UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2019
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-36900 | 47-3373056 | ||
(State or another jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2 Penn Plaza, New York, New York | 10121 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area (212) 465-6000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Class A Common Stock | MSG | New York Stock Exchange |
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 Facilities
On May 23, 2019, TAO Group Operating LLC (the Senior Borrower ) and TAO Group Intermediate Holdings LLC ( Intermediate Holdings ), the parent of the Senior Borrower, entered into a credit agreement (the Senior Credit Agreement ) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent and a letter of credit issuer, and the lenders party thereto. Together the Senior Credit Agreement and the Subordinated Credit Agreement described in Item 8.01 below replace the Senior Borrowers prior credit agreement dated January 31, 2017, which was terminated on May 23, 2019 in its entirety in accordance with its terms in connection with the repayment of all obligations thereunder from the proceeds of the Senior Credit Agreement and the Subordinated Credit Agreement.
The Madison Square Garden Company (the Registrant ) indirectly owns a 62.5% interest in TAO Group Sub-Holdings LLC (the Subordinated Borrower ), which is the indirect parent company of the Senior Borrower. The Registrant consolidates the Subordinated Borrower and its subsidiaries, including the Senior Borrower.
The Senior Credit Agreement provides the Senior Borrower at closing with senior secured credit facilities (the Facilities ) consisting of: (a) an initial $40 million term loan facility (the Term Loan Facility ) and (b) a $25 million revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit Facility ), each with a term of five years. The proceeds from the Facilities were used by the Senior Borrower to refