). The Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Swingline Loans made after the Closing Date to finance the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Borrowers and its subsidiaries and any other purpose not prohibited by the terms of the Loan Documents. VPI shall use the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (i) to effect all or a portion of the Refinancing, (ii) to finance all or a portion of the Transactions (including the payment of Transaction Costs) and (iii) for general corporate purposes. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that would entail a violation of Regulation U. The applicable Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (including for Restricted Payments, Investments, Permitted Acquisitions and any other purpose not prohibited by the terms of the Loan Documents).

Section 5.12. Covenant to Guarantee Loan Document Obligations and Give Security . Subject in all respects to the Agreed Security Principles:

(a) Upon (i) the formation or acquisition after the Closing Date of any Restricted Subsidiary (subject to Section  6.06( hh ) ) that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, (ii) the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary or (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary (including any Immaterial Subsidiary) ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary, (x) if the event giving rise to the obligation under this Section  5.12(a) occurs during the first three Fiscal Quarters of any Fiscal Year, on or before the later of (I) 60 days following the relevant formation, acquisition, designation or cessation and (II) the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(a) for the Fiscal Quarter in which such formation, acquisition, designation or cessation occurred or (y) if the event giving rise to the obligation under this Section  5.12(a) occurs during the fourth Fiscal Quarter of any Fiscal Year, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of such Fiscal Quarter (or, in the cases of clauses (x)  and (y) , such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), the Parent shall (A) cause such Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to comply with the requirements set forth in clause (a)  of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (B) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, cause the relevant Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to deliver to the Administrative Agent a signed copy of a customary opinion of counsel for such Restricted Subsidiary, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the other relevant Secured Parties.

(b) Within 120 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) after the acquisition by any Loan Party of any Material Real Estate Asset other than any Excluded Asset, the Parent shall cause such Loan Party to comply with the requirements set forth in clause (b)  of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”; it being understood and agreed that, with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset (other than any Excluded Asset) owned by any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is required to become a Loan Party under Section  5.12(a) above, such Material Real Estate Asset shall be deemed to have been acquired by such Restricted Subsidiary on the first day of the time period within which such Restricted Subsidiary is required to become a Loan Party under Section  5.12(a) .

(c) Upon the formation or acquisition by any Loan Party of any new directly-held Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (other than any Restricted Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary or to the extent the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary constitutes Excluded Securities), subject to the Agreed Security Principles, (x) if the event giving rise to the obligation under this Section  5.12(c) occurs during the first three Fiscal Quarters of any Fiscal Year, on or before the later of (I) 60 days following the relevant formation or acquisition and (II) the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section  5.01(a) for the Fiscal Quarter in which such formation or

 

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acquisition occurred or (y) if the event giving rise to the obligation under this Section  5.12(c) occurs during the fourth Fiscal Quarter of any Fiscal Year, on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of such Fiscal Quarter (or, in the cases of clauses (x)  and (y) , such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree), the Parent shall (A) cause such Loan Party to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such Collateral Documents as the Administrative Agent deems reasonably necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected First Priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Restricted Subsidiary that is owned by any such Loan Party ( provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Capital Stock of any Specified Foreign Subsidiary or Disregarded U.S. Subsidiary be required to be so pledged) and (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party, as the case may be, and take such other action as may be reasonably necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, (i) the Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time (including after the expiration of any relevant period, which apply retroactively) for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions, surveys or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets or the provision of any Loan Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary, and each Lender hereby consents to any such extension of time, (ii) any Lien required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall be subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and the Agreed Security Principles, (iii) perfection by control shall not be required with respect to assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control arrangements, including deposit accounts, securities accounts and commodities accounts (other than control of pledged Capital Stock and/or Material Debt Instruments, in each case, that constitute Collateral) and no blocked account agreement, account control agreement or similar agreement shall be required, in each case unless otherwise required pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents (subject to the Agreed Security Principles to the extent applicable), (iv) no Loan Party shall be required to seek any landlord waiver, bailee letter, estoppel, warehouseman waiver or other collateral access or similar letter or agreement, (v) no Loan Party will be required to (1) take any action or grant or perfect any security interest in any asset located outside of its jurisdiction of organization (other than with respect to Capital Stock or intellectual property filings in the United States or Canada), (2) execute any guarantee, security agreement, pledge agreement, mortgage, deed or charge or governed under laws other than the laws of its jurisdiction of organization (other than with respect to Capital Stock or intellectual property filings in the United States or Canada) or (3) make any foreign or multinational intellectual property filing, conduct any foreign or multinational intellectual property search or prepare any foreign or multinational schedule with respect to any assets of any Loan Party (in each case outside of its jurisdiction of organization, other than with respect to intellectual property filings in Canada or the United States) or enter into any source code escrow arrangement or register any intellectual property, (vi) in no event will the Collateral include any Excluded Assets (unless the relevant Loan Party shall agree in its discretion to pledge such asset in favor of the Secured Parties), (vii) no action shall be required to perfect any Lien with respect to (viii) any vehicle or other asset subject to a certificate of title, or any retention of title, extended retention of title rights, or similar rights and/or (y) Letter-of-Credit Rights, in each case to the extent that a security interest therein cannot be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC or PPSA (or similar filings in foreign jurisdictions) without the requirement to list any VIN, serial or other number and (ix) the Administrative Agent shall not require the taking of a Lien on, or require the perfection of any Lien granted in, those assets as to which the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence (including any effect on the ability of the relevant Loan Party to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course of business) of obtaining or perfecting such Lien (including any mortgage, stamp, intangibles or other tax or expenses relating to such Lien) outweighs the benefit to the Lenders of the security afforded thereby as determined in good faith by the Parent and the Administrative Agent.

 

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Additionally, (i) no action shall be required to create or perfect a Lien in any asset in respect of which the creation or perfection of a security interest therein would (1) be prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions set forth in any contract directly relating to such asset (at the time of acquisition thereof and not incurred in contemplation thereof (except if contemplated in connection with any licensing arrangement permitted hereunder)) that is permitted or otherwise not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, (2) violate the terms of any contract directly relating to such asset (at the time of acquisition thereof and not incurred in contemplation thereof (except if contemplated in connection with any licensing arrangement permitted hereunder)) that is permitted or otherwise not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, in each case, after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law or (3) trigger termination of any contract directly relating to such asset (at the time of acquisition thereof and not incurred in contemplation thereof (except if contemplated in connection with any licensing arrangement permitted hereunder)) that is permitted or otherwise not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision (in each case after giving effect to any applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable law), it being understood that the Collateral shall include any proceeds and/or receivables arising out of any contract described in this clause (other than Excluded Assets) to the extent the assignment of such proceeds or receivables is expressly deemed effective under the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable Requirements of Law notwithstanding the relevant prohibition, violation or termination right, (ii) no Loan Party shall be required to create or perfect a security interest in any asset to the extent the creation or perfection of a security interest in such asset would (A) be prohibited under any applicable Requirement of Law, after giving effect to any applicable anti-assignment provision of the UCC or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof to the extent that the assignment of such proceeds is effective under the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable Requirements of Law notwithstanding such Requirement of Law, (B) require any governmental consent, approval, license or authorization (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been obtained), after giving effect to any applicable anti-assignment provision of the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable law and other than proceeds thereof to the extent that the assignment of such proceeds is effective under the UCC, the PPSA or other applicable Requirements of Law notwithstanding such consent or restriction and/or (C) result in material adverse tax consequences or adverse regulatory consequences to any Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries or the Borrowers as determined by the Parent in good faith following consultation with the Administrative Agent, provided that this clause (C) shall not apply to any asset or property that is owned by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and that is not an Excluded Asset on the Closing Date (determined without regard to this clause (C) and the clause (12) of the Excluded Assets), (iii) any joinder or supplement to any Loan Guarantee, any Collateral Document and/or any other Loan Document executed by any Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Loan Party pursuant to Section  5.12(a) above may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), include such schedules (or updates to schedules) as may be necessary to qualify any representation or warranty set forth in any Loan Document to the extent necessary to ensure that such representation or warranty is true and correct to the extent required thereby or by the terms of any other Loan Document and (iv) (A) no Loan Party will be required to take any action required under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar law and (B) no Secured Party will be permitted to exercise any right of setoff in respect of any account maintained solely for the purpose of receiving and holding government receivables.

Section 5.13. Maintenance of Ratings . TheParent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain public corporate credit facility ratings in respect of the Credit Facilities and public corporate family ratings in respect of the Parent from S&P and Moody’s; provided that in no event shall the Parent be required to maintain any specific rating with any such agency.

 

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Section 5.14. [Reserved] .

Section 5.15. Further Assurances . Promptly upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent and subject to the limitations described in Section  5.12 (but only to the extent required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, and in all cases subject to the Agreed Security Principles):

(a) the Borrowers will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements, instruments, certificates, notices and acknowledgments and take all such further actions (including the filing and recordation of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and/or amendments thereto and other documents), that may be required under any applicable law and which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to ensure the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created under the Collateral Documents, all at the expense of the relevant Loan Parties.

(b) the Borrowers will, and will cause each other Loan Party to, (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts (including notices to third parties), deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to ensure the creation and perfection of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents.

Section 5.16. Conduct of Business . The Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall engage only in those material lines of business that consist of (a) the businesses engaged (or proposed to be engaged) in by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date, reasonably related, similar, incidental, complementary, ancillary, corollary, synergistic or related businesses, and/or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of such businesses and (b) such other lines of business to which the Administrative Agent may consent.

Section 5.17. Post-Closing Actions . The Borrowers shall take the actions set forth on Schedule 5.17 within the applicable time periods specified thereon (or by such later time as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree). It is understood and agreed that this Section, and the actions required to be taken pursuant hereto, shall supersede and replace the requirements of Section 7 of that certain Amendment No. 17 to the Existing Credit Agreement dated as of April 19, 2018. Each Secured Party authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to (or, if necessary, replacements of) the Collateral Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) in effect immediately prior to the Closing Date, to make amendments of the kind contemplated by clause (b) of Schedule 5.17 .

Section 5.18. Annual Lender Call . Upon the request of the Administrative Agent following each delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section  5.01(b) (commencing with respect to the financial statements delivered for the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2018), the Parent shall participate in a conference call with Lenders arranged by the Administrative Agent to provide discussion and analysis with respect to the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries at a time at which the Parent and the Administrative Agent mutually agree (it being agreed that the Parent’s quarterly and annual “earnings” calls are deemed to satisfy this requirement).

Section 5.19. Canadian Employee Benefit Plan . Each Canadian Loan Party shall:

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(b) promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of: (A) annual information returns, actuarial valuations and any other reports which have been filed with a Governmental Authority with respect to each Canadian Pension Plan; and (B) any direction, order, notice, ruling, or opinion that a Canadian Loan Party may receive from a Governmental Authority with respect to any Canadian Employee Benefit Plan.

ARTICLE 6

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

From the Closing Date and until the Termination Date has occurred, the Parent and each other Loan Party covenant and agree with the Lenders that:

Section 6.01. Indebtedness . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

(a) the Obligations (including any Additional Term Loans and any Additional Revolving Loans);

(b) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that all such Indebtedness of any Loan Party to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party must be expressly subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations of such Loan Party pursuant to the Intercompany Note (which, with respect to such Indebtedness in existence on the Closing Date or incurred within 120 days thereafter, may be delivered within 120 days of the Closing Date) or on other terms that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

(c) Indebtedness of any Joint Venture or Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred on behalf of any Joint Venture or any guarantees by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Joint Venture in an aggregate outstanding principal amount for all such Indebtedness not to exceed at any time the greater of $350,000,000 and 10% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(d) Indebtedness arising from any agreement providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations (including contingent earn-out or similar obligations), or payment obligations in respect of any non-compete, consulting or similar arrangements, in each case incurred in connection with any Disposition permitted hereunder, any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder or consummated prior to the Closing Date or any other purchase of assets or Capital Stock, and Indebtedness arising from guaranties, letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments securing the performance of any Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any such agreement;

(e) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) pursuant to tenders, statutory obligations (including health, safety and environmental obligations), bids, leases, governmental contracts, trade contracts, surety, indemnity, stay, customs, judgment, appeal, performance, completion and/or return of money bonds or guaranties or other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (which shall be deemed to include any judgments, awards, attachments and/or decrees and notices of lis pendens and associated rights relating to litigation being contested in good faith and not constituting an Event of Default under Section  8.01(h) ) and (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments to support any of the foregoing items;

 

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(f) Indebtedness in respect of Permitted Treasury Arrangements and all other netting services, overdraft protections, treasury, depository, pooling and other cash management arrangements, including, in all cases, in connection with deposit accounts;

(g) (i) Guarantees by the any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees, licensees, sublicensees and cross-licensees in the ordinary course of business, (ii) Indebtedness (A) incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services or progress payments in connection with such property and services or (B) consisting of obligations under deferred purchase price or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder and (iii) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties or similar instruments supporting trade payables, warehouse receipts or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(h) Guarantees (including any co-issuance) by any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Borrower, and/or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section  6.01 or other obligations not prohibited by this Agreement; provided that in the case of any such Guarantee by any Loan Party of the obligations of any non-Loan Party, the related Investment is permitted under Section  6.06 ;

(i) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary existing, or pursuant to commitments existing (or anticipated), on the Closing Date and, with respect to any such item of Indebtedness in an aggregate committed or principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, described on Schedule 6.01 ;

(j) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties; provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed the greater of $600,000,000 and 17.5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(k) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of obligations owing under incentive, supply, license or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(l) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums, (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in the ordinary course of business and/or (iii) obligations to reacquire assets or inventory in connection with customer financing arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(m) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness (including mortgage financing, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond or similar financings) or Indebtedness to finance the construction, purchase, repair, replacement or improvement of any fixed or capital asset, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the greater of $375,000,000 and 10.7% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(n) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness assumed in connection with an acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder after the Closing Date; provided that (i) such Indebtedness (A) existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or the assets subject to such Indebtedness were acquired and (B) was not created or incurred in anticipation thereof and (ii) either (A) the Parent is in compliance with the applicable ratio set forth in

 

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clause (e) of the definition of Incremental Cap based on whether such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien or a junior Lien on the Collateral or is unsecured or secured by Liens on assets not constituting Collateral (and for such purpose, such Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been incurred to finance an acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder), calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period or (B) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the greater of $200,000,000 and 5.7% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(o) [Reserved];

(p) the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become and remain liable for any Indebtedness extending, refinancing, refunding or replacing any Indebtedness permitted under clauses (a) , (c) , ( i ) , ( j) , (m) , (n) , ( r) , ( u) , (v) , (y) , ( z) and ( ll ) of this Section  6.01 (in any case, including any extending, refinancing, refunding or replacing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof, “ Refinancing Indebtedness ”) and any subsequent Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced, except by (A) an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest, penalties and premiums (including tender premiums) thereon plus underwriting discounts and other customary fees, commissions and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount or initial yield payments) incurred in connection with the relevant extension, refinancing, refunding or replacement and (B) additional amounts permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section  6.01 ( provided that (1) any additional Indebtedness referred to in this clause (B) satisfies the other applicable requirements of this Section  6.01(p) (with additional amounts incurred in reliance on this clause (B) constituting a utilization of the relevant basket or exception pursuant to which such additional amount is permitted) and (2) if such additional Indebtedness is secured, the Liens securing such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements of Section  6.02 ), (ii) in the case of Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to clauses (a)  and (z) (subject to the Permitted Earlier Maturity Indebtedness Exception and other than customary bridge loans with a maturity date of not longer than one year; provided that any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans shall be subject to the requirements of this clause (ii) ), such Refinancing Indebtedness has (A) a final maturity on or later than (and, in the case of revolving Indebtedness, does not require mandatory commitment reductions, if any, prior to) the earlier of (x) the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date at the time of the incurrence of such Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) the final maturity of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced and (B) other than with respect to revolving Indebtedness, a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than (x) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced or (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the outstanding Term Loans at the time of the incurrence of such Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) the terms thereof (excluding pricing, fees, premiums, rate floors, optional prepayment or redemption terms (and, if applicable, subordination terms) and, with respect to Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect of Indebtedness permitted under clause (a)  above and clause (z)  below, security) are not, taken as a whole (as determined by the Parent in good faith), more favorable to the lenders providing such Indebtedness than those applicable to the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced (other than any covenants or any other terms or provisions (X) applicable only to periods after the maturity date of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced at the time of the incurrence of such Refinancing Indebtedness, (Y) that are then-current market terms (as determined by the Parent in good faith at the time of incurrence or issuance (or the obtaining of a commitment with respect thereto)) for the applicable type of Indebtedness or (Z) solely in the case of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness incurred in reliance on clauses (a)  and/or (z)  of this Section 6.01, terms or other provisions which are conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders or, as applicable, the Administrative Agent, pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement effectuated in reliance on Section  10.02(d)(ii) ), (iv) the incurrence thereof

 

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shall be without duplication of any amounts outstanding in reliance on the relevant clause of this Section  6.01 pursuant to which the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced was incurred (i.e., the incurrence of such Refinancing Indebtedness shall not create availability under such relevant clause), (v) except in the case of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect of Indebtedness permitted under clause (a)  of this Section  6.01 , (A) such Indebtedness, if secured, is secured only by Permitted Liens at the time of such extension, refinancing, refunding or replacement (it being understood that secured Indebtedness may be refinanced with unsecured Indebtedness), (B) such Indebtedness is incurred by the obligor or obligors in respect of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced, except to the extent otherwise permitted pursuant to Section  6.01 and (C) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced was contractually subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations in right of payment (or the Liens securing such Indebtedness were contractually subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations), such Indebtedness is contractually subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations in right of payment (or the Liens securing such Indebtedness are subordinated to the Liens on the relevant Collateral securing the Obligations) either (x) on terms not materially less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Lenders than those applicable to the Indebtedness (or Liens, as applicable) being extended, refinanced, refunded or replaced, taken as a whole (as determined by the Parent in good faith) or (y) pursuant to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, (vi) except in the case of Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to clause (a)  of this Section  6.01 , as of the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto, there shall exist no Specified Event of Default and (vii) in the case of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect of Indebtedness permitted under clause (a)  of this Section  6.01 , (A) such Refinancing Indebtedness is pari passu or junior in right of payment and secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis with respect to the remaining Loan Document Obligations hereunder, or is unsecured; provided that any such Refinancing Indebtedness that is pari passu or junior with respect to the Collateral shall be subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, (B) if such Refinancing Indebtedness is secured, it is not secured by any assets other than the Collateral, (C) if such Refinancing Indebtedness is guaranteed, it shall not be guaranteed by any Person other than a Loan Party and (D) such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be incurred under (and pursuant to) documentation other than this Agreement;

(q) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Indebtedness in respect of any Additional Letter of Credit Facility in an aggregate principal or face amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $150,000,000 and 4.3% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(s) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Derivative Transaction not entered into for speculative purposes;

(t) [reserved];

(u) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of $1,000,000,000 and 28.5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(v) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed 100% of the amount of any capital contributions or other proceeds received by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) from the issuance or sale of its Qualified Capital Stock or (ii) in the form of any cash contribution, plus the fair market value, as determined by the Parent in good faith, of Cash Equivalents, marketable securities or other property received by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the issuance and sale of its Qualified Capital

 

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Stock or a contribution to the Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (including through consolidation, amalgamation or merger), in each case after the Closing Date, and in each case other than (A) any proceeds received from the sale of Capital Stock to, or contributions from, the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) to the extent the relevant proceeds have otherwise been applied to make Investments, Restricted Payments or Restricted Debt Payments hereunder and (C) any Available Excluded Contribution Amount;

(w) [reserved];

(x) [reserved];

(y) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted pursuant to Section  6.08 ;

(z) Incremental Equivalent Debt; provided that no Specified Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to or after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt (except in connection with any acquisition or other Investment or irrevocable repayment or redemption of Indebtedness, where no such Specified Event of Default shall exist at the time as elected by the Parent pursuant to Section  1.04(e)) ; provided , further , that the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Equivalent Debt outstanding in respect of any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties shall not exceed the greater of $750,000,000 and 21.5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(aa) Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments with respect to such Indebtedness) incurred by any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of workers’ compensation claims (or other Indebtedness in respect of reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims), unemployment insurance (including premiums related thereto), other types of social security, pension obligations, vacation pay, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

(bb) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary representing (i) deferred compensation to Permitted Payees in the ordinary course of business and (ii) deferred compensation or other similar arrangements in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment permitted hereby;

(cc) Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any letter of credit or bank guarantee issued in favor of any issuing bank or swingline lender to support any defaulting lender’s participation in letters of credit issued, or swingline loans made, hereunder;

(dd) Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by any letter of credit issued hereunder or under any Additional Letter of Credit Facility or any other letters of credit or bank guarantees permitted hereunder;

(ee) unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities incurred by any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to the extent that the unfunded amounts would not otherwise cause an Event of Default under Section  8.01( i ) or Section  8.01(m) ;

(ff) without duplication of any other Indebtedness, all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest and payment in kind interest), accretion or amortization of original issue discount, fees, expenses and charges with respect to Indebtedness of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary hereunder;

 

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(gg) [reserved];

(hh) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) [reserved];

(jj) [reserved];

(kk) (i) Indebtedness in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business on arm’s-length commercial terms and (ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights or the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect to any acquisition (by merger, consolidation or amalgamation or otherwise) in accordance with the terms hereof; and

(ll) obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any subsidiary of any Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States.

Section 6.02. Liens . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property of any kind owned by it, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, except:

(a) Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents securing the Obligations (including Cash collateralization of Letters of Credit as set forth in Section 2.05);

(b) Liens for Taxes or other governmental charges which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue (i) are being contested in accordance with Section  5.03 or (ii) with respect to which the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) statutory or common law Liens (and rights of set-off) of landlords, sub landlords, construction contractors, banks, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by applicable Requirements of Law, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet overdue by more than 60 days, (ii) for amounts that are overdue by more than 60 days (A) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as any reserves or other appropriate provisions required by GAAP have been made for any such contested amounts or (B) with respect to which no filing or other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or (iii) with respect to which the failure to make payment would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) Liens incurred (i) in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, health, disability or employee benefits and other types of social security laws and regulations, (ii) in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, warranties, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government

 

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contracts, trade contracts (including customer contracts), indemnitees, performance, completion and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (including (x) those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations and (y) letters of credit and bank guarantees required or requested by any Governmental Authority in connection with any contract or Requirement of Law) (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money), (iii) pursuant to pledges and deposits of Cash or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business securing (x) any liability for reimbursement (including in respect of deductibles, self-insurance retention amounts and premiums and adjustments related thereto) or indemnification (including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar documents or instruments for the benefit of) obligations of insurance brokers or carriers providing property, casualty, liability or other insurance or self-insurance to the Parent and its subsidiaries (including deductibles, self-insurance, co-payment, co-insurance and retentions) or (y) leases or licenses of property otherwise permitted by this Agreement and (iv) to secure obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments posted with respect to the items described in clauses ( i )  through (iii) above;

(e) Liens consisting of easements, covenants, conditions, site plan agreements, development agreements, operating agreements, cross-easement agreements, reciprocal easement agreements and encumbrances, applicable laws and municipal ordinances, rights-of-way, rights, waivers, reservations, restrictions, encroachments, servitudes for railways, sewers, drains, gas and oil and other pipelines, gas and water mains, electric light and power and telecommunication, telephone or telegraph or cable television conduits, poles, wires and cables and other similar protrusions or encumbrances, agreements and other similar matters of fact or record and matters that would be disclosed by a survey or inspection of any real property and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case (x) which do not, in the aggregate, materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Parent and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or materially interfere with the use of the affected property for its intended purpose or (y) where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(f) Liens consisting of any (i) interest or title of a lessor, sub-lessor, licensor or sub-licensor under any lease, license or similar arrangement of real estate or other property (including intellectual property) permitted hereunder, (ii) landlord lien arising by law or permitted by the terms of any lease, sub-lease, license, sub-license or similar arrangement, (iii) restriction or encumbrance to which the interest or title of such lessor, sub-lessor, licensor or sub-licensor may be subject, (iv) subordination of the interest of the lessee, sub-lessee, licensee or sub-licensee under such lease, sub-lease, license, sub-license or similar arrangement to any restriction or encumbrance referred to in the preceding clause ( iii)  or (v) deposit of cash with the owner or lessor of premises leased and operated by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of obligations under the terms of the lease for such premises;

(g) Liens (i) solely on any Cash (or Cash Equivalent) earnest money deposits (including as part of any escrow arrangement) made by the Parent and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to any Investment permitted hereunder (or to secure letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments posted in respect thereof), (ii) on advances of Cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section  6.06 ( b) , ( c) , (e) , (f) , ( n) , (q) , ( r) , ( x) , ( y) or ( kk ) to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (iii) consisting of (A) an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section  6.07 and/or (B) the pledge of Cash or Cash Equivalents as part of an escrow or similar arrangement required in any Disposition permitted under Section  6.07 ;

 

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(h) precautionary or purported Liens evidenced by the filing of UCC financing statements, PPSA financing statements, applications for registration at the applicable Quebec Register or similar financing statements under applicable Requirements of Law relating solely to (i) operating leases or consignment or bailee arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business and/or (ii) the sale of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business for which a UCC financing statement, PPSA financing statement, hypothec registration form at the applicable Quebec Register or similar financing statement under applicable Requirements of Law is required;

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

(j) Liens in connection with any zoning, building or similar Requirement of Law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any dimensions of real property or any structure thereon, including Liens in connection with any condemnation, expropriation or eminent domain proceeding or compulsory purchase order;

(k) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section  6.01(p) (solely with respect to the permitted extension, refinancing, refunding or replacement of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) , ( c) , (f) , ( i ) , ( j) , (m) , ( n) , ( r) , ( u) , ( v) , ( y) , ( z) and ( dd ) ); provided that (i) no such Lien extends to any asset not covered by the Lien securing the Indebtedness that is being refinanced other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (B) proceeds and products thereof, replacements, accessions or additions thereto and improvements thereon (it being understood that such extensions, refinancings, refundings or replacements of individual financings of the type permitted under Section  6.01(m) provided by any lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of such type provided by such lender or its affiliates) and (ii) if the Indebtedness being refinanced was subject to intercreditor arrangements in respect of Liens on Collateral, then any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof secured by Liens on Collateral shall be subject to intercreditor arrangements not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties, taken as a whole, than the intercreditor arrangements governing the Indebtedness that is refinanced or the intercreditor arrangements governing the relevant refinancing Indebtedness shall be set forth in an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement;

(l) Liens existing on, or contractually committed or contemplated as of, the Closing Date and, with respect to each such Lien securing Indebtedness in an aggregate committed or principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, described on Schedule 6.02 and any modification, replacement, refinancing, renewal or extension thereof; provided that (i) no such Lien extends to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien and (B) proceeds and products thereof, replacements, accessions or additions thereto and improvements thereon (it being understood that individual financings of the type permitted under Section  6.01(m) provided by any lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of such type provided by such lender or its affiliates) and (ii) any such modification, replacement, refinancing, renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens, if constituting Indebtedness, is permitted by Section  6.01 ;

(m) Liens arising out of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted under Section  6.08 ;

(n) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section  6.01(m) ; provided that any such Lien shall encumber only the asset acquired, constructed, repaired, replaced or improved with the proceeds of such Indebtedness and proceeds and products thereof, replacements, accessions or additions thereto and improvements thereon and customary security deposits with respect thereto (it being understood that individual financings of the type permitted under Section  6.01(m) provided by any lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of such type provided by such lender or its affiliates);

 

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(o) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section  6.01(n) on the relevant acquired assets or on the Capital Stock and assets of the relevant Restricted Subsidiary; provided that no such Lien (x) extends to or covers any other assets (other than the proceeds or products thereof, replacements, accessions or additions thereto and improvements thereon, it being understood that individual financings of the type permitted under Section  6.01(m) provided by any lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of such type provided by such lender or its affiliates) or (y) was created in contemplation of the applicable acquisition of assets or Capital Stock;

(p) (i) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off or netting or pledge relating to (A) the establishment of depositary relations with banks or other financial institutions not granted in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (B) pooled deposit or sweep accounts of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, (C) purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and (D) commodity trading or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits, (iii) bankers Liens and rights and remedies as to Deposit Accounts or similar accounts, (iv) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 or Section 4-210 of the UCC (or any similar Requirement of Law of any jurisdiction) on items in the ordinary course of business, (v) Liens (including rights of set-off) in favor of banking or other financial institutions arising as a matter of Law or under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking institution’s general terms and conditions and (vi) Liens on the proceeds of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder incurred in connection with any transaction permitted hereunder, which proceeds have been deposited into an escrow account on customary terms to secure such Indebtedness pending the application of such proceeds to finance such transaction or on Cash or Cash Equivalents set aside at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness to the extent such Cash or Cash Equivalents prefund the payment of interest or fees on such Indebtedness and are held in escrow pending application for such purpose;

(q) Liens on assets and Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (including Capital Stock owned by such Persons) securing Indebtedness or other obligations of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties permitted pursuant to Section  6.01 (or not prohibited under this Agreement);

(r) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business of any Borrower and/or their Restricted Subsidiaries;

(s) Liens disclosed in any Mortgage Policy delivered pursuant to Sections 5.12, 5.15 or 5.17 (as applicable) with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset, and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided that no such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal (and additions thereto, improvements thereon and the proceeds thereof);

(t) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section  6.01(z) ; provided that if any such Lien is on Collateral, the holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof) shall be party to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement;

(u) other Liens on assets securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount at the time of incurrence not to exceed the greater of $350,000,000 and 10% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period; provided that, at the election of the Parent with respect to any such Liens on Collateral, the holders of such Indebtedness (or a representative thereof) shall be party to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement;

 

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(v) (i) Liens on assets securing judgments, awards, attachments and/or decrees and notices of lis pendens and associated rights relating to litigation (including appeal bonds) being contested in good faith not constituting an Event of Default under Section  8.01(h) and (ii) any cash deposits securing any settlement of litigation;

(w) (i) leases, licenses, subleases, sublicenses or cross-licenses granted to others, (ii) assignments of IP Rights granted to a customer of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business which do not secure any Indebtedness or (iii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person (including any Governmental Authority) by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by any Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

(x) Liens on Securities or other assets that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Investments permitted under Section  6.06 arising out of such repurchase transaction;

(y) Liens securing obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments permitted under Sections 6.01(d) , (e) , ( g) , ( aa ) , (cc) and ( dd ) ;

(z) Liens arising (i) out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of any assets or property and bailee arrangements in the ordinary course of business and permitted by this Agreement or (ii) by operation of law under Article 2 of the UCC (or any similar Requirement of Law of any jurisdiction);

(aa) Liens (i) in favor of any Loan Party and/or (ii) granted by any non-Loan Party in favor of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, in the case of each of clauses ( i )  and (ii) , securing intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section  6.01 or Section  6.06 or securing other intercompany obligations not prohibited hereunder;

(bb) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

(cc) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing the relevant Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;

(dd) Liens securing (i) obligations under Hedge Agreements in connection with any Derivative Transaction of the type described in Section  6.01(s) and/or (ii) obligations of the type described in Section  6.01(r) , which Liens (A) in each case under this Section  6.02( dd ) , may be (but are not required to be) secured by all of the Collateral so long as the Lien on the Collateral is subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and (B) in the case of clause (ii) (to the extent not secured as provided in clause (A) ), may consist of pledges of Cash collateral in an amount not to exceed the greater of $150,000,000 and 4.3% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(ee) (i) Liens on Capital Stock of Joint Ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing capital contributions to, or obligations of, such Persons and (ii) customary rights of first refusal and tag, drag and similar rights in joint venture agreements and agreements with respect to non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries;

 

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(ff) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness;

(gg) [reserved];

(hh) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral (x) securing obligations in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the greater of $600,000,000 and 17.1% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period or (y) so long as the Loan Document Obligations in respect of the Credit Facilities are secured on a ratable basis (without regard to the control of remedies) with or are secured prior to the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured (which Liens, in the case of this clause (y), shall be subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement);

(ii) [reserved];

(jj) undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations that have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which relate to obligations not due or payable or, if due, the validity of such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(kk) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Requirement of Law; provided such Liens and privileges extend only to the assets or Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary and do not secure Indebtedness;

(ll) ground leases or subleases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries are located;

(mm) Liens that are customary in the business of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries and that do not secure debt for borrowed money;

(nn) security given to a public or private utility or any Governmental Authority as required in the ordinary course of business;

(oo) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent the same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds;

(pp) Liens arising pursuant to Section 107(l) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or similar provision of any applicable law;

(qq) Liens in the nature of the right of setoff in favor of counterparties to contractual agreements with any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(rr) [reserved];

(ss) Liens arising solely in connection with rights of dissenting equity holders pursuant to any Requirement of Law in respect of any Permitted Acquisition or other similar Investment;

 

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(tt) Liens granted by any Loan Party organized under the laws of Canada or a province thereof to a landlord to secure the payment of rent and other obligations under a lease with such landlord for premises situated in the Province of Québec; provided that such Lien (i) is limited to the tangible assets located at or about such leased premises and (ii) is incurred in the ordinary course of business (a) for amounts not yet overdue or (b) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of five days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts; and

(uu) Liens in connection with Permitted Treasury Arrangements.

Section 6.03. No Further Negative Pledges . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party to, enter into any agreement prohibiting in any material respect the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties (other than Excluded Assets), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Loan Document Obligations, except with respect to:

(a) restrictions relating to any asset (or all of the assets) of and/or the Capital Stock of any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary which are imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into in connection with any Disposition or other transfer, lease or license of such asset (or assets) and/or all or a portion of the Capital Stock of the relevant Person that is permitted by this Agreement;

(b) restrictions contained in the Loan Documents, any Incremental Equivalent Debt or any Additional Letter of Credit Facility (and in any Indebtedness permitted under Section  6.01(p) to the extent relating to any extension, refinancing, refunding or replacement of any of the foregoing);

(c) restrictions contained in any documentation governing any Indebtedness permitted by Section  6.01 (or related Lien permitted under Section  6.02 ) to the extent such restrictions (x) are, taken as a whole, in the good-faith judgment of the Parent, not materially more restrictive as concerning any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type, (y) are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in this Agreement (as determined by the Parent in good faith) or (z) will not materially impair any Borrower’s obligation or ability to make any payments required hereunder (as determined by the Parent in good faith);

(d) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting, licensing, sublicensing or other transfers (including the granting of any Lien) contained in leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (each of the foregoing, a “ Covered Agreement ”) ( provided that such restrictions are limited to the relevant Covered Agreement and/or the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such Covered Agreement);

(e) Permitted Liens and restrictions in the agreements relating thereto that limit the right of the Parent or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to Dispose of or encumber the assets subject to such Liens;

(f) provisions limiting the Disposition, distribution or encumbrance of assets or property in joint venture agreements, sale and lease-back agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements (or the Persons the Capital Stock of which is the subject of such agreement (or any “shell company” parent with respect thereto));

 

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(g) any encumbrance or restriction assumed in connection with an acquisition of the property or Capital Stock of any Person, so long as such encumbrance or restriction relates solely to the Person and its subsidiaries (including the Capital Stock of the relevant Person or Persons) and/or property so acquired (or to the Person or Persons (and its or their subsidiaries) bound thereby) and was not created in contemplation of such acquisition;

(h) restrictions imposed by customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, joint venture agreements and other similar agreements (i) relating to the transfer of the assets of, or ownership interests in, the relevant partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or any similar Person (or any “shell company” parent with respect thereto), (ii) relating to such joint venture or its members and/or (iii) otherwise entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(i) restrictions on Cash or other deposits permitted under Section  6.02 and/or 6.06 and any net worth or similar requirements, including such restrictions or requirements imposed by Persons under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business or for whose benefit such Cash or other deposits or net worth requirements exist;

(j) restrictions (i) set forth in documents which exist on the Closing Date or (ii) which are contemplated as of the Closing Date and, in the case of this clause (ii) , set forth on Schedule 6.03 ;

(k) restrictions contained in documents governing Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party permitted hereunder (solely to the extent relating to the assets or Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary);

(l) [reserved];

(m) provisions restricting the granting of a security interest in IP Rights contained in licenses, sublicenses or cross-licenses by the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries of such IP Rights, which licenses, sublicenses and cross-licenses were entered into in the ordinary course of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such IP Rights);

(n) restrictions arising under or as a result of applicable Requirements of Law or the terms of any license, authorization, concession or permit issued or granted by a Governmental Authority;

(o) restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary, pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Restricted Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such restriction does not extend to any assets or property of any Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary;

(p) [reserved];

(q) restrictions in any Hedge Agreement, any agreement relating to Banking Services and/or any agreement relating to Permitted Treasury Arrangements; and

(r) other restrictions or encumbrances imposed by any amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in the preceding clauses of this Section; provided that no such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or

 

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refinancing is, in the good faith judgment of the Parent, materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions, taken as a whole, than those in effect prior to the relevant amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

Section 6.04. Restricted Payments; Restricted Debt Payments .

(a) The Parent shall not pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except that:

(i) [reserved];

(ii) the Parent may pay for the repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Capital Stock of any subsidiary held by any Permitted Payee:

(A) with Cash and Cash Equivalents (and including, to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, amounts paid in respect of promissory notes issued pursuant to Section  6.01(o) ), in an aggregate amount not to exceed (1) the greater of $120,000,000 and 3.4% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period in any Fiscal Year, which, if not used in any Fiscal Year, may be carried forward to the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year (and deemed first applied in such subsequent Fiscal Year) minus (2) any utilization of the Shared RP Amount in reliance on unused capacity under the immediately preceding clause (1) ; plus

(B) with the proceeds of any sale or issuance of, or of any capital contribution in respect of, the Capital Stock of the Parent (to the extent such proceeds are contributed to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Qualified Capital Stock issued by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary) (other than amounts constituting an Available Excluded Contribution Amount); plus

(C) with the net proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies; plus

(D) with the amount of any Cash bonuses otherwise payable to any Permitted Payee that are foregone in exchange for the receipt of Capital Stock of the Parent pursuant to any compensation arrangement, including any deferred compensation plan;

(iii) the Parent may make additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed (A) the portion, if any, of the Available Amount on such date that the Parent elects to apply to this clause (iii)(A) plus (B) the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Parent elects to apply to this clause (iii)(B) (plus, without duplication of amounts referred to in this clause (B) , in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from a Disposition of property or assets acquired after the Closing Date, if the acquisition of such property or assets was financed with Available Excluded Contribution Amounts up to the amount of such Available Excluded Contribution Amount, less any application thereof under Section  6.04(b)(vi) or Section  6.06(r) );

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reverse share splits (or any combination thereof) and mergers, consolidations, amalgamations or other business combinations, and acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder, (B) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness, make any cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any conversion and make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms and (C) make Restricted Payments consisting of (x) payments made or expected to be made in respect of withholding or similar Taxes payable by any Permitted Payee and/or (y) repurchases of Capital Stock in consideration of the payments described in sub clause (x)  above, including demand repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options and the issuance of restricted stock units or similar stock based awards;

(v) the Parent may repurchase, redeem, acquire or retire Capital Stock upon (or make provisions for withholdings in connection with) (or make provisions for withholdings in connection with), the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock if such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price of, or tax withholdings with respect to, such warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock as part of a “cashless” exercise;

(vi) [reserved];

(vii) the Parent may make Restricted Payments with respect to any Capital Stock in an amount not to exceed (A) an amount equal to 6.00% per annum of the net Cash proceeds received by or contributed to the Parent from any public offering after the Closing Date minus (B) any utilization of the Shared RP Amount in reliance on unused capacity under immediately preceding clause (A) ;

(viii) the Parent may make Restricted Payments to (i) redeem, repurchase, defease, discharge, retire or otherwise acquire any Capital Stock (“ Treasury Capital Stock ”) of the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary) of, Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent to the extent any such proceeds are contributed to the capital of the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Qualified Capital Stock (“ Refunding Capital Stock ”) and (ii) declare and pay dividends on any Treasury Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary) of any Refunding Capital Stock;

(ix) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, the Parent may consummate any transaction permitted by Section  6.06 (other than Sections 6.06(j) and (t)), Section  6.07 (other than Section  6.07(g) ) and Section  6.09 (other than Section  6.09(d) );

(x) the Parent may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed (A) the greater of $750,000,000 and 21.5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period minus (B) any utilization of the Shared RP Amount in reliance on unused capacity under immediately preceding clause (A) ;

(xi) the Parent may pay any dividend or other distribution or consummate any redemption within 60 days after the date of the declaration thereof or the provision of a redemption notice with respect thereto, as the case may be, if at the date of such declaration or notice, the dividend, distribution or redemption contemplated by such declaration or redemption notice would have complied with the provisions of this Section  6.04(a) ;

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(xiii) [reserved];

(xiv) [reserved];

(xv) [reserved];

(xvi) the Parent may make additional Restricted Payments constituting any part of a Permitted Reorganization;

(xvii) the Parent may make a distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of the Capital Stock of, or debt owed to any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary by, any Unrestricted Subsidiary (or a Restricted Subsidiary that owns one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries, provided that such Restricted Subsidiary owns no assets other than Capital Stock of one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries and immaterial assets incidental to the ownership thereof); provided that any such Capital Stock or debt that represents an Investment by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to continue to charge (as utilization) the respective clause under Section  6.06 pursuant to which such Investment was made;

(xviii) the Parent may make payments and distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights (including in connection with, or as a result of, the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential)), pursuant to or in connection with any acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or Disposition that complies with Section  6.07 or any other transaction permitted hereunder;

(xix) the Parent may make a Restricted Payment in respect of payments made for the benefit of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such payments could have been made by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary because such payments (A) would not otherwise be Restricted Payments and (B) would be permitted by Section  6.09 ;

(xx) the Parent may make a Restricted Payment in respect of any payments or deliveries in connection with (a) a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or (b) Permitted Warrant Transaction or Packaged Rights (i) by delivery of shares of the Parent’s Qualified Capital Stock or (ii) otherwise, to the extent of a payment or delivery received from a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction (whether such payment or delivery on the Permitted Warrant Transaction is effected by netting, set-off or otherwise); and

(xxi) the Parent may make a Restricted Payment in respect of required withholding or similar non-U.S. Taxes with respect to any Permitted Payee and any repurchases of Capital Stock in consideration of such payments, including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options or the issuance of restricted stock units or similar stock based awards.

(b) The Parent shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any voluntary prepayment in Cash on or in respect of principal of or interest on any Restricted Debt, including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Restricted Debt more than one year prior to the scheduled maturity date thereof (collectively, “ Restricted Debt Payments ”), except:

(i) any refinancing, purchase, defeasance, redemption, repurchase, repayment or other acquisition or retirement of any Restricted Debt made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section  6.01 ;

 

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(ii) payments as part of, or to enable another Person to make, an “applicable high yield discount obligation” catch-up payment;

(iii) payments of regularly scheduled principal and interest (including any penalty interest, if applicable) and payments of fees, expenses and indemnification obligations as and when due (other than payments with respect to Restricted Debt that are prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof);

(iv) additional Restricted Debt Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Shared RP Amount at such time;

(v) (A) Restricted Debt Payments in exchange for, or with proceeds of any issuance of, Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any capital contribution in respect of Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, (B) Restricted Debt Payments as a result of the conversion of all or any portion of any Restricted Debt into Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary and (C) to the extent constituting a Restricted Debt Payment, payment-in-kind interest with respect to any Restricted Debt that is permitted under Section  6.01 ;

(vi) Restricted Debt Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed (A) the portion, if any, of the Available Amount on such date that the Parent elects to apply to this clause (vi)(A) plus (B) the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Parent elects to apply to this clause (vi)(B) (plus, without duplication of amounts previously referred to in this clause (B) , in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from a Disposition of property or assets acquired after the Closing Date, if the acquisition of such property or assets was financed with Available Excluded Contribution Amounts up to the amount of such Available Excluded Contribution Amount, less any application thereof under Section  6.04(a)(iii) or 6.06(r) );

(vii) [reserved];

(viii) (A) Restricted Debt Payments in exchange for, or with proceeds of any issuance of, Disqualified Capital Stock of the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary and/or any capital contribution in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and/or (B) Restricted Debt Payments as a result of the conversion of all or any portion of any Restricted Debt into Disqualified Capital Stock of the Parent and/or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(ix) [reserved]; and

(x) Restricted Debt Payments in respect of Restricted Debt permitted to be assumed pursuant to Section  6.01(n) ; provided that any such Restricted Debt Payment shall be deemed an Investment and shall only be permitted to the extent there exists the ability to make such Investment pursuant to Section  6.06 at such time.

Section 6.05. [Reserved] .

Section 6.06. Investments . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or own any Investment in any other Person except:

(a) Investments in assets that are Cash or Cash Equivalents, or investments that were Cash or Cash Equivalents at the time made;

 

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(b) (i) Investments existing on the Closing Date in any Borrower, any Subsidiary and/or any Joint Venture and any modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof so long as no such modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof increases the amount of such Investment except by the terms thereof (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of payment-in-kind securities) or as otherwise permitted by this Section  6.06 and (ii) Investments made after the Closing Date among any Borrower and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries or in any Person that will, upon such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) Investments (i) constituting deposits, prepayments and/or other credits to suppliers or other trade counterparties, (ii) made in connection with obtaining, maintaining or renewing client and customer contracts and/or (iii) in the form of advances made to distributors, suppliers, licensors and licensees, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or, in the case of clause (iii) , to the extent necessary to maintain the ordinary course of supplies to any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(d) Investments in (i) any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any Joint Venture that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary) or (ii) any Similar Business (including any Joint Venture engaged in a Similar Business), in an outstanding amount in the aggregate for clauses ( i )  and ( ii) not to exceed the greater of $300,000,000 and 8.6% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(e) (i) Permitted Acquisitions and (ii) any Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in an amount required to permit such Restricted Subsidiary to consummate a Permitted Acquisition;

(f) (i) Investments existing on, or contractually committed to or contemplated as of, the Closing Date and, with respect to any such Investment in excess of $5,000,000, described on Schedule 6.06 and (ii) any modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Investment described in clause ( i )  above so long as no such modification, renewal or extension thereof increases the amount of such Investment except by the terms thereof (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of payment-in-kind securities) or as otherwise permitted by this Section  6.06 ;

(g) Investments received in lieu of Cash in connection with any Disposition permitted by Section  6.07 or any other disposition of assets not constituting a Disposition;

(h) loans or advances to Permitted Payees to the extent permitted by Requirements of Law, either (i) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $25,000,000 and 0.7% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period at any one time outstanding, (ii) so long as the proceeds of such loan or advance are substantially contemporaneously contributed to any Borrower for the purchase of such Capital Stock or (iii) so long as no Cash or Cash Equivalents are advanced in connection with such loan or advance;

(i) Investments consisting of rebates and extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

(j) Investments consisting of (or resulting from) Indebtedness permitted under Section  6.01 (including guarantees thereof) (other than Indebtedness permitted under Sections 6.01(b) and (h) ), Permitted Liens, Restricted Payments permitted under Section  6.04 (other than Section 6.04(a)(ix)), Restricted Debt Payments permitted by Section  6.04 and mergers, consolidations, amalgamations, liquidations, windings up, dissolutions or Dispositions permitted by Section  6.07 (other than Section  6.07(a) (if made in reliance on sub-clause (ii) (y) of the proviso thereto), Section  6.07(b) (if made in reliance on clause (ii)  of the proviso thereto), Section  6.07(c)(ii) (if made in reliance on clause (B)  therein) and Section  6.07(g) and transactions permitted by Section  6.09 (other than Section 6.09(d));

 

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(k) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers, vendors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

(l) Investments (including debt obligations and Capital Stock) received (i) in connection with the bankruptcy, work-out, reorganization or recapitalization of any Person, (ii) in settlement or compromise of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with or judgments against, customers, trade-creditors, suppliers, licensees and other account debtors arising in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon bankruptcy or insolvency of any customer, trade creditor, supplier, licensee or other account debtor, (iii) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons, (iv) as a result of foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment and/or (v) in settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes;

(m) loans and advances of payroll payments or other compensation to present or former employees, directors, members of management, officers, managers or consultants of the Parent and/or any subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Investments to the extent that payment therefor is made solely with Qualified Capital Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent not resulting in a Change of Control;

(o) (i) Investments of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date, or of any Person acquired by, or merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case as part of an Investment otherwise permitted by this Section  6.06 to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of the relevant acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and (ii) any modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Investment permitted under clause ( i )  of this Section  6.06(o) so long as no such modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof increases the amount of such Investment except as otherwise permitted by this Section  6.06 ;

(p) [reserved];

(q) Investments made after the Closing Date by the Parent and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed:

(i) the greater of $1,000,000,000 and 28.5% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, plus

(ii) the Shared RP Amount, plus

(iii) in the event that (A) the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries makes any Investment after the Closing Date in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) such Person subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to 100% of the fair market value of such Investment as of the date on which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(r) Investments made after the Closing Date by the Parent and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed (i) the portion, if any, of the Available Amount on such date that the Parent elects to apply to this clause (r)( i ) plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the Available Excluded Contribution Amount on such date that the Parent elects to apply to this clause (r)(ii) (plus, without duplication of amounts referred to in this clause (ii), in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from a Disposition of property or assets acquired after the Closing Date, if the acquisition of such property or assets was financed with Available Excluded Contribution Amounts up to the amount of such Available Excluded Contribution Amount, less any application thereof under Section  6.04(a)(iii) or Section  6.04(b)(vi) );

(s) (i) Guarantees of leases or subleases (in each case other than Capital Leases) or of other obligations not constituting Indebtedness, (ii) Guarantees of the lease obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of the Parent and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and (iii) Investments consisting of Guarantees of any supplier’s obligations in respect of commodity contracts, including Derivative Transactions, solely to the extent such commodities related to the materials or products to be purchased by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(t) Investments in any Person in amounts and for purposes for which Restricted Payments to such Person are permitted under Section 6.04(a); provided that any Investment made as provided above in lieu of any such Restricted Payment shall reduce availability under the applicable Restricted Payment basket under Section  6.04(a) ;

(u) [reserved];

(v) Investments in subsidiaries and Joint Ventures in connection with reorganizations and/or restructurings, including any Permitted Reorganization and/or activities related to tax planning (including Investments in non-Cash or non-Cash Equivalents); provided that, after giving effect to any such reorganization, restructuring and/or related activity, the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral, taken as a whole, is not materially impaired (including by a material portion of the assets that constitute Collateral immediately prior to such reorganization, restructuring or tax planning activities no longer constituting Collateral) as a result of such reorganization, restructuring or tax planning activities;

(w) Investments arising under or in connection with any Derivative Transaction of the type permitted under Section  6.01(s) ;

(x) Investments made (A) in Joint Ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries, (B) in connection with the creation, formation and/or acquisition of any Joint Venture or (C) in any Restricted Subsidiary to enable such Restricted Subsidiary to create, form and/or acquire any Joint Venture, in an aggregate outstanding amount under this clause (x) not to exceed in any Fiscal Year the greater of $600,000,000 and 1.50% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period (with unused amounts, if not used in any Fiscal Year, carried forward to the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year and deemed first applied in such Fiscal Year);

(y) Investments made in joint ventures as required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture agreements and similar binding arrangements in effect on the Closing Date or entered into after the Closing Date in the ordinary course of business;

(z) unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent that they are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable Requirements of Law;

 

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(aa) Investments in connection with Permitted Treasury Arrangements;

(bb) Investments made in connection with any nonqualified deferred compensation plan or arrangement for any Permitted Payee;

(cc) [reserved];

(dd) [reserved];

(ee) Investments consisting of the licensing, sublicensing or contribution of any intellectual property or other IP Rights pursuant to joint marketing, collaboration or other similar arrangements with other Persons;

(ff) [reserved];

(gg) the conversion to Qualified Capital Stock of any Indebtedness owed by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and permitted by Section  6.01 ;

(hh) Restricted Subsidiaries of any Borrower may be established or created if such Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary comply with the requirements of Section  5.12 , if applicable; provided that, in each case, to the extent such new Restricted Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a transaction pursuant to an acquisition or other Investment permitted by this Section  6.06 , and such new Restricted Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any acquisition or Investment consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such transaction, such new Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Section  5.12 until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective transaction shall be required to so comply in accordance with the provisions thereof);

(ii) contributions in connection with compensation arrangements to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, partners, members, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries;

(jj) [reserved];

(kk) Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with purchase agreements or other acquisitions or Investments otherwise permitted under this Section  6.06 and any other pledges or deposits permitted by Section  6.02 ;

(ll) Term Loans repurchased by any Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and subject to immediate cancellation in accordance with this Agreement and, to the extent permitted (or not prohibited) by Section  6.04(b) , loans repurchased by any Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and subject to immediate cancellation in accordance with the terms of any other Indebtedness;

(mm) Guarantee obligations of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;

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(oo) purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services, equipment or similar assets in the ordinary course of business; and

(pp) any customary upfront milestone, marketing or other funding payment in the ordinary course of business to another Person in connection with obtaining a right to receive royalty or other payments in the future.

Section 6.07. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve themselves (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or make any Disposition of assets having a Disposition Consideration in excess of $10,000,000 in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, except:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into any Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) in the case of any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into the Parent or a Borrower, (A) the Parent or such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or a Person that continues as an amalgamated corporation or (B) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation (including any immediate and successive mergers, consolidations or amalgamations of entities) is not the Parent or such Borrower (any such Person succeeding the Parent after giving effect to such transaction or transactions, the “ Successor Parent ” and any such Person succeeding a Borrower other than the Parent after giving effect to such transaction or transactions, a “ Successor Borrower ”), (w) any Successor Parent shall be an entity organized or existing under the law of the U.S., any state thereof, the District of Columbia or Canada or a political subdivision thereof, (x) any Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the law of the U.S., any state thereof, the District of Columbia, Canada or a political subdivision thereof or the jurisdiction of organization of any Borrower or a political subdivision thereof, (y) any Successor Parent or Successor Borrower shall expressly assume the Loan Document Obligations of the Parent or the applicable Borrower, as applicable, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (z) except as the Administrative Agent may otherwise agree, each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, shall have executed and delivered a reaffirmation agreement with respect to its obligations under the Loan Guarantee and the other Loan Documents; it being understood and agreed that if the foregoing conditions under clauses (x)  through (z) are satisfied, a Successor Parent will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Parent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and a Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the applicable Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) in the case of any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor, either (x) a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the continuing or surviving Person shall expressly assume the guarantee obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (y) the relevant transaction shall be treated as an Investment and otherwise be made in compliance with Section  6.06 ;

(b) Dispositions (including of Capital Stock) among the Borrowers and/or any Restricted Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that any such Disposition by any Loan Party to any Person that is not a Loan Party shall be (i) for fair market value (as determined by such Person in good faith) or (ii) treated as an Investment and otherwise be made in compliance with Section  6.06 (other than on reliance of clause (j) thereof);

(c) (i) the liquidation or dissolution of any Restricted Subsidiary if the Parent determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Parent, is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, and the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary receives any assets of the relevant dissolved or liquidated Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) any merger, amalgamation, dissolution,

 

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liquidation or consolidation, the purpose of which is to effect (A) any Disposition otherwise permitted under this Section  6.07 (other than clause (a) , clause (b)  or this clause (c) ) or (B) any Investment permitted under Section  6.06 (other than clause (j) thereof); and (iii) any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may be converted into another form of entity, in each case, so long as such conversion does not adversely affect the value of the Loan Guarantee or the Collateral, taken as a whole;

(d) (x) Dispositions of inventory or goods held for sale, equipment or other assets in the ordinary course of business (including on an intercompany basis) and (y) the leasing or subleasing of real property in the ordinary course of business;

(e) Dispositions of surplus, obsolete, used or worn out property or other property that, in the good faith judgment of the Parent, is (A) no longer useful in its business (or in the business of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent) or (B) otherwise economically impracticable or not commercially reasonable to maintain;

(f) Dispositions of Cash and/or Cash Equivalents or other assets that were Cash and/or Cash Equivalents when the relevant original Investment was made;

(g) Dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations or conveyances that constitute (or are made in order to effectuate) Investments permitted pursuant to Section  6.06 (other than Section  6.06(j) ), Permitted Liens, Restricted Payments permitted by Section  6.04(a) (other than Section  6.04(a)(ix) ) and Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section  6.08 ;

(h) Dispositions for fair market value; provided that with respect to any single Disposition transaction or a series of related transactions with respect to assets having Disposition Consideration in excess of the greater of $75,000,000 and 2.14% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, at least 75% of the consideration for such Disposition, shall consist of Cash or Cash Equivalents ( provided that for purposes of the 75% Cash consideration requirement, (u) the amount of any Indebtedness or other liabilities (other than Indebtedness or other liabilities that are expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Document Obligations or that are owed to any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on such Person’s most recent balance sheet (or in the notes thereto), or if the incurrence of such Indebtedness or other liability took place after the date of such balance sheet, that would have been shown on such balance sheet or in the notes thereto, as determined in good faith by the Parent) that are (i) assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the applicable Borrower and/or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary have been validly released by all relevant creditors in writing or (ii) otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with such Disposition, (v) the amount of any trade-in value applied to the purchase price of any replacement assets acquired in connection with such Disposition, (w) future payments to be made in cash or Cash Equivalents owed to any Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in the form of licensing, royalty, earnout or milestone payment (or similar deferred cash payments), (x) any Securities or other obligations or assets received by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee (including earn-outs or similar obligations) that are converted by such Person into Cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for Cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (y) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (y)  and clause (B)(1) of the proviso to Section  6.08 that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of the greater of $375,000,000 and 10.7% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, in each case shall be deemed to be Cash); provided , further , that the Net Proceeds of such Disposition shall be applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section  2.11(b)(ii) ;

 

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(i) to the extent that (i) the relevant property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of the relevant Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(j) Dispositions of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements between joint venture or similar parties set forth in the relevant joint venture arrangements and/or similar binding arrangements;

(k) Dispositions of notes receivable or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business (including any discount and/or forgiveness thereof) or in connection with the collection or compromise thereof, or as part of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding;

(l) Dispositions and/or terminations of, or constituting, leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses or cross-licenses (including the provision of software under any open source license), the Dispositions or terminations of which (i) do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) relate to closed facilities or the discontinuation of any Product Line or (iii) are made in the ordinary course of business;

(m) (i) any termination of any lease, sublease, license or sub-license in the ordinary course of business (and any related Disposition of improvements made to leased real property resulting therefrom), (ii) any expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property and (iii) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or litigation claims (including in tort) in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Dispositions of property subject to foreclosure, expropriation, forced disposition, casualty, eminent domain, expropriation or condemnation proceedings (including in lieu thereof or any similar proceeding);

(o) Dispositions or consignments of equipment, inventory or other assets (including leasehold or licensed interests in real property) with respect to facilities that are temporarily not in use, held for sale or closed;

(p) [reserved];

(q) Dispositions of non-core assets and sales of Real Estate Assets, in each case acquired in any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder, including such Dispositions (x) made in order to obtain the approval of any anti-trust authority or otherwise necessary or advisable in the good faith determination of the Parent to consummate any acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder or (y) which, within 90 days of the date of such acquisition or Investment, are designated in writing to the Administrative Agent as being held for sale and not for the continued operation of any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses;

(r) exchanges or swaps, including transactions covered by Section 1031 of the Code (or any comparable provision of any foreign jurisdiction), of property or assets so long as any such exchange or swap is made for fair value (as determined by the Parent in good faith) for like property or assets or property, assets or services of greater value or usefulness to the business of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Parent; provided that upon the consummation of any such exchange or swap by any Loan Party, to the extent the property received does not constitute an Excluded Asset, the Administrative Agent has a perfected Lien with the same priority as the Lien held on the property or assets so exchanged or swapped;

 

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(s) Dispositions of assets that do not constitute Collateral having a fair market value of not more than, in any Fiscal Year, the greater of $150,000,000 and 4.3% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, which amounts if not used in any Fiscal Year may be carried forward to subsequent Fiscal Years (until so applied);

(t) (i) licensing and cross-licensing (including sub-licensing) arrangements involving any technology, intellectual property or other IP Rights of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, (ii) Dispositions, abandonments, cancellations or lapses of intellectual property of other IP Rights, including issuances or registrations thereof, or applications for issuances or registrations thereof, in the ordinary course of business or which, in the good faith determination of the Parent, are not necessary to the conduct of the business of any Borrower or their Restricted Subsidiaries or are obsolete or no longer economical to maintain in light of their use and (iii) Dispositions of any technology, intellectual property or other IP Rights of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary involving their customers in the ordinary course of business, in each case that do not constitute Exclusive Licenses;

(u) terminations or unwinds of Derivative Transactions;

(v) Dispositions of Capital Stock of, or sales of Indebtedness or other Securities of, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(w) Dispositions of Real Estate Assets and related assets in the ordinary course of business in connection with relocation activities for directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, any Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(x) Dispositions made to comply with any order or other directive of any Governmental Authority or any applicable Requirement of Law;

(y) any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, Disposition or conveyance the sole purpose of which is to reincorporate or reorganize (provided that if such Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party it must satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement in such other jurisdiction to the extent otherwise required hereunder);

(z) Dispositions constituting any part of a Permitted Reorganization;

(aa) any sale of motor vehicles and information technology equipment purchased at the end of an operating lease and resold thereafter;

(bb) other Dispositions with a Disposition Consideration of not more than, in the aggregate, the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.85% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period;

(cc) Dispositions contemplated on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 6.07 hereto;

(dd) [reserved];

(ee) any issuance, sale or Disposition of Capital Stock to directors, officers, managers or employees for purposes of satisfying requirements with respect to directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals, in each case as required by applicable Requirements of Law;

 

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(ff) any netting arrangement of accounts receivable between or among the any Borrower and their Restricted Subsidiaries or among Restricted Subsidiaries of any Borrower made in the ordinary course of business; and

(gg) Dispositions in connection with any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, any Permitted Warrant Transaction or any Packaged Right.

To the extent that any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section  6.07 to any Person other than a Loan Party, such Collateral shall automatically be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents (which Liens shall be automatically released upon the consummation of such Disposition) and the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take, and shall take, any actions reasonably requested by any Borrower or otherwise deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.

Section 6.08. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which any Borrower or the relevant Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries) and (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by any Borrower or such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary to any Person (other than any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease (such a transaction described herein, a “ Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ”); provided that any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted so long as either (A) the resulting Indebtedness, if any, is permitted by Section  6.01(m) or Section  6.01(z) or (B) (1) such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is made in exchange for Cash consideration ( provided that the Cash consideration requirements set forth in Section  6.07(h) shall apply in determining whether or not the Cash consideration requirements in this clause are satisfied; it being understood that any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of the relevant Sale and Lease-Back Transaction having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (1)  and clause (y)  of the proviso to Section  6.07(h) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of the greater of $375,000,000 and 10.7% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, in each case, shall be deemed to be Cash), (2) any Borrower or Loan Party or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to enter into, and remain liable under, the applicable underlying lease and (3) the aggregate fair market value of the assets sold subject to all Sale and Lease-Back Transactions under this clause (B)  shall not exceed (i) the greater of $50,000,000 and 1.4% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period plus (ii) an unlimited amount provided that all Cash proceeds received in connection therewith are applied to prepay the Loan Document Obligations hereunder as set forth in Section  2.11(b) .

Section 6.09. Transactions with Affiliates . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) involving payment in excess of the greater of $100,000,000 and 2.85% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period in any individual transaction with any of their respective Affiliates on terms that are substantially less favorable to such Borrower or such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be (as determined by the Parent in good faith), than those that might be obtained at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction from a Person who is not an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to:

 

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(a) any transaction between or among the Borrowers and/or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries and/or Joint Ventures (or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture as a result of such transaction) to the extent permitted or not restricted by this Agreement;

(b) any issuance, sale or grant of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) (i) any collective bargaining, employment, indemnification, expense reimbursement or severance agreement or compensatory (including profit sharing) arrangement entered into by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries with any Permitted Payee, (ii) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Capital Stock pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with any Permitted Payee and (iii) payments or other transactions pursuant to any management equity plan, employee compensation, benefit plan, stock option plan or arrangement, equity holder arrangement, supplemental executive retirement benefit plan, any health, disability or similar insurance plan, or any employment contract or arrangement which covers any Permitted Payee and payments pursuant thereto;

(d) any transaction specifically permitted under this Agreement, including: (i) transactions permitted by Sections 6.01(d) , ( o) , (bb) and ( ee ) , 6.03 , 6.04 , 6.06 (h) , (m) , (o) , ( t) , (v) , (x) , (y) , (z) , ( aa ) , (bb) , ( gg ) , ( hh ) , (ii) , ( jj ) , ( kk ) , ( ll ) and (mm)  and 6.07 , (ii) any Permitted Reorganization and (iii) issuances of Capital Stock and issuances and incurrences of Indebtedness not restricted by this Agreement and payments pursuant thereto;

(e) the existence of, or performance by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any transaction or agreement in existence on the Closing Date and any amendment, modification or extension thereof to the extent such amendment, modification or extension, taken as a whole, is not materially (i) adverse to the Lenders or (ii) more disadvantageous to the Lenders than the relevant transaction in existence on the Closing Date;

(f) [reserved];

(g) [reserved];

(h) (i) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of any Borrower (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) solely because any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock in such Person and (ii) transactions with any Person that is an Affiliate solely because a director or officer of such Person is a director or officer of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(i) any transaction or transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of any Borrower at such time;

(j) Guarantees permitted by Section  6.01 or Section  6.06 ;

(k) loans and other transactions among the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent permitted or not restricted under this Article 6 ;

(l) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, members of the board of directors (or similar governing body), officers, employees, members of management, managers, consultants and independent contractors of any Borrower and/or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(m) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, licensees, Joint Ventures, purchasers or sellers of goods or services or providers of employees or other labor entered into in the ordinary course of business, which are (i) fair to the Parent and/or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary in the good faith determination of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Parent or the senior management thereof or (ii) on terms not substantially less favorable to the Parent and/or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary as might reasonably be obtained from a Person other than an Affiliate;

(n) the payment of reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses related to registration rights and indemnities provided to shareholders under any shareholder agreement and the existence or performance by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under any such registration rights or shareholder agreement;

(o) [reserved];

(p) any transaction in respect of which any Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter addressed to the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the applicable Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of nationally recognized standing stating that such transaction is fair to such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms, when taken as a whole, are not substantially less favorable to such Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary than might be obtained at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction from a Person who is not an Affiliate;

(q) [reserved];

(r) payments to or from, and transactions with, an Unrestricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business (including, any cash management or administrative activities related thereto);

(s) any lease entered into between any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee, and any Affiliate of any Borrower, as lessor, and any transaction(s) pursuant to that lease, which lease is approved by the board of directors or senior management of the applicable Borrower in good faith;

(t) transactions undertaken in the ordinary course of business pursuant to membership in a purchasing consortium; and

(u) transactions set forth on Schedule 6.09 and any renewals or extensions thereof.

Section 6.10. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents . No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, agree to any amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of its Organizational Documents after the Closing Date that is materially adverse to such Restricted Subsidiary or any Loan Party, as applicable, and to the Lenders.

Section 6.11. Fiscal Year . No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, change its Fiscal Year end from December 31, except with the consent of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (in which case the Parent and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized to (without requiring the consent of any other Person, including any Lender), make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in Fiscal Year), it being understood and agreed that notwithstanding the foregoing a Restricted Subsidiary may, without restriction, change its Fiscal Year to the Fiscal Year of the Parent.

 

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Section 6.12. Amendments of or Waivers with Respect to Restricted Debt . The Parent and each other Loan Party shall not, nor permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Restricted Debt (or the documentation governing any Restricted Debt) if the effect of such amendment or modification, together with all other amendments or modifications made, is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such); provided that, for purposes of clarity, it is understood and agreed that the foregoing limitation shall not otherwise prohibit any Refinancing Indebtedness or any other replacement, refinancing, amendment, supplement, modification, extension, renewal, restatement or refunding of any Restricted Debt, in each case, that is permitted under this Agreement in respect thereof.

Section 6.13. [ Reserved ].

Section 6.14. [ Reserved ].

Section 6.15. First Lien Leverage Ratio . On the last day of any Test Period ending on or after the last day of the first full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date, the Parent shall not permit the First Lien Leverage Ratio to be greater than 4.00:1.00.

Section 6.16. Establishment of Defined Benefit Plan . No Loan Party shall (a) sponsor, administer, maintain, contribute to, participate in or assume or incur any liability in respect of, any Defined Benefit Plan, or (b) acquire an interest in any Person if such Person sponsors, administers, maintains, contributes to, participates in or has any liability in respect of, any Defined Benefit Plan, other than, with respect to clauses (a)  and (b) , Defined Benefit Plans that do not, in the aggregate, have a solvency deficit in excess of $10,000,000 at any time.

ARTICLE 7

LOAN GUARANTEE

Section 7.01. Guarantee of the Loan Document Obligations . Subject to Section  7.02 and the terms of each Counterpart Agreement, the Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations (other than Excluded Swap Obligations) when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief Laws) (collectively, the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”).

Section 7.02. Contribution by Guarantors; Indemnification; Subordination .

(a) The Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the “ Contributing Guarantors ”), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under the Loan Guarantee. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution (including the sale of any assets) is made on any date by a Guarantor (a “ Funding Guarantor ”) under the Loan Guarantee or any other Loan Document such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Agreement shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document. Any Contributing Guarantor making a payment under this Section  7.02(a) shall be subrogated to the rights of the Funding Guarantor under Section  7.02(b) below to the extent of such payment.

 

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(b) In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law, each Borrower agrees that (i) in the event a payment in respect of any Obligation of such Borrower shall be made by any Guarantor under the Loan Guarantee, such Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the Person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (ii) in the event any assets of any Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to any Loan Document to satisfy in whole or in part an Obligation owed to any Secured Party by such Borrower, such Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Sections 7.02(a) and (b)  hereof and all other rights of the Guarantors of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the payment in full in cash of the Loan Document Obligations. No failure on the part of any Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required by Sections 7.02(a) and (b) (or any other payments required under Requirements of Law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

(d) This Section  7.02 supersedes the Contribution Agreement (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) in its entirety and the Contribution Agreement (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall be of no further force or effect.

Section 7.03. Payment by Subsidiary Guarantors . Subject to Section  7.02 and the terms of each Counterpart Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Secured Party may have at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of any Borrower to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or analogous provisions of other Debtor Relief Laws), the Subsidiary Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for any Borrower’s becoming the subject of a case or proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against any Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Secured Parties as aforesaid.

Section 7.04. Liability of Guarantors Absolute . To the extent permitted under applicable law, each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

(a) this Loan Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and performance when due and not of collectability. This Loan Guarantee is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;

(b) to the extent permitted under Requirements of Law, the Administrative Agent may enforce this Loan Guarantee upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between any Borrower and any Secured Party with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;

 

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(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of any Borrower and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of any Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against any Borrower or any of such other guarantors and whether or not any Borrower is joined in any such action or actions;

(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(e) any Secured Party, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Secured Party in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Secured Party may have against any such security, in each case as such Secured Party in its discretion may determine consistent herewith or the applicable Hedge Agreement or agreement relating to Banking Services Obligations and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against any Borrower or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Loan Documents or any agreement relating to Derivative Transactions or Banking Services Obligations; and

(f) this Loan Guarantee and the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Loan Documents or any agreements relating to Derivative Transactions or Banking Services, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other

 

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guarantee of or security for the payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Loan Documents, any agreements relating to Derivative Transactions or Banking Services or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guarantee or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Loan Document, such agreement relating to Derivatives Transactions or Banking Services or any agreement relating to such other guarantee or security; (iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Loan Documents, any agreements relating to Derivative Transactions or Banking Services or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Secured Party might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Secured Party’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which any Borrower may allege or assert against any Secured Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.

Section 7.05. Waivers by Guarantors . To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of the Secured Parties: (a) any right to require any Secured Party, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against any Borrower, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from any Borrower, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Secured Party in favor of any Borrower or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of any Borrower or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of any Borrower or any other Guarantor from any cause other than satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Secured Party’s errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Secured Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder, agreements relating to Derivative Transactions or Banking Services or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to any Borrower and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section  7.04 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.

 

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Section 7.06. Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. Until the Termination Date, each Guarantor hereby waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against any Borrower or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Loan Guarantee or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against any Borrower with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Secured Party now has or may hereafter have against any Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party. In addition, until the Termination Date, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including any such right of contribution set forth in Section  7.02 hereof. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against any other Guarantor or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Secured Party may have against any Borrower, to all right, title and interest any Secured Party may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Secured Party may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time prior to the Termination Date, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.

Section 7.07. Subordination of Other Obligations . Any Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor now or hereafter owed to any Guarantor (the “ Obligee Guarantor ”) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such Indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof.

Section 7.08. Continuing Guarantee . This Loan Guarantee is a continuing guarantee and shall remain in effect until the Termination Date. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Loan Guarantee as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.

Section 7.09. Authority of Subsidiary Guarantors or Borrowers . It is not necessary for any Secured Party to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Borrower or the officers, directors or any Agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.

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from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of any Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation or at the time such agreement relating to Derivatives Transactions or Banking Services is entered into, as the case may be. No Secured Party shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Subsidiary Guarantor its assessment, or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial condition of any Borrower. Each Subsidiary Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from the applicable Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of such Borrower and its ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents and agreements relating to Derivative Transactions and Banking Services, and each Subsidiary Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of such Borrower and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Secured Party to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of any Borrower now known or hereafter known by any Secured Party.

Section 7.11. Bankruptcy, etc .

(a) Until the Termination Date, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of the Required Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case, application or proceeding of or against any Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor. The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case, application or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of any Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or by any defense which any Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.

(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case, application or proceeding referred to in clause (a)  above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case, application or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case, application or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of the Guarantors and the Secured Parties that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve any Borrower of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case, application or proceeding is commenced.

(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by any Borrower, the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.

Section 7.12. Discharge of Loan Guarantee upon Sale of Subsidiary Guarantor . If all of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise Disposed of (including by merger, amalgamation or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Loan Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Secured Party or any other Person effective as of the time of such sale or other Disposition.

 

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Section 7.13. Guarantee Limitations . Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the application of this Agreement to (including the Loan Guarantee and any obligation to contribute and indemnify pursuant to Section  7.02 of) each Subsidiary Guarantor organized outside of the United States and Canada shall be (a) subject to the terms of Schedule 7.13 and (b) limited in the manner set forth in any Counterpart Agreement with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Counterpart Agreement entered into prior to the Closing Date in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement. Schedule 7.13 may be amended by the Administrative Agent and the Parent, without the consent of any other Lender, Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or other Secured Party, in order to (i) incorporate additional provisions to address the accession of any Loan Party in an additional jurisdiction after the date hereof, (ii) cure omissions or defects or make changes of a technical nature or (iii) accommodate any Change in Law.

ARTICLE 8

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 8.01. Events of Default . If any of the following events (each, an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur:

(a) Failure To Make Payments When Due . Failure by any Borrower to pay (i) any installment of principal of any Loan when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise, (ii) when due any amount payable to any Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit or (iii) any interest on any Loan, any fee or other non-principal amount due hereunder within five Business Days after the date due; or

(b) Default in Other Agreements . (i) Failure by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in clause (a)  above) with an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding the Threshold Amount, in each case beyond the applicable notice period and grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any other term of (A) one or more items of Indebtedness with an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding the Threshold Amount or (B) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Hedging Obligations, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of the relevant Hedge Agreement which are not the result of any default thereunder by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary), in each case beyond the applicable notice period and grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be; provided that clause (ii)  of this paragraph (b)  shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder; provided , further , that (x) with respect to any breach or default referred to in clause (ii)  above with respect to a financial covenant in any such Indebtedness, such breach or default shall only constitute an Event of Default hereunder if such breach or default has resulted in the acceleration of such Indebtedness and the termination of commitments thereunder, (y) any failure, breach or default described under clauses ( i )  or (ii) above is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness prior to any termination of the Commitments or acceleration of the Loans pursuant to this Article 8 and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, any failure, breach or default described under clauses ( i )  or (ii) above shall not result in a Default or Event of Default hereunder while any notice period or grace period, if applicable to such failure, breach or default, remains in effect; or

 

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(c) Breach of Certain Covenants . Failure of any Loan Party, as required by the relevant provision, to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in Section  5.01(e)(i) , Section  5.02 (as it applies to the preservation of the existence of the Parent) or Article 6 ; provided that, notwithstanding this clause (c) , no breach or default by any Loan Party under Section  6.15 will constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term Loans unless and until the Required Revolving Lenders have accelerated the Revolving Loans, terminated the commitments under the Revolving Facility and demanded repayment of, or otherwise accelerated, the Indebtedness or other obligations under the Revolving Facility and have not rescinded such demand or acceleration (the “ Financial Covenant Standstill ”); or

(d) Breach of Representations, Etc . Any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document or in any certificate required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Perfection Certificate) shall be untrue in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made and such untrue representation, warranty or certification shall remain untrue for a period of 30 days after notice from the Administrative Agent to the Parent; or

(e) Other Defaults Under Loan Documents . Default by any Loan Party in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Article 7 , which default has not been remedied or waived within 30 days after receipt by the Parent of any written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent; or

(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc . (i) The entry by a court of competent jurisdiction of a decree or order for relief in respect of any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) (any such Person, a “ Specified Person ”) in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal, state or local law, which relief is not stayed; or (ii) the commencement of an involuntary case against any Specified Person under any Debtor Relief Law; the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for the appointment of a receiver, receiver and manager (preliminary) insolvency receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over any Specified Person, or over all or a substantial part of its property; or the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of any Specified Person for all or a substantial part of its property, which remains, in any case under this clause (f) , undismissed, unvacated, unbonded and unstayed pending appeal for 60 consecutive days; or

(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, Etc . (i) The entry against any Specified Person of an order for relief, the commencement by any Specified Person of a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Law, or the consent by any Specified Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any Debtor Relief Law, or the consent by any Specified Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, receiver and manager, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; (ii) the making by any Specified Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (iii) the admission by any Specified Person in writing of its inability to pay its debts as such debts become due; or

(h) Judgments and Attachments . The entry or filing of one or more final money judgments, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process against any Specified Person or any of its assets involving in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of the Threshold Amount (in either case to the extent not adequately covered by indemnity from a third party as to which the indemnifying party has been notified and not denied its indemnification obligations, self-insurance (if applicable) or insurance as to which the relevant third party insurance company has been notified and not denied coverage), which judgment, writs or warrants of attachment or similar process remains unpaid, undischarged, unvacated, unbonded and unstayed pending appeal for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

 

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(i) Employee Benefit Plans . The occurrence of one or more ERISA Events, which individually or in the aggregate result in liability of any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(j) Change of Control . The occurrence of a Change of Control; or

(k) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and Other Loan Documents . At any time after the execution and delivery thereof (i) any material Loan Guarantee for any reason ceasing to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as a result of the occurrence of the Termination Date) or being declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void or the repudiation in writing by any Loan Party of its obligations thereunder (in each case other than as a result of the discharge of such Loan Party in accordance with the terms thereof), (ii) this Agreement or any material Collateral Document or any Lien on a material portion of the Collateral ceasing to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, the occurrence of the Termination Date, any other termination of such Collateral Document in accordance with the terms thereof or as a result of the Refinancing prior to the taking of post-Closing Date actions with respect to the Collateral Documents) or being declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void or (iii) other than in any bona fide, good faith dispute as to the scope of Collateral or whether any Lien has been, or is required to be, released, the contesting by any Loan Party in writing of the validity or enforceability of any material provision of any Loan Document (or any Lien on a material portion of the Collateral purported to be created by the Collateral Documents) or denial by any Loan Party in writing that it has any further liability (other than by reason of the occurrence of the Termination Date or any other termination of any Loan Document in accordance with the terms thereof), including with respect to future advances by the Lenders, under any Loan Document to which it is a party; it being understood and agreed that the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of any Collateral actually delivered to it or file any UCC (or equivalent) continuation statement or any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to take action within its control shall not result in an Event of Default under this clause  (k) ; or

(l) Subordination . The Loan Document Obligations ceasing or the assertion in writing by any Loan Party that the Loan Document Obligations cease to constitute senior indebtedness under the subordination provisions of any document or instrument evidencing any permitted subordinated Junior Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount (in each case, to the extent required by such subordination provision) or any such subordination provision being invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order or otherwise ceasing, for any reason, to be valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the parties thereto; or

(m) Canadian Employee Benefit Plans . (x) There shall occur one or more Canadian Pension Plan Termination Events that have had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (y) a Canadian Loan Party fails to make a required contribution to or payment under any Canadian Pension Plan when due and such failure has had or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;

then, and in every such Event of Default (other than (x) an Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in clause (f)  or (g) of this Article or (y) any Event of Default arising under Section  6.15 ), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Parent, take any of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments, and thereupon such Commitments shall terminate immediately along with the obligation of Issuing Banks to issue any Letter

 

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of Credit, (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, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers and (iii) require that the applicable Borrower deposit in the LC Collateral Account an additional amount in Cash as reasonably requested by the Issuing Banks (not to exceed 100% of the relevant face amount) of the then outstanding LC Exposure ( minus the amount then on deposit in the LC Collateral Account); provided that (A) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in clause (f)  or (g) of this Article, any such Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers, and the obligation of the Borrowers to Cash collateralize the outstanding Letters of Credit as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further action of the Administrative Agent or any Lender and (B) during the continuance of any Event of Default arising under Section  6.15 , after giving effect to the proviso to Section  8.01(c)  (X) solely upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders (but not the Required Lenders or any other Lender or group of Lenders), the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Parent, (1) terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments, and thereupon such Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate immediately, (2) declare the Revolving 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 Revolving Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder in respect of the Revolving Loans, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice in respect thereof of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers and (3) require that applicable Borrower deposit in the LC Collateral Account an additional amount in Cash as reasonably requested by the Issuing Banks (not to exceed 100% of the relevant face amount) of the then outstanding LC Exposure ( minus the amount then on deposit in the LC Collateral Account) and (Y) subject to the Financial Covenant Standstill, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrowers, 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, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to any applicable intercreditor agreement, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC.

ARTICLE 9

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 9.01. Appointment . Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, on behalf of itself and its applicable Affiliates and in their respective capacities as such and as Secured Parties in respect of any Secured Hedging Obligations or Banking Services Obligations, as applicable, hereby irrevocably appoints Barclays (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as Administrative Agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents and any other documents with respect to the rights of the Secured Parties and the Collateral as contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

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Subject to Section  9.13, each of the Secured Parties hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent (as collateral agent) to act as the agent of (and to hold any security interest, other than any security interest governed by French law, created by the Loan Documents for and on behalf of or on trust for) such Secured Party for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Secured Party agrees that any such actions by the Administrative Agent shall bind such Secured Party.

Any Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, unless the context otherwise requires or unless such Person is in fact not a Lender, include each Person serving as Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any subsidiary of any Loan Party or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, the Administrative Agent or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to them.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default exists, and the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Requirements of Law; it being understood that such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers that are expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents and which the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in Section  10.02 ); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Requirements of Law and (c) 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 Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or Required Revolving Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the relevant circumstances as provided in Section  10.02 ) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Parent or any Lender, and the Administrative Agent

 

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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 hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or other term or condition set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien on the Collateral or the existence, value or sufficiency of the Collateral, (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 4 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or (vii) any property, book or record of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof; provided , further, that the foregoing paragraph is solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and not any Lender.

The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential provider of Secured Hedging Obligations or Banking Services Obligations) and the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article 9 and Article 10 (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

Section 9.02. Enforcement . Each Lender agrees that, except with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, it will not take any enforcement action hereunder or under any other Loan Document, accelerate the Loan Document Obligations under any Loan Document, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under applicable law or otherwise to credit bid at any foreclosure sale, UCC sale, any sale under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or other similar Dispositions of Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, except as otherwise expressly limited herein, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against a Loan Party where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such action, bar enforcement of the Loan Document Obligations held by such Lender, including the filing of a proof of claim in a case under the Bankruptcy Code.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that (i) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Loan Guarantee; it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or in the event of any other Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code), (A) the Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties, shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply all or any portion of the Loan Document Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Administrative Agent at such Disposition and (B) the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of all or any portion of such Collateral at any such Disposition.

 

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No holder of any Secured Hedging Obligation or Banking Services Obligation in its respective capacity as such shall have any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Loan Party under this Agreement.

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes (and by entering into a Hedge Agreement with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligation and/or by entering into documentation in connection with any Banking Services Obligation, each of the other Secured Parties hereby authorizes and shall be deemed to authorize) the Administrative Agent, on behalf of all Secured Parties, to take any of the following actions upon the instruction of the Required Lenders:

(a) consent to the Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral free and clear of the Liens securing the Obligations in connection with any Disposition pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (or other applicable Debtor Relief Law), including Section 363 thereof;

(b) credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations, or purchase all or any portion of the Collateral (in each case, either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles), in connection with any Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code (or other applicable Debtor Relief Law), including under Section 363 thereof;

(c) credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations, or purchase all or any portion of the Collateral (in each case, either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles), in connection with any Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the applicable provisions of the UCC (or other applicable Debtor Relief Law), including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC;

(d) credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations, or purchase all or any portion of the Collateral (in each case, either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles), in connection with any foreclosure or other Disposition conducted in accordance with applicable law following the occurrence of an Event of Default, including by power of sale, judicial action or otherwise; and/or

(e) estimate the amount of any contingent or unliquidated Obligations of such Lender or other Secured Party;

it being understood that no Lender shall be required to fund any new amount in connection with any purchase of all or any portion of the Collateral by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the foregoing clause (b) , (c) or (d)  without its prior written consent.

Each Secured Party agrees that the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to credit bid any part of the Obligations or to purchase or retain or acquire any portion of the Collateral; provided that, in connection with any credit bid or purchase described under clause (b) , (c) or (d)  of the preceding paragraph, the Obligations owed to all of the Secured Parties (other than with respect to contingent or unliquidated liabilities as set forth in the next succeeding paragraph) may be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent on a ratable basis. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Article 9 shall limit any rights of any of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code (or the corresponding provisions of any other applicable Debtor Relief Law).

With respect to any contingent or unliquidated claim that is a Secured Obligation, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by the Secured Parties, but is not required, to estimate the amount thereof for purposes of any credit bid or purchase described in the second preceding paragraph so long as the estimation of the amount or liquidation of such claim would not unduly delay the ability of the Administrative Agent to credit bid the Obligations or purchase the Collateral in the relevant Disposition. In the event that the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects not to estimate any

 

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such contingent or unliquidated claim or any such claim cannot be estimated without unduly delaying the ability of the Administrative Agent to consummate any credit bid or purchase in accordance with the second preceding paragraph, then any contingent or unliquidated claims not so estimated shall be disregarded, shall not be credit bid, and shall not be entitled to any interest in the portion or the entirety of the Collateral purchased by means of such credit bid.

Each Secured Party whose Obligations are credit bid under clause (b) , (c) or (d)  of the third preceding paragraph shall be entitled to receive interests in the Collateral or any other asset acquired in connection with such credit bid (or in the Capital Stock of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such acquisition) on a ratable basis in accordance with the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the amount of the Obligations of such Secured Party that were credit bid in such credit bid or other Disposition by (y) the aggregate amount of all Obligations that were credit bid in such credit bid or other Disposition.

Section 9.03. Bankruptcy . In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, each Secured Party agrees that the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or LC Exposure is then 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 Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, 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 or LC Exposure and all other Loan Document 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 for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts to the extent due to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.12 and 10.03 ) 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.

Any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent consents to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amount due to the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.12 and 10.03 .

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 any Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Loan Document Obligations or the rights of any Lender or any Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or any Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.

Section 9.04. Reliance . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the

 

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proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the applicable Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent has received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Parent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

Section 9.05. Delegation . The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-Agents appointed by it. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all 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-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent.

Section 9.06. Resignation . The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty days’ written notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Parent. If the Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender, either the Required Lenders or the Parent may, upon thirty days’ notice, remove the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation or delivery of any such notice of removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Parent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a commercial bank, trust company or other Person reasonably acceptable to the Parent with offices in the U.S.; provided that during the existence and continuation of a Specified Event of Default, no consent of the Parent shall be required. If no successor shall have been appointed as provided above and accepted such appointment within thirty days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation or the Administrative Agent receives notice of removal, then (a) in the case of a retirement, the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, consent of the Parent) or (b) in the case of a removal, the Parent may, after consulting with the Required Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that (x) in the case of a retirement, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Parent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment or (y) in the case of a removal, the Parent notifies the Required Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then, in each case, such resignation or removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (i) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties for perfection purposes, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations required to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each Issuing Bank directly (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank will cooperate with the Parent to enable the Parent to take such actions), until such time as the Required Lenders or the Parent, as applicable, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, as provided for above in this Article 9 . Upon the acceptance of its appointment as 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 or removed

 

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Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder (other than its obligations under Section  10.13 hereof). The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor Administrative Agent. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section  10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub-Agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the relevant Person was acting as Administrative Agent (including for this purpose holding any collateral security following the retirement or removal of the Administrative Agent).

Any resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent hereunder shall also constitute its resignation as the Swingline Lender effective as of the date of effectiveness of its removal or resignation as Administrative Agent as provided above. In the event of any such resignation as Swingline Lender, the Parent shall be entitled to appoint any Revolving Lender that is willing to accept such appointment as successor Swingline Lender hereunder. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Swingline Lender hereunder by a successor Swingline Lender, such successor Swingline Lender shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Swingline Lender and the resigning Swingline Lender shall be discharged from its duties and obligations in such capacity hereunder. In the event the Swingline Lender resigns, the applicable Borrowers shall promptly repay all outstanding Swingline Loans on the effective date of such resignation (which repayment may be effectuated with the proceeds of a Borrowing).

Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by the Administrative Agent herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or any Issuing Bank with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties.

Section 9.07. Arrangers . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Arrangers shall not have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement, except in their respective capacities, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, an Issuing Bank or a Lender hereunder.

Section 9.08. Release of Loan Guarantees; Collateral . Each Secured Party irrevocably authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to, and the Administrative Agent shall:

(a) without limiting Section  10.22 , release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, (ii) that is sold or to be sold or transferred as part of or in connection with any Disposition permitted under the Loan Documents (or other disposition not restricted hereby) to a Person that is not a Loan Party, (iii) that does not constitute (or ceases to constitute) Collateral (including by becoming an Excluded Asset), (iv) if

 

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the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Loan Guarantee otherwise in accordance with the Loan Documents, (v) as required under clause (d)  below or (vi)  if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be necessary under the relevant circumstances as provided in Section  10.02 ) in accordance with Section  10.02 ;

(b) without limiting Section  10.22 , release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Loan Guarantee (i) if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a single transaction or series of related transactions or any event or other circumstance permitted hereunder) and/or (ii) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date;

(c) subordinate (and, in the case of Section  6.02( uu ) , release) any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Sections 6.02(c) , 6.02(d) , 6.02 (e) , 6.02(f) , 6.02 (g) , 6.02(l) , 6.02(k) 6.02(m) , 6.02(n) , 6.02(o) , 6.02(q) , 6.02(r) , 6.02 (v)(ii) , 6.02(x) , 6.02 (y) , 6.02(z)( i ) , 6.02(bb) , 6.02(cc) , 6.02( dd ) , 6.02( ee ) , 6.02( ff ), 6.02( gg ) , 6.02 (ii) , 6.02( ll ) and 6.02( uu ) (and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any thereof to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness is permitted to be secured under Section  6.02(k) ); and

(d) enter into subordination, intercreditor, collateral trust and/or similar agreements (and any amendments thereto) with respect to Indebtedness (including any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and any amendment thereto) that is (i) required or permitted to be subordinated hereunder or pari passu with the Liens securing the Loan Document Obligations and/or (ii) secured by Liens, and with respect to which Indebtedness and/or Liens, this Agreement contemplates an intercreditor, subordination, collateral trust or similar agreement.

Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under the Loan Guarantee or its Lien on any Collateral pursuant to this Article 9 . In each case as specified in this Article 9 , the Administrative Agent will (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Parent’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, to subordinate its interest therein, or to release such Loan Party from its obligations under the Loan Guarantee, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Article 9 . The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively as to any of the matters described in this Section  9.08 and Section  10.22 (including as to its authority hereunder and thereunder) on a certificate or similar instrument provided to it by any Loan Party without further inquiry or investigation, which certificate shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Loan Parties upon request.

Section 9.09. Intercreditor Agreements . The Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and any other intercreditor, subordination, collateral trust or similar agreement contemplated hereby with respect to any (a) Indebtedness (i) that is (A) required or permitted to be subordinated hereunder or pari passu with or senior to the Liens securing the Loan Document Obligations and/or (B) secured by Liens and (ii) with respect to which Indebtedness and/or Liens, this Agreement contemplates an intercreditor, subordination, collateral trust or similar agreement (any such other intercreditor, subordination, collateral trust and/or similar agreement, an “ Additional Agreement ”) and/or (b) Secured Hedging Obligations and/or Banking Services Obligations, whether or not constituting Indebtedness, and each Secured Party acknowledges that any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and any Additional Agreement is binding upon them. Each Secured Party hereby (a)

 

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acknowledges that it has received a copy of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and consents to its terms, (b) agrees that it will be bound by, and will not take any action contrary to, the provisions of any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement or any Additional Agreement and (c) authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent to enter into any Additional Agreement (including any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement) and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to the Secured Parties to extend credit to the Borrowers, and the Secured Parties are intended third-party beneficiaries of such provisions and the provisions of any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and/or any other Additional Agreement.

Section 9.10. Indemnification by Lenders . To the extent that the Administrative Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders will reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any Affiliate thereof) in proportion to their respective Applicable Percentages (determined as if there were no Defaulting Lenders) for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, costs, expenses or disbursements of whatsoever kind or nature which may be imposed on, asserted against or incurred by the Administrative Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) in performing its duties hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s (or such Affiliate’s) gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).

Section 9.11. Withholding Taxes. To the extent required by any applicable Requirements of Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender (which term shall include any Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section  9.11 ) an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify fully and hold harmless Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by a Loan Party pursuant to Section  2.17 and without limiting or expanding the obligation of any Loan Party to do so) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Taxes or otherwise, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses and any other out-of-pocket expenses, whether or not such Tax was 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. The agreements in this Section  9.11 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of this Agreement and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Loan Document Obligations.

Section 9.12. Quebec . For the purposes of any security granted at any time by any Canadian Loan Party pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec, each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and, for the purposes of any existing security, confirms the appointment of the Administrative Agent in its capacity as collateral agent) to act as the hypothecary representative ( fond é de pouvoir ) (within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec ) for the Secured Parties (including for the holder of any debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness issued by any Canadian Loan Party pursuant to the terms of any deed of hypothec) in order to hold any hypothec granted under the laws of the Province of Quebec (including as security for any such debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness issued by any Canadian Loan Party (or as security in respect of any Obligations)) and to exercise such rights and duties as are conferred upon a hypothecary representative

 

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( fondé de pouvoir ) under the relevant deed of hypothec and applicable laws (with the power to delegate any such rights or duties). Moreover, in respect of any pledge by any such Canadian Loan Party of any such debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness as security in respect of any Obligations, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as collateral agent) shall also be authorized to hold such debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness as agent, mandatary, custodian and pledgee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the whole notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Quebec). The execution prior to the date hereof by the Administrative Agent (or its predecessor in the capacity as collateral agent) of any deed of hypothec or other security documents made pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec, is hereby ratified and confirmed. Any person who becomes a Secured Party shall be deemed to have consented to and ratified the foregoing appointment of the Administrative Agent as hypothecary representative ( fondé de pouvoir ), agent, mandatary and custodian on behalf of all Secured Parties (including for any holder of any such debenture, bond or other title of indebtedness issued by any Canadian Loan Party), including such person. For greater certainty, the Administrative Agent, when acting as the hypothecary representative ( fondé de pouvoir ), shall have the same rights, powers, immunities, indemnities and exclusions from liability as are prescribed in favor of the Administrative Agent in this Agreement, which shall apply mutatis mutandis . In the event of the resignation and appointment of a successor Administrative Agent, such successor of the Administrative Agent shall also act as the hypothecary representative ( fondé de pouvoir ) without any further action or formality, other than the filing of a notice of replacement in the applicable Quebec Register in accordance with Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec, and as agent, mandatary and custodian for the purposes set forth above. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender or Issuing Bank shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any other Lender or Issuing Bank. The Lenders and Issuing Banks are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender or Issuing Bank shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender or Issuing Bank.

Section 9.13. Certain Foreign Collateral Matters . Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Collateral Documents and the Liens (and the relative rights of the Secured Parties and the Administrative Agent) granted by a Subsidiary Guarantor organized outside of the United States and Canada shall be subject to the terms of Schedule 9.13 . Schedule 9.13 may be amended by the Administrative Agent and the Parent, without the consent of any other Lender, Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or other Secured Party, in order to (i) incorporate additional provisions to address the accession of any Loan Party in an additional jurisdiction after the date hereof, (ii) cure omissions or defects or make changes of a technical nature or (iii) accommodate any Change in Law.

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.01. Notices .

(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b)  below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile or email, as follows:

(i) if to any Loan Party, to such Loan Party in the care of the Parent at:

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

c/o Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

400 Somerset Corporate Boulevard

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Attention: Corporate Secretary

Facsimile No.: (949) 461-6661

Email: William.Woodfield@valeant.com and Judah.Bareli@valeant.com

 

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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice to any Loan Party):

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: Jason Kyrwood and Michael Kaplan

Facsimile No.: (212) 701-5800

Email: jason.kyrwood@davispolk.com and michael.kaplan@davispolk.com

(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, at:

Barclays Bank PLC

Bank Debt Management

745 7 th Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Telephone: (212) 526-6047

Attention: Robert Walsh

Email: robert.xa.walsh@barclays.com and ltmny@barclays.com

with a copy, in the case of any borrowing or continuation request, to:

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, Delaware 19713

Telephone: (302) 286-1920

Attention: Samuel Cohen

Email: samuel.cohen@barclays.com and 12145455230@tls.ldsprod.com

(iii) if to the Swingline Lender, at:

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, Delaware 19713

Telephone: (302) 286-1920

Attention: Samuel Cohen

Email: samuel.cohen@barclays.com and 12145455230@tls.ldsprod.com

(iv) if to any Lender, to it at its address, facsimile number or email address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

All such notices and other communications (A) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof or three Business Days after dispatch if sent by certified or registered mail, in each case, delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to the relevant party as provided in this Section  10.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section  10.01 or (B) sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent and when receipt has been confirmed by telephone; provided that notices and other communications

 

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sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, such notices or other communications shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in clause (b)  below shall be effective as provided in such clause (b) .

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including e-mail and Internet or Intranet websites) pursuant to procedures set forth herein or otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent or the Parent (on behalf of any Loan Party) may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures set forth herein or otherwise approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. All such notices and other communications (i) 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); provided that if not given during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient and (ii) 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 (b)( i ) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number or other notice information hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto; it being understood and agreed that the Parent may provide any such notice to the Administrative Agent as recipient on behalf of itself, the Swingline Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.

Section 10.02. 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 any other Loan Document are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any party thereto therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same is permitted by this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it is given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent permitted by law, the making of a Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time.

(b) Subject to clauses (A) , (B) , (C) , ( D) and ( E)  of this Section  10.02(b) and Sections 10.02(c) and (d)  below and to Section  10.05(f) , neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified, except (i) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Parent and the Required Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) or (ii) in the case of any other Loan Document (other than any waiver, amendment or modification to effectuate any modification thereto expressly contemplated by the terms of such other Loan Document), pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party that is party thereto, with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing:

 

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(A) except with the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby (but without requiring the consent of the Required Lenders), no such agreement shall;

(1) increase the Commitment of such Lender (other than with respect to any Incremental Facility pursuant to Section  2.22 in respect of which such Lender has agreed to be an Additional Lender); it being understood that no amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any condition precedent, representation, warranty, covenant, Default, Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall constitute an increase of any Commitment of such Lender;

(2) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan owed to such Lender or any amount due to such Lender on any Loan Installment Date (other than, in each case, any waiver of, or consent to or departure from, any Default or Event of Default or any mandatory prepayment; it being understood that no change in (i) the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio” or any other ratio used in the calculation of any mandatory prepayment (including any component definition thereof) or (ii) the MFN Provision shall constitute a reduction or forgiveness of any principal amount due hereunder);

(3) (x) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or (y) postpone any Loan Installment Date, any Interest Payment Date or the date of any scheduled payment of any fee, in each case payable to such Lender hereunder (in each case, other than any extension for administrative reasons agreed by the Administrative Agent) (other than, in each case, any waiver of, or consent or departure from, any Default or Event of Default or any mandatory prepayment; it being understood that no change in the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio” or any other ratio used in the calculation of any mandatory prepayment (including any component definition thereof) shall constitute such an extension or postponement);

(4) reduce the rate of interest (other than to waive any Default or Event of Default or obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest at the default rate of interest under Section  2.13(d) , which shall only require the consent of the Required Lenders, or to waive adjustments in interest rate or fees on account of late delivery of financial statements or a determination with respect to financial statements pursuant to the final paragraphs of the definitions of “Applicable Rate” and “Commitment Fee Rate”, which shall only require the consent of the Required Lenders with respect to the Initial Term Loans or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable) or the amount of any fee owed to such Lender; it being understood that no change in (i) the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio” or any other ratio used in the calculation of the Applicable Rate or the Commitment Fee Rate, or in the calculation of any other interest or fee due hereunder (including any component definition thereof) or (ii) the MFN Provision shall constitute a reduction in any rate of interest or fee hereunder;

 

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(5) extend the expiry date of such Lender’s Commitment; it being understood that no amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any condition precedent, representation, warranty, covenant, Default, Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of any Commitment shall constitute an extension of any Commitment of any Lender; and

(6) waive, amend or modify the provisions of Section  2.18(b) of this Agreement in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby (except in connection with any transaction permitted under Sections 2.22 , 2.23 , 10.02 (c) and/or 10.05 (g) or as otherwise provided in this Section  10.02 ); and

(B) no such agreement shall:

(1) change (x) any of the provisions of Section  10.02(a) or Section  10.02(b) or the definition of “Required Lenders” to reduce any voting percentage required to waive, amend or modify any right thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender or (y) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders” without the prior written consent of each Revolving Lender (it being understood that neither the consent of the Required Lenders nor the consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any change to the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders”);

(2) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien granted pursuant to the Loan Documents (except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, including pursuant to Article 9 or Section  10.22 hereof or pursuant to any Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement), without the prior written consent of each Lender; or

(3) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantees under the Loan Guarantee (except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, including pursuant to Article 9 or Section  10.22 hereof), without the prior written consent of each Lender;

(C) solely with the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders (but without the consent of the Required Lenders or any other Lender), any such agreement may (x) waive, amend or modify Section  6.15 (or the definition of “First Lien Leverage Ratio” or any component definition thereof, in each case, as any such definition is used solely for purposes of Section  6.15 ) or waive any Default or Event of Default in respect of Section  6.15 (other than as permitted under clause (y) ), (y) waive, amend or modify any condition precedent set forth in Section  4.02 hereof as it pertains to any Revolving Loan and/or Additional Revolving Loan and/or (z) waive any Default or Event of Default that results from any representation made or deemed made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document in connection with any Credit Extension under the Revolving Facility being untrue in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made;

 

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(D) solely with the consent of the relevant Issuing Bank and, in the case of clause (x) , the Administrative Agent, any such agreement may (x) increase or decrease the Letter of Credit Sublimit or (y) waive, amend or modify any condition precedent set forth in Section  4.02 hereof as it pertains to the issuance of any Letter of Credit; and

(E) solely with the consent of the Parent and applicable Class or Classes of Revolving Lenders and/or, if applicable, Issuing Banks, subject to the provisions of Section  1.10 , this Agreement may be amended or otherwise modified to permit the availability of Revolving Loans and/or Letters of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars and to make technical changes to this Agreement and any other Loan Document to accommodate the inclusion of any such new currency;

provided , further , that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be. The Administrative Agent may also amend the Commitment Schedule to reflect assignments entered into pursuant to Section 10.05, Commitment reductions or terminations pursuant to Section  2.09 , incurrences of Additional Commitments or Additional Loans pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c) and reductions or terminations of any such Additional Commitments or Additional Loans. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased without the consent of such Defaulting Lender (it being understood that any Commitment or Loan held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded from any vote hereunder that requires the consent of any Lender, except as expressly provided in Section  2.21(b) ). Notwithstanding the foregoing, but without limiting the provisions of Section  2.22(g) , this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Parent (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit any extension of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the relevant benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Lenders prior to such inclusion.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended:

(i) with the written consent of the Parent and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing or replacement of all or any portion of the outstanding Term Loans under any applicable Class (any such loans being refinanced or replaced, the “ Replaced Term Loans ”) with one or more replacement term loans hereunder (“ Replacement Term Loans ”) pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that

(A) the aggregate principal amount of any Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Replaced Term Loans (plus (1) any additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section  6.01 and, to the extent any such additional amounts are secured, the related Liens are permitted under Section  6.02 and plus (2) the amount of accrued interest, penalties and premium (including any tender premium) thereon, any committed but undrawn amount and underwriting discounts, fees (including upfront fees, original issue discount or initial yield payments), commissions and expenses associated therewith),

(B) subject to the Permitted Earlier Maturity Indebtedness Exception, any Replacement Term Loans (other than customary bridge loans with a maturity date of not longer than one year; provided that any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans shall be subject to the

 

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requirements of this clause (B) ) must have a final maturity date that is equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Replaced Term Loans at the time of the relevant refinancing,

(C) any Replacement Term Loans may be pari passu or junior in right of payment and pari passu (without regard to the control of remedies) or junior with respect to the Collateral with the remaining portion of the Initial Term Loans or Additional Term Loans ( provided that if pari passu or junior as to Collateral, such Replacement Term Loans shall be subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and may, at the option of the Parent, be documented in a separate agreement or agreements), or be unsecured,

(D) if any Replacement Term Loans are secured, such Replacement Term Loans may not be secured by any assets other than the Collateral,

(E) if any Replacement Term Loans are guaranteed, such Replacement Term Loans may not be guaranteed by any Person other than one or more Loan Parties,

(F) any Replacement Term Loans that are pari passu with the Initial Term Loans in right of payment and security may participate (A) in any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans as set forth in Section  2.11(a)( i ) and (B) in any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans as set forth in Section  2.11(b)(vi) ,

(G) any Replacement Term Loans shall have pricing (including interest, fees and premiums) and, subject to preceding clause (F) , optional prepayment and redemption terms and, subject to preceding clause (B) , an amortization schedule, as the Parent and the lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans may agree,

(H) the covenants and events of default of any Replacement Term Loans (excluding pricing, interest, fees, rate floors, premiums, optional prepayment or redemption terms, security and maturity, subject to preceding clauses (B)  through (G) ) shall be (i) substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) no more favorable (as determined by the Parent in good faith) to the lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to the Replaced Term Loans (other than covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the latest Maturity Date of such Replaced Term Loans (in each case, as of the date of incurrence of such Replacement Term Loans)), (ii) then-current market terms (as determined by the Parent in good faith at the time of incurrence or issuance (or the obtaining of a commitment with respect thereto)) for the applicable type of Indebtedness or (iii) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that covenants and events of default of any Replacement Term Loans that are more favorable to the lenders or the agent of such Replacement Term Loans than those contained in the Loan Documents and are then conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents pursuant to the applicable Refinancing Amendment shall thereafter be deemed acceptable to the Administrative Agent), and

(ii) with the written consent of the Parent and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Revolving Facility to permit the refinancing or replacement of all or any portion of any Revolving Credit Commitment under the applicable Class (any such Revolving Credit Commitment being refinanced or replaced, a “ Replaced Revolving Facility ”) with a replacement revolving facility hereunder (a “ Replacement Revolving Facility ”) pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment; provided that:

 

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(A) the aggregate principal amount of any Replacement Revolving Facility shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Replaced Revolving Facility (plus (x) any additional amounts permitted to be incurred under Section  6.01 and, to the extent any such additional amounts are secured, the related Liens are permitted under Section  6.02 and (y) the amount of accrued interest, penalties and premium thereon, any committed but undrawn amounts and underwriting discounts, fees (including upfront fees and original issue discount), commissions and expenses associated therewith),

(B) no Replacement Revolving Facility (other than customary bridge loans with a maturity date of not longer than one year; provided that any loans, notes, securities or other Indebtedness which are exchanged for or otherwise replace such bridge loans shall be subject to the requirements of this clause (B) ) may have a final maturity date (or require commitment reductions) prior to the final maturity date of the relevant Replaced Revolving Facility at the time of such refinancing,

(C) any Replacement Revolving Facility may be pari passu or junior in right of payment and pari passu (without regard to the control of remedies) or junior with respect to the Collateral with the remaining portion of any Revolving Credit Commitments ( provided that if pari passu or junior as to Collateral, such Replacement Revolving Facility shall be subject to an Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement and may, at the option of the Parent, be documented in a separate agreement or agreements), or be unsecured,

(D) if any Replacement Revolving Facility is secured, it may not be secured by any assets other than the Collateral,

(E) if any Replacement Revolving Facility is guaranteed, it may not be guaranteed by any Person other than one or more Loan Parties,

(F) any Replacement Revolving Facility shall be subject to the “ratability” provisions applicable to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Loans set forth in the proviso to Section  2.23(a)( i ) , mutatis mutandis, to the same extent as if fully set forth in this Section  10.02(c)(ii) ,

(G) any Replacement Revolving Facility shall have pricing (including interest, fees and premiums) and, subject to the preceding clause (F) , optional prepayment and redemption terms as the Parent and the lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility may agree,

(H) the covenants and events of default of any Replacement Revolving Facility (excluding pricing, interest, fees, rate floors, premiums, optional prepayment or redemption terms, security and maturity, subject to preceding clauses (B)  through (G) ) shall be (i) substantially identical to, or (taken as a whole) no more favorable (as determined by the Parent in good faith) to the lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility than, those applicable to the Replaced Revolving Facility (other than covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the latest Maturity Date of such Replaced Revolving Facility (in each case, as of the date of incurrence of the relevant Replacement Revolving Facility)), (ii) then-current market terms (as determined

 

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by the Parent in good faith at the time of incurrence or issuance (or the obtaining of a commitment with respect thereto)) for the applicable type of Indebtedness or (iii) reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being agreed that covenants and events of default of any Replacement Revolving Facility that are more favorable to the lenders or the agent of such Replacement Revolving Facility than those contained in the Loan Documents and are then conformed (or added) to the Loan Documents pursuant to the applicable Refinancing Amendment shall be deemed acceptable to the Administrative Agent), and

(I) the commitments in respect of the Replaced Revolving Facility shall be terminated, and all loans outstanding thereunder and all fees then due and payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full, in each case on the date such Replacement Revolving Facility is implemented.

Each party hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be amended by the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans or the Replacement Revolving Facility, as applicable, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of such Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Revolving Facility, as applicable, incurred or implemented pursuant thereto (including any amendment necessary to treat the loans and commitments subject thereto as a separate “tranche” and “Class” of Loans and/or commitments hereunder). It is understood that any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of any Replacement Term Loans or any Replacement Revolving Facility may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Replacement Term Loans or Replacement Revolving Facility.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section  10.02 or any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, (i) the Parent and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of any Lender, amend, supplement and/or waive any guarantee, collateral security agreement, pledge agreement and/or related document (if any) executed in connection with this Agreement to (x) comply with any Requirements of Law or (y) cause any such guarantee, collateral security agreement, pledge agreement or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and/or the relevant other Loan Documents, (ii) the Parent and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of any other Lender (other than the relevant Lenders (including Additional Lenders) providing Loans under such Sections), effect amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Parent and the Administrative Agent to (A) effect the provisions of Sections 2.22 , 2.23 , 5.12 , 5.14, 5.15 , 5.16 , 6.11, 7.13, 9.13, 10.02(c) or 11.09 , or any other provision specifying that any waiver, amendment or modification may be made with the consent or approval of the Administrative Agent and/or (B) add terms (including representations and warranties, conditions, prepayments, covenants or events of default), in connection with the addition of any Loan or Commitment hereunder or the incurrence of any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Replacement Term Loans, any Replacement Revolving Facility, any Replacement Debt and/or any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in reliance on Section  6.01(p) with respect to Indebtedness originally incurred in reliance on Section  6.01(z) that are favorable to the then-existing Lenders, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent (it being understood that, where applicable, any such amendment may be effectuated as part of an Incremental Facility Amendment and/or a Refinancing Amendment), (iii) if the Administrative Agent and the Parent have jointly identified any ambiguity, mistake, defect, inconsistency, obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or administrative nature or any necessary or desirable technical change, in each case, in any provision of any Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Parent shall be permitted to amend such provision solely to address such matter as reasonably determined by them acting jointly without the input or consent of any Lender, (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Parent may amend, restate, amend and restate or otherwise modify any

 

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Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement as provided therein or to give effect thereto or to carry out the purpose thereof without the input or consent of any Lender and (v) any amendment, waiver or modification of any term or provision that directly affects Lenders under one or more Classes and does not directly affect Lenders under one or more other Classes may be effected with the consent of Lenders owning 50% of the aggregate commitments or Loans of such directly affected Class in lieu of the consent of the Required Lenders.

Section 10.03. Expenses; Indemnity .

(a) Subject to Section  10.05(f) , the Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each Arranger, the Administrative Agent and their respective Affiliates (but limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of outside counsel to all such Persons taken as a whole and, if necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction to all such Persons, taken as a whole) in connection with the syndication and distribution (including via the Internet or through a service such as Intralinks) of the Credit Facilities, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents and any related documentation, including in connection with any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated, but only to the extent the preparation of any such amendment, modification or waiver was requested by the Borrowers) and (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Banks or the Lenders or any of their respective Affiliates (but limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of outside counsel to all such Persons taken as a whole and, if necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction to all such Persons, taken as a whole) in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of their respective rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including their respective rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made and/or Letters of Credit issued hereunder. Except to the extent required to be paid on the Closing Date, all amounts due under this paragraph (a)  shall be payable by the Borrowers within 30 days of receipt by the Parent of an invoice setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail, together with backup documentation supporting the relevant reimbursement request.

(b) The Borrowers shall indemnify each Arranger, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, 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 and liabilities (but limited, in the case of legal fees and expenses, to the actual reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction to all Indemnitees taken as a whole and, solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest after the affected Person notifies the Parent of such conflict, (x) one additional counsel to all similarly situated affected Indemnitees taken as a whole and (y) one additional local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction to all similarly situated affected Indemnitees taken as a whole), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or any Letter of Credit or (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by any Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability (i) is determined by a final and non-appealable

 

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judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction (or documented in any settlement agreement referred to below) to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Related Party or, to the extent such judgment finds (or any such settlement agreement acknowledges) that any such loss, claim, damage or liability has resulted from such Person’s or a Related Party of such Person’s material breach of the Loan Documents or (ii) arises out of any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding brought by such Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that is brought by or against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Arranger, acting in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, as an Issuing Bank or as an Arranger) that does not involve any act or omission of any Borrower or any of its subsidiaries. Each Indemnitee shall be obligated to refund or return any and all amounts paid by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section  10.03(b) to such Indemnitee for any fees, expenses or damages to the extent such Indemnitee is not entitled to payment thereof in accordance with the terms hereof. All amounts due under this paragraph (b)  shall be payable by the Borrowers within 30 days (x) after receipt by the Parent of a written demand therefor, in the case of any indemnification obligations and (y) in the case of reimbursement of costs and expenses, after receipt by the Parent of an invoice, setting forth such costs and expenses in reasonable detail, together with backup documentation supporting the relevant reimbursement request. This Section  10.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising from any non-Tax claim.

(c) The Borrowers shall not be liable for any settlement or compromise of, or the consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any proceeding effected without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), but if any proceeding is so settled, compromised or consented to with the Parent’s written consent, or if there is a final judgment entered against any Indemnitee in any such proceeding, the Borrowers agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee to the extent and in the manner set forth above. The Borrowers shall not, without the prior written consent of the affected Indemnitee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which indemnity has been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee unless (i) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (ii) such settlement does not include any statement as to any admission of fault or culpability.

Section 10.04. Waiver of Claim . To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party to this Agreement shall assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto, any other Loan Party and/or any Related Party of any thereof, 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 or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or any Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof, except, in the case of any claim by any Indemnitee against any Borrower, to the extent such damages would otherwise be subject to indemnification pursuant to the terms of Section  10.03 .

Section 10.05. 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 permitted assigns; provided that (i) except as provided under Section  6.07 and/or pursuant to any Permitted Reorganization, the Borrowers may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by a 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 the terms of this Section (any attempted assignment or transfer not complying with the terms of this Section shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be

 

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construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and permitted assigns, 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 Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. Any Successor Parent or Successor Borrower permitted pursuant to a transaction referred to in clause ( i )  of the proviso above, shall thereafter be deemed to be and become the “Parent” or a “Borrower”, as applicable, for all purposes hereunder, and such initial Parent or initial Borrower, as applicable, shall be released from its Loan Document Obligations in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b )( ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of any Loan or Additional Commitment added pursuant to Sections 2.22 , 2.23 or 10.02(c) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(A) the Parent; provided that the Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment of Term Loans if it has not responded to a written request for its consent from the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days after receiving such written request; provided , further , that no consent of the Parent shall be required (x) for any assignment of Term Loans or Term Commitments to another Lender, an Affiliate of any Lender or an Approved Fund or (y) for any assignment during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default;

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for any assignment to another Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or any Approved Fund, or for any assignment to the Parent and/or its Affiliates, which otherwise complies with the terms of this Section  10.05 ; and

(C) in the case of any Revolving Facility, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of any assignment to another Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender or any Approved Fund or any assignment of the entire remaining amount of the relevant assigning Lender’s Loans or commitments of any Class, the principal amount of Loans or commitments of the assigning Lender subject to the relevant assignment (determined as of the date on which the Assignment Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent and determined on an aggregate basis in the event of concurrent assignments to Related Funds or by Related Funds) shall not be less than (x) $1,000,000, in the case of Term Loans and Term Commitments and (y) $5,000,000 in the case of Revolving Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments unless the Parent and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent to a lesser amount, and in each case any assigned amount may exceed such minimum amount in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;

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(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and which fee shall not apply for any assignment to an Affiliated Lender);

(D) the relevant Eligible Assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver on or prior to the effective date of such assignment, to the Administrative Agent and the Parent (irrespective of whether an Event of Default exists) (1) an Administrative Questionnaire and (2) any form required under Section  2.17 ; and

(E) the assigning Lender shall, concurrently with its delivery of the same to the Administrative Agent, provide the Parent with a copy of its request for such assignment, which shall include the name of the prospective assignee (irrespective of whether an Event of Default exists).

(iii) Except as otherwise provided in Section  10.05(g) , subject to the acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in any Assignment Agreement, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment Agreement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement 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 (A) entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15 , 2.16 , 2.17 and 10.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring on or prior to the effective date of such assignment and (B) subject to its obligations thereunder and under Section  10.13 ). If any assignment by any Lender holding any Promissory Note is made after the issuance of such Promissory Note, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender such Promissory Note to the Administrative Agent for cancellation, and, following such cancellation, if requested by either the assignee or the assigning Lender, the applicable Borrower shall issue and deliver a new Promissory Note to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new commitments and/or outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and the commitment of, and principal amount of and interest on the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). Failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Borrowers’ obligations in respect of such Loans and LC Disbursements. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, 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 Borrowers, each Issuing Bank and each Lender (but only as to its own holdings), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

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(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment Agreement executed by an assigning Lender and an Eligible Assignee, the Eligible Assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax certification required by paragraph (b)(ii)(D)(2) of this Section, the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b)  of this Section, if applicable, and any written consent to the relevant assignment required by paragraph (b)  of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment Agreement and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(vi) By executing and delivering an Assignment Agreement, the assigning Lender and the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (A) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that the amount of its commitments, and the outstanding balances of its Loans, in each case without giving effect to any assignment thereof which has not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment Agreement, (B) except as set forth in clause (A)  above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or the performance or observance by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (C) such assignee represents and warrants that it is an Eligible Assignee, legally authorized to enter into such Assignment Agreement; (D) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement and each then-applicable Acceptable Intercreditor Agreement, together with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section  5.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment Agreement; (E) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it deems appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (F) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (G) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Parent, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender, sell participations to any bank or other entity (other than to any Defaulting Lender or any natural Person) (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (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. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which any 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 relevant Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in (x)

 

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clause (A)  of the first proviso to Section  10.02(b) that directly and adversely affects the Loans or commitments in which such Participant has an interest and (y)  clauses (B)(1) , (2) or (3)  of the first proviso to Section  10.02(b) . Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15 , 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the limitations and requirements of such Sections and Section  2.19 ) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b)  of this Section (it being understood that the documentation required under Section  2.17(f) shall be delivered solely to the participating Lender, and if additional amounts are required to be paid to the Participant pursuant to Section  2.17(a) or Section  2.17(c) , to the Parent). To the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section  10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant shall be subject to Section  2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) No Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section  2.15 , 2.16 or 2.17 than the participating Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to a greater payment results from any Change in Law occurring after the sale of the participation.

Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the applicable Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and their respective successors and assigns, 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 any Participant’s interest in any Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or any other obligation under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and each 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.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (other than to any Defaulting Lender or any natural person) to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to any Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender, and this Section  10.05 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 any Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “ Granting Lender ”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “ SPC ”), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Parent, the option to provide to the applicable Borrowers all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the applicable Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof and (iii) in no event may any Lender grant any option to provide to a Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would have otherwise been obligated to make to a Borrower pursuant to this Agreement to any Defaulting Lender. The making of any Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the

 

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same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) an SPC shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15 , Section  2.16 and Section  2.17 (subject to the limitations and requirements of such Sections and Section  2.19 ; it being understood that any documentation required to be provided by SPC under Section  2.17(e) shall be provided solely to the Granting Lender and if additional amounts are required to be paid to the Participant pursuant to Section  2.17(a) or Section  2.17(c) , to the Parent) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b)  of this Section; (ii) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section  2.15 , 2.16 or 2.17 ) and no SPC shall be entitled to any greater amount under Section  2.15 , 2.16 or 2.17 or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that the Granting Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to any greater amount results from any Change in Law occurring after the grant is made, (iii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender) and (iv) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes including approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of the Loan Documents, remain the Lender of record hereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the Requirements of Law of the U.S. or any State thereof; provided that (i) such SPC’s Granting Lender is in compliance in all material respects with its obligations to the Borrowers hereunder and (ii) each Lender designating any SPC hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such SPC during such period of forbearance. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section  10.05 , any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Parent or the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

(f) Any assignment or participation by a Lender without the Parent’s consent, to the extent the Parent’s consent is required under this Section  10.05 , to any other Person, shall be null and void, and the Parent and/or any Borrower shall be entitled to seek specific performance to unwind any such assignment or participation and/or specifically enforce this Section  10.05(f) in addition to injunctive relief (without posting a bond or presenting evidence of irreparable harm) or any other remedies available to the Parent and/or any Borrower at law or in equity; it being understood and agreed that the Parent and its subsidiaries will suffer irreparable harm if any Lender breaches any obligation under this Section  10.05 as it relates to any assignment, participation or pledge of any Loan or Commitment to any Person to whom the Parent’s consent is required but not obtained. Nothing in this Section  10.05(f) shall be deemed to prejudice any right or remedy that the Parent or any Borrower may otherwise have at law or equity.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to an Affiliated Lender on a non-pro rata basis (A) through Dutch Auctions, or similar transactions pursuant to procedures to be established by the applicable “auction agent” that are consistent with this Section  10.05(g) , in each case open to all Lenders holding the relevant Term Loans on a pro rata basis or (B) through open market purchases (which purchases may be effected at any price as agreed between such Lender and such Affiliated Lender in their respective sole discretion), in each case with respect to clauses (A)  and (B) , without the consent of the Administrative Agent; provided that:

 

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(i) any Term Loans acquired by any Affiliated Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, be retired and cancelled immediately upon the acquisition thereof; provided that upon any such retirement and cancellation, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans so retired and cancelled, and each principal repayment installment with respect to the Initial Term Loans pursuant to Section  2.10(a) shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by the full par value of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans so cancelled;

(ii) [reserved];

(iii) the relevant Affiliated Lender and assigning Lender shall have executed an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption;

(iv) [reserved];

(v) in connection with any assignment effected pursuant to a Dutch Auction and/or open market purchase conducted by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) the relevant Person may not use the proceeds of any Revolving Loans to fund such assignment and (B) no Event of Default exists at the time of acceptance of bids for the Dutch Auction or the confirmation of such open market purchase, as applicable;

(vi) [reserved];

(vii) no Affiliated Lender shall be required to represent or warrant that it is not in possession of material non-public information with respect to the Parent and/or any subsidiary thereof and/or their respective securities in connection with any assignment permitted by this Section  10.05(g) .

Section 10.06. 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 Loan and issuance of any Letter of Credit regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date. The provisions of Sections 2.15 , 2.16 , 2.17 , 10.03 and 10.13 (with respect to Section  10.13, only for a period of one year following such Termination Date) and Article 9 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 or any Commitment, the occurrence of the Termination Date or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof but in each case, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement.

Section 10.07. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . 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 the Fee Letter and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth

 

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in the Restatement Agreement, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or by email as a “.pdf” or “.tif” attachment shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 10.08. Severability . To the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, 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.

Section 10.09. Right of Setoff . At any time when an Event of Default exists, upon the written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations (in any currency) at any time owing by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Parent or any other Loan Party against any of and all the Obligations held by the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or Issuing Bank different than the branch or office holding such deposit or obligation on such Indebtedness. Any applicable Lender or Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Parent and the Administrative Agent of such set-off or application; provided that any failure to give or any delay in giving such notice shall not affect the validity of any such set-off or application under this Section. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may have.

Section 10.10. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT) AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT), WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT (AT LAW OR IN EQUITY) OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (OR ANY APPELLATE COURT THEREFROM) OVER ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL (EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BELOW) BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, FEDERAL COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ANY PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICE OR DOCUMENT BY REGISTERED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH PERSON SHALL BE EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS AGAINST SUCH PERSON FOR ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES

 

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THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT RETAINS THE RIGHT TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION SOLELY IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS UNDER ANY COLLATERAL DOCUMENT.

(c) EACH PARTY HERETO 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 PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, ANY CLAIM OR DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS UPON IT AND AGREES THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL) DIRECTED TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS FOR NOTICES AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION  10.01 . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS AND FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS WAS INVALID AND INEFFECTIVE. 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 APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW. EACH LOAN PARTY THAT IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES HEREBY APPOINTS VPI AS ITS AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY MATTER RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND VPI HEREBY ACCEPTS SUCH APPOINTMENT. EACH GERMAN GUARANTOR HEREBY RELEASES VPI FROM THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY SECTION 181 GERMAN CIVIL CODE ( B Ü RGERLICHES GESETZBUCH ) AND SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO IT PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER LAW, IN EACH CASE TO THE EXTENT LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE.

Section 10.11. Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY) DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (a) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO 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.

 

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Section 10.12. 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.

Section 10.13. Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Arranger agrees (and each Lender agrees to cause its SPC, if any) to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information (as defined below), except that Confidential Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, managers, employees, independent auditors, or other experts and advisors, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (collectively, the “ Representatives ”) on a confidential “need to know” basis solely in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and who are informed of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep the Confidential Information of this type confidential; provided that such Person shall be responsible for its Affiliates’ and their Representatives’ compliance with this paragraph, (b) upon the demand or request of any regulatory or governmental authority having jurisdiction over such Person or its Affiliates (in which case such Person shall, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any Governmental Authority or regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, (i) inform the Parent promptly in advance thereof and (ii) ensure that any information so disclosed is accorded confidential treatment), (c) to the extent compelled by legal process in, or reasonably necessary to, the defense of such legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise as required by applicable Requirements of Law (in which case such Person shall (i) to the extent permitted by law, inform the Parent promptly in advance thereof, (ii) ensure that any such information so disclosed is accorded confidential treatment and (iii) allow the Parent a reasonable opportunity to object to such disclosure in such proceeding), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) subject to an acknowledgment and agreement by the relevant recipient that the Confidential Information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this paragraph or as otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Parent and the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the standard syndication process of the Arrangers or market standards for dissemination of the relevant type of information, which shall in any event require “click through” or other affirmative action on the part of the recipient to access the Confidential Information and acknowledge its confidentiality obligations in respect thereof, to (i) any Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or prospective Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, including any SPC, (ii) any pledgee referred to in Section  10.05 , (iii) any actual or prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or its advisors) to any Derivative Transaction (including any credit default swap) or similar derivative product to which any Loan Party is a party and (iv) subject to the Parent’s prior approval of the information to be disclosed (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to Moody’s or S&P on a confidential basis in connection with obtaining or maintaining ratings as required under Section  5.13 , (f) with the prior written consent of the Parent and (g) to the extent the Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section by such Person, its Affiliates or their respective Representatives. In addition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and publicly available information about this Agreement to market data collectors and similar service providers to the lending industry (including to the CUSIP Service Bureau in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the facilities). For purposes of this Section, “ Confidential Information ” means all information relating to the Parent and/or any of its subsidiaries and their respective businesses, the Transactions (including any information obtained by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Arranger, or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives, based on a review of any books and records relating to the Parent and/or any of its subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates from time to time, including prior to the date hereof) other than any such information that is publicly available to the Administrative Agent or any Arranger, Issuing Bank, or Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Parent or any of its subsidiaries.

 

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Section 10.14. No Fiduciary Duty . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the “ Lenders ”), may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Loan Parties, their stockholders and/or their respective affiliates. Each Loan Party agrees that nothing in the Loan Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and such Loan Party, its respective stockholders or its respective affiliates, on the other. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other, and (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender, in its capacity as such, has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Loan Party, its respective stockholders or its respective affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Loan Party, its respective stockholders or its respective Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Loan Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Loan Documents and (y) each Lender, in its capacity as such, is acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of such Loan Party, its respective management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that such Loan Party has consulted its own legal, tax and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto.

Section 10.15. Several Obligations .

(a) The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and the failure of any Lender to make any Loan, issue any Letter of Credit or perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder.

(b) The respective obligations of the Borrowers hereunder are several and not joint. References herein to “Obligations of the Borrowers” or similar words of import are used solely for administrative convenience and are not intended to create liability that is joint and several.

Section 10.16. USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act hereby notifies the Loan Parties that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

Section 10.17. Disclosure . Each Loan Party, each Issuing Bank and each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold investments in, make other loans to or have other relationships with any of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates.

Section 10.18. Appointment for Perfection . Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender and each Issuing Bank as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders, in assets which, in accordance with Article 10 of the UCC or any other applicable Requirements of Law can be perfected only by possession. If any Lender or Issuing

 

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Bank (other than the Administrative Agent) obtains possession of any Collateral, such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, promptly upon the Administrative Agent’s request therefor, shall deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s instructions.

Section 10.19. Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan or Letter of Credit, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan or Letter of Credit under applicable law (collectively, the “ Applicable Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender or Issuing Bank holding such Loan or Letter of Credit in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan or Letter of Credit hereunder, together with all Applicable Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Applicable Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan or Letter of Credit but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Applicable Charges payable to such Lender or Issuing Bank in respect of other Loans or Letters of Credit or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender or Issuing Bank.

Section 10.20. Judgment Currency .

(a) If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Loan Party in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section  10.20 referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due under any Loan Document in any currency (the “ Obligation Currency ”) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section  10.20 being hereinafter in this Section  10.20 referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date ”).

(b) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section  10.20(a) , there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt for value of the amount due, then the applicable Loan Party or Loan Parties shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will provide the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date. Any amount due from any Loan Party under this Section  10.20(b) shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of any of the Loan Documents.

(c) The term “rate of exchange” in this Section  10.20 means the rate of exchange at which Administrative Agent, on the relevant date at or about 12:00 noon (New York time), would be prepared to sell, in accordance with Administrative Agent’s normal course foreign currency exchange practices, the Obligation Currency against the Judgment Currency.

 

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Section 10.21. Conflicts . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern and control; provided that in the case of any conflict or inconsistency between the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and any other Loan Document (other than this Agreement, except with respect to Lien priority), the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

Section 10.22. Release of Guarantors . Notwithstanding anything in Section  10.02(b) to the contrary, (a) any Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder (and its Loan Guarantee shall be automatically released) (i) upon the consummation of any permitted transaction or series of related transactions or the occurrence of any other permitted event or circumstance if as a result thereof such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (including by merger, amalgamation or dissolution) or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a single transaction or series of related transactions or other event or circumstance permitted hereunder; or (ii) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date and/or (b) any Subsidiary Guarantor that qualifies as an “Excluded Subsidiary” shall be released from its obligations hereunder (and its Loan Guarantee shall be automatically released) by the Administrative Agent promptly following the request therefor by the Parent. In connection with any such release, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to receipt of an officer’s certificate from the Parent certifying that such transaction and release are permitted hereunder, promptly execute and deliver to the relevant Loan Party, at such Loan Party’s expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence termination or release. Any execution and delivery of any document pursuant to the preceding sentence of this Section  10.22 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

Section 10.23. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and each party hereto agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

Section 10.24. 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 the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Parent or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

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(i) such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more 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,

(iii) (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

(b) In addition, unless the preceding clause (a)(i) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in the preceding clause (a)(iv) , 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 the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Parent 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 to hereto or thereto),

(ii) the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

 

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(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 Loan Document 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 the Arrangers hereby inform the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

Section 10.25. Amendment and Restatement . Each of the parties hereto agrees as follows:

(a) this Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents as in effect prior to the Closing Date and that remain outstanding as of the Closing Date;

(b) this Agreement (including all Exhibits and Schedules) shall amend, restate and replace in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement (including all exhibits and schedules attached thereto) on the Closing Date and the Existing Credit Agreement (including all exhibits and schedules attached thereto) shall thereafter be of no further force and effect, except to evidence (i) the incurrence by the Borrowers of the “Obligations” (under and as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), whether or not such “Obligations” are contingent as of the Closing Date and (ii) the representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties prior to the Closing Date (which representations and warranties shall not be superseded or rendered ineffective by this Agreement as they pertain to the period prior to the Closing Date);

(c) from and after the Closing Date, all references to the “Credit Agreement” contained in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement and all references to any Article or Section (or subsection) of this Agreement in any other Loan Document shall be amended to become references to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement;

 

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(d) all Loan Document Obligations (as such Loan Document Obligations may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified by this Agreement on the Closing Date) shall continue to be valid, enforceable and in full force and effect and not be impaired, in any respect, by the effectiveness of this Agreement;

(e) from and after the Closing Date, all references to the “Collateral Agent” contained in any Collateral Document (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Administrative Agent acting its capacity as “collateral agent” for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and

(f) this amendment and restatement shall be limited as written and not be a consent to any other amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver or other modification, whether or not similar and, except as expressly provided herein or in any other Loan Document, all terms and conditions of the Loan Documents remain in full force and effect unless otherwise specifically amended hereby.

ARTICLE 11

PARALLEL DEBT

Section 11.01. Purpose; Governing Law . This Article 11 is included in this Agreement solely for the purpose of ensuring the validity and effect of certain security rights governed by the laws of the Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Slovenia, Lithuania, France, Hungary, Germany, Belarus, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Serbia granted or to be granted pursuant to the applicable Collateral Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not limit the rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent by the other provisions hereof and the provisions of the other Loan Documents.

Section 11.02. Parallel Debt (The Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Slovenia, Lithuania) .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the Collateral Documents and for the purpose of the security rights granted and to be granted under or pursuant to the Collateral Documents governed by the laws of The Netherlands, the laws of Poland, the laws of Japan, the laws of Slovenia and the laws of Lithuania (the “ Specified Collateral Documents ”), the Borrowers and each Loan Party that is a party to the Specified Collateral Documents undertake to pay to the Administrative Agent, in its individual capacity as creditor in its own right and not as agent, representative or trustee, as a separate independent obligation to the Administrative Agent, the amount of its Parallel Debt. Moreover, the security rights contemplated by the applicable Specified Collateral Documents are granted in favor of the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity and not as agent, representative or trustee for the Secured Parties, as security for its claims under the Parallel Debt and consequently the Administrative Agent is the sole security beneficiary of such security rights.

(b) No person shall be obligated to pay any amount representing Parallel Debt unless and until a corresponding amount of the Underlying Debt shall have become due and payable.

(c) To the extent any amount is paid to and received by the Administrative Agent in payment of the Parallel Debt, the total amount due and payable in respect of the Underlying Debt shall be decreased as if such amount were received by the Secured Parties or any of them in payment of the corresponding Underlying Debt.

Section 11.03. Parallel Debt (France) . For the purpose of any Collateral Document or Lien governed by the laws of France (the “ French Collateral Documents ”) and all security interests created thereunder:

 

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to pay to the Administrative Agent, as creditor in its own right and not as representative of the other Secured Parties, sums equal to and in the currency of each amount payable by such Borrower and each such Loan Party to each of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as and when that amount falls due for payment under this Agreement or the relevant Loan Document (the “ French Parallel Debt ”).

(b) Each Borrower and each other Loan Party and the Administrative Agent acknowledge that the obligations of the Borrowers and each other Loan Party under clause ( a)  above are several and are separate and independent from, and shall not in any way limit or affect, the corresponding obligations of the Borrowers or such Loan Party, as applicable, to any Secured Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (as used in this Section  11.03 , its “ Corresponding Debt ”) nor shall the amounts for which each Borrower and each other Loan Party is liable under the French Parallel Debt be limited or affected in any way by its Corresponding Debt; provided that:

(i) the French Parallel Debt of each Borrower and each other Loan Party shall be decreased to the extent that its Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged;

(ii) the Corresponding Debt of each Borrower and each other Loan Party shall be decreased to the extent that its French Parallel Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged; and

(iii) the amount of the French Parallel Debt of each Borrower or any other Loan Party shall at all times be equal to the amount of its Corresponding Debt.

(c) For the purpose of this Section  11.03 , the Administrative Agent acts in its own name and not as a trustee, and its claims in respect of the French Parallel Debt shall not be held on trust. The Collateral granted under the French Collateral Documents to the Administrative Agent is granted to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as creditor of the French Parallel Debt and shall not be held on trust.

(d) All moneys received or recovered by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section  11.03 , and all amounts received or recovered by the Administrative Agent from or by the enforcement of any Collateral granted under the French Collateral Documents, shall be applied in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(e) For the purpose of any vote taken under this Agreement or any Collateral Document, the Administrative Agent shall not be regarded as having any participation or commitment other than those which it has, if any, in its capacity as a Lender, Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender.

Section 11.04. Parallel Debt (Hungary) . Each Secured Party hereby authorizes and appoints the Administrative Agent to accept, register in its name (but for the benefit of each Secured Party), manage and enforce, as its collateral representative (in Hungarian: “ bizom á nyos ” or, after the entry into force within the meaning of Act V of 2013 on the Hungarian civil code (the “ Hungarian Civil Code ”), “ z á logjogosulti bizom á nyos ”) any charge based Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent in relation to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents and to act and execute on its behalf in such capacity, subject to the terms of the Loan Guarantee entered into by any Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Hungary, amendments or releases of, accessions and alterations to, and to carry out similar dealings with regard to this Agreement or any Collateral Document governed by the laws of Hungary or entered into by a Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Hungary. For the purposes of the Hungarian Civil Code, (i) this provision constitutes the agreement of all Secured Parties regarding the

 

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authorization and appointment of the Administrative Agent as “ zálogjogosulti bizományos ” for enforcing, registering in its name, managing and administering any charge based Collateral entered into by a Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Hungary (for the purposes of, and as envisaged by, Article 5:96.§ (1) of the Hungarian Civil Code), (ii) in case there are discrepancies (including inter alia matters pertaining to sharing, settlement, flow of funds and rights of the Administrative Agent) not expressly regulated by Hungarian law between the regulations of Article 5:96.§ (1) of the Hungarian Civil Code and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail to the extent permitted by law, (iii) the liability of each Secured Party for the actions of the Administrative Agent acting as its collateral representative (“ zálogjogosulti bizományos ”) shall be considered as limited for the purposes of 5:96. § (6) of the Hungarian Civil Code, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement governing such liability and (iv) as permitted by Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of 17 June 2008, this Section  11.04 shall be governed by Hungarian law. The Administrative Agent hereby accepts, and the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby acknowledge, such appointment as of the date hereof.

Section 11.05. Parallel Debt (Germany) . For the purposes of any Collateral Document or Lien granted to a Secured Party (including the Administrative Agent) and governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“ German Security ”):

(a) Each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertake to pay to the Administrative Agent as creditor in its own right and not as a representative of the other Secured Parties amounts equal to the respective Underlying Debt.

(b) Each Borrower and each other Loan Party and the Administrative Agent acknowledge that the obligations of each Borrower and each other Loan Party under clause ( a)  above are several and are separate and independent from, and shall not in any way limit or affect, the Underlying Debt (as used in this Section  11.05 , its “ Corresponding Debt ”) nor shall the amounts for which each Borrower and each other Loan Party are liable under clause ( a)  above (its “ German Parallel Debt ”) be limited or affected in any way by its Corresponding Debt; provided that:

(i) The Administrative Agent shall not demand payment with regard to the German Parallel Debt of a Borrower or another Loan Party to the extent that such Borrower or such Loan Party’s Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged; and

(ii) a Secured Party shall not demand payment with regard to the Corresponding Debt of a Borrower or another Loan Party to the extent that such Borrower or such Loan Party’s Parallel Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged.

(c) For the purpose of this Section  11.05(c) , the Administrative Agent acts in its own name and not as a trustee, and its claims in respect of the German Parallel Debt shall not be held on trust. The Liens granted under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents to the Administrative Agent to secure the German Parallel Debt are granted to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as creditor of the German Parallel Debt and shall not be held on trust.

(d) All monies received or recovered by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section  11.05 , and all amounts received or recovered by the Administrative Agent from or by the enforcement of any Lien granted to secure the German Parallel Debt, shall be applied in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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(e) Without limiting or affecting the Administrative Agent’s rights against the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties (whether under this Section  11.05 or under any other provision of this Agreement or any Collateral Document), each Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledge that:

(i) nothing in this Section  11.05 shall impose any obligation on the Administrative Agent to advance any sum to any Borrower or any other Loan Party or otherwise under this Agreement or any Collateral Document, except in its capacity, if any, as a Lender, Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender; and

(ii) for the purpose of any vote taken under this Agreement or any Collateral Document, the Administrative Agent shall not be regarded as having any participation or commitment other than those which it has in its capacity, if any, as a Lender, Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender.

Section 11.06. Parallel Debt (Belarus) .

(a) For purposes of each Collateral Document governed by the laws of (or to the extent affecting assets situated in) Belarus, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Collateral Document:

(i) Each Borrower and each other Loan Party must pay the Administrative Agent, as an independent and separate creditor, an amount equal to each Secured Party Claim on its due date (each a “ Belarus Parallel Debt Claim ”). For the purposes of Belarusian law, the Administrative Agent is the joint and several creditor with each other Secured Party in respect of each Secured Party Claim, having an independent right to demand and enforce payment of each Belarus Parallel Debt Claim on the terms set out in clauses (v)  to (xii) below.

(ii) Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or any Collateral Document, the Administrative Agent holds:

(A) the benefit of any Belarus Parallel Debt Claims; and

(B) any proceeds of the enforcement of any Collateral Documents governed by Belarusian law, for the benefit, and as the property, of, and on trust for, the Secured Parties and so that they are not available to the personal creditors of the Administrative Agent.

(iii) The Administrative Agent will separately identify in its records the property rights referred to in clause (i)  above.

(iv) The property rights under clause (i)  above are located in the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent maintains its accounts in respect of those property rights.

(v) The Administrative Agent may enforce performance of any Belarus Parallel Debt Claim in its own name as an independent and separate right. This includes filing any suit, execution, enforcement of Collateral Documents governed by Belarusian law in accordance with their respective terms, recovery of guarantees and applications for and voting in respect of any kind of insolvency proceeding.

(vi) Each Secured Party must, at the request of the Administrative Agent, perform any act required in connection with the enforcement of any Belarus Parallel Debt Claim. This includes issuing a power of attorney to the Administrative Agent and joining in any proceedings as co-claimant with the Administrative Agent.

 

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(vii) Unless the Administrative Agent fails to enforce a Belarus Parallel Debt Claim within a reasonable time after its due date, a Secured Party may not take any action to enforce the corresponding Secured Party Claim unless it is requested to do so by the Administrative Agent.

(viii) Each Borrower and each Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally waive any rights they may have to require a Secured Party to join in any proceedings as co-claimant with the Administrative Agent in respect of any Belarus Parallel Debt Claim.

(ix) Discharge by a Borrower or a Loan Party of a Secured Party Claim will discharge the corresponding Belarus Parallel Debt Claim in the same amount and discharge by such Borrower or Loan Party of a Belarus Parallel Debt Claim will discharge the corresponding Secured Party Claim in the same amount.

(x) The aggregate amount of the Belarus Parallel Debt Claims will never exceed the aggregate amount of Secured Party Claims.

(xi) A defect affecting a Belarus Parallel Debt Claim against a Borrower or another Loan Party will not affect any Secured Party Claim and a defect affecting a Secured Party Claim against a Borrower or another Loan Party will not affect any Belarus Parallel Debt Claim.

(xii) If the Administrative Agent returns to a Borrower or any other Loan Party, whether in any kind of insolvency proceedings or otherwise, any recovery in respect of which it has made a payment to a Secured Party, that Secured Party must repay an amount equal to that recovery to the Administrative Agent.

(b) Each Secured Party:

(i) confirms its approval of each Collateral Document governed by Belarusian law and authorizes entry by the Administrative Agent into Collateral Documents governed by Belarusian law in the future; and

(ii) authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into and enforce the Collateral Documents governed by Belarusian law in its own name as the joint and several creditor with each Secured Party.

Section 11.07. Parallel Debt (Belgium) .

(a) For the purpose of this Section  11.07 , “ Corresponding Debt ” means, with respect to each Loan Party incorporated under the laws of Belgium (each, a “ Belgian Loan Party ”), any Loan Party’s obligations and liabilities (whether present or future, actual or contingent, and whether incurred jointly or severally, and whether as principal, guarantor or in some other capacity) (or any of their successors, transferees or assigns) to the Administrative Agent or one or more Secured Parties (or any of their successors, transferees or assigns) (i) under or in connection with this Agreement or the Loan Documents, the Hedge Agreements or the Banking Services Obligations (but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the Parallel Debt Undertaking (as defined below)), as the same may be amended, supplemented, extended or restated from time to time (including by way of novation), however fundamental any amendment, supplement, extension or restatement may be, including (without affecting the generality of the foregoing) a change of purpose of any facility or the addition or increase of any facility, or (ii) in connection with any other Indebtedness as the Administrative Agent (acting on instructions of all Secured Parties) and the Parent may agree from time to time.

 

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(b) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, on behalf of itself and its applicable Affiliates and in their respective capacities as such and as Secured Parties in respect of any Secured Hedging Obligations or Banking Services Obligations, as applicable, hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (or any successor appointed pursuant hereto) as its agent ( vertegenwoordiger /représentant ) within the meaning of Article 3 of Title XVII of Book III of the Belgian Civil Code, as amended by the law of 11 July 2013 amending the Belgian Civil Code in respect of security on movable assets and abolishing various relevant provisions and Article 5 of the Belgian Financial Collateral Act of 15 December 2004 and authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute each Collateral Document expressed to be executed by the Administrative Agent on its behalf.

(c) Each Belgian Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Administrative Agent amounts equal to the Corresponding Debt as they may exist from time to time (each, a “ Belgian Parallel Debt ”). Each Belgian Parallel Debt will become due and payable at the same time as the Corresponding Debt becomes due and payable.

(d) The rights of the Administrative Agent under this Section  11.07 are several and independent from any right that a Secured Party may have under this Agreement or the Collateral Documents. The Administrative Agent may therefore enforce performance of the Belgian Parallel Debt in its own name as an independent and separate right. This includes any suit, execution, enforcement of security, recovery of guarantees and applications for and voting in respect of any kind of insolvency proceeding.

(e) An amount paid by a Belgian Loan Party to the Administrative Agent in respect of the Belgian Parallel Debt will discharge the liability of such Belgian Loan Party under the Corresponding Debt in an equal amount.

(f) The aggregate amount outstanding under the Belgian Parallel Debt will never exceed the aggregate amount of the Corresponding Debt.

(g) The Administrative Agent acts under this Agreement and the Collateral Documents as a creditor of the Belgian Parallel Debt.

(h) A defect affecting a Belgian Parallel Debt against a Loan Party will not affect any Corresponding Debt.

(i) A defect affecting a Corresponding Debt against a Loan Party will not affect any Belgian Parallel Debt.

Section 11.08. Parallel Debt (Switzerland) . For the purpose of any Collateral Document or Lien governed by the laws of Switzerland (the “ Swiss Collateral Documents ”) and all security interests created thereunder:

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally undertakes to pay to the Administrative Agent, as creditor in its own right and not as representative of the other Secured Parties, amounts equal to and in the currency of each Payable Amount as and when that Payable Amount falls due for payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the “ Swiss Parallel Debt ”). For the purpose of this Section  11.08 , “ Payable Amount ” means in relation to a Borrower or a Loan Party, any amount payable by such Borrower or such Loan Party to each of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, but excluding any amounts of parallel debt payable by such Borrower or such Loan Party pursuant to this Article 11 .

 

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(b) Each Borrower, each other Loan Party and the Administrative Agent acknowledge that the obligations of each Borrower and each other Loan Party under clause ( a)  above are several and are separate and independent from, and shall not in any way limit or affect, the corresponding obligations of such Borrower or such Loan Party, as applicable, to any Secured Party under this Agreement or any Loan Document (as used in this Section  11.08 , its “ Corresponding Debt ”) nor shall the amounts for which the Borrowers or any other Loan Party is liable under the Swiss Parallel Debt be limited or affected in any way by its Corresponding Debt; provided that:

(i) the Swiss Parallel Debt of each Borrower and of each other Loan Party shall be decreased to the extent that its Corresponding Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged;

(ii) the Corresponding Debt of each Borrower and of each other Loan Party shall be decreased to the extent that its Swiss Parallel Debt has been irrevocably paid or (in the case of guarantee obligations) discharged; and

(iii) the amount of the Swiss Parallel Debt of each Borrower or, respectively, a Loan Party, shall at all times be equal to the amount of its Corresponding Debt.

(c) All monies received or recovered by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section  11.08 , and all amounts received or recovered by the Administrative Agent from or by the enforcement of any Collateral granted under the Swiss Collateral Documents, shall be applied in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(d) For the purpose of any vote taken under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall not be regarded as having any participation or commitment other than those which it has, if any, in its capacity as a Lender, Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender.

Section 11.09. Parallel Debt (United Arab Emirates) . For the purposes of each Collateral Document governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates:

(a) Each Loan Party must pay the Administrative Agent, as an independent and separate creditor, an amount equal to each of its Secured Party Claims on its due date (each, a “ UAE Parallel Debt Claim ”).

(b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary in any Loan Document, the Administrative Agent holds:

(i) any security created by a Collateral Document governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates;

(ii) the benefit of any UAE Parallel Debt Claims; and

(iii) any proceeds of any security created by a Collateral Document governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates, for the benefit, and as the property, of the Secured Parties and so that they are not available to the personal creditors of the Administrative Agent.

 

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(c) The Administrative Agent will separately identify in its records the property rights referred to in paragraph (b)  above.

(d) The property rights under paragraph (b)  above are located in the jurisdiction where the Administrative Agent maintains its accounts in respect of those property rights.

(e) The Administrative Agent may enforce performance of any UAE Parallel Debt Claim in its own name as an independent and separate right. This includes any suit, execution, enforcement of security, recovery of guarantees and applications for and voting in respect of any kind of insolvency proceeding.

(f) Each Secured Party must, at the request of the Administrative Agent, perform any act required in connection with the enforcement of any UAE Parallel Debt Claim. This includes joining in any proceedings as co-claimant with the Administrative Agent.

(g) Unless the Administrative Agent fails to enforce a UAE Parallel Debt Claim within a reasonable time after its due date, a Secured Party may not take any action to enforce the corresponding Secured Party Claim unless it is requested to do so by the Administrative Agent.

(h) Each Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to require a Secured Party to join in any proceedings as co-claimant with the Administrative Agent in respect of any UAE Parallel Debt Claim.

(i) Discharge by a Loan Party of a Secured Party Claim will discharge the corresponding UAE Parallel Debt Claim in the same amount.

(j) Discharge by a Loan Party of a UAE Parallel Debt Claim will discharge the corresponding Secured Party Claim in the same amount.

(k) The aggregate amount of the UAE Parallel Debt Claims will never exceed the aggregate amount of Secured Party Claims.

(l) A defect affecting a UAE Parallel Debt Claim against a Loan Party will not affect any Secured Party Claim. A defect affecting a Secured Party Claim against a Loan Party will not affect any UAE Parallel Debt Claim.

(m) If the Administrative Agent returns to any Loan Party, whether in any kind of insolvency proceedings or otherwise, any recovery in respect of which it has made a payment to a Secured Party, that Secured Party must repay an amount equal to that recovery to the Administrative Agent.

Section 11.10. Parallel Debt (Serbia) . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any of the Loan Documents, for the purpose of taking and ensuring the continuing validity of any Collateral Document or Lien governed by the laws of Serbia (or to the extent affecting assets situated in Serbia), the Borrowers and each other Loan Party agree that the Administrative Agent shall be the joint and several creditor of each and every obligation of each Borrower and each other Loan Party with each other Secured Party under the Loan Documents and that, accordingly, the Administrative Agent will have its own independent right to demand performance by the Borrowers and each other Loan Party of these obligations. However, any discharge of any such obligation to one of the Secured Parties shall, to that extent, discharge the corresponding obligation owing to the Administrative Agent. Nothing in this Agreement or any Loan Document shall in any way limit the Administrative Agent’s right to act in the protection or preservation of rights under the Loan Documents.

 

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Section 11.11. Additional Parallel Debt Provisions . In the case of any Loan Party that becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof and is organized in a jurisdiction where “parallel debt” provisions are customary or required, the Parent and the Administrative Agent are hereby authorized to provide for parallel debt, in customary form (as determined by the Parent in its sole discretion) in the Counterpart Agreement with respect to such Loan Party. The Administrative Agent and the Parent, without the consent of any other Lender, Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or other Secured Party, may also (i) incorporate into this Agreement additional “parallel debt” provisions as necessary to address property acquired in any jurisdiction after the date hereof where no assets are pledged by a Loan Party organized therein on the date hereof or (ii) amend the “parallel debt” provisions set forth herein in order to (A) cure omissions or defects or make changes of a technical nature or (B) accommodate any Change in Law.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

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VALEANT ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT TRANSACTION AND SENIOR NOTES OFFERING, AS WELL AS REDEMPTION OF EXISTING SENIOR NOTES

LAVAL, Quebec, June 1, 2018 – Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE/TSX: VRX) (“Valeant” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a Fourth Amended & Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”) effectuating a full refinancing of its secured revolving and term loan credit facilities and closed the previously announced offering of 8.500% Senior Notes due 2027 by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (“VPI”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Valeant. Valeant also announced that on July 2, 2018, it will redeem the remaining $691 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “5.375% Notes”) and that VPI will redeem the remaining $146 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “6.375% Notes”), the remaining $578 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.750% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “6.750% Notes”) and the entire $550 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7.250% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “7.250% Notes” and together with the 5.375% Notes, the 6.375% Notes and the 6.750% Notes, the “Notes”), using a portion of the net proceeds from new term loans and the 8.500% Senior Notes due 2027, along with cash on hand. Valeant and VPI issued today irrevocable notices of redemption for each series of the Notes. Valeant and VPI deposited sufficient funds with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the indentures governing the Notes, to redeem the Notes at the aggregate redemption price for the Notes and the indentures governing the Notes were discharged.

On June 1, 2018, a copy of the irrevocable notice of redemption with respect to each series of the Notes was issued to the record holders of each series of such Notes. Payment of the redemption price and surrender of the Notes for redemption will be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository Trust Company. The name and address of the paying agent are as follows: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.; 111 Sanders Creek Parkway, East Syracuse, N.Y. 13057; Attn: Redemption Unit; Tel: 800-254-2826.

About Valeant

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE/TSX: VRX) is a global company whose mission is to improve people’s lives with our health care products. We develop, manufacture and market a range of pharmaceutical, medical device and over-the-counter products, primarily in the therapeutic areas of eye health, gastroenterology and dermatology. We are delivering on our commitments as we build an innovative company dedicated to advancing global health.

 

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This news release may contain forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the redemption of the Notes. Forward-looking statements may generally be identified by the use of the words “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “may,” “will,” “believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” “target,” or “continue” and variations or similar expressions. These statements are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of management and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company’s most recent annual and quarterly reports and detailed from time to time in Valeant’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators, which factors are incorporated herein by reference. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Valeant undertakes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release or to reflect actual outcomes, unless required by law.

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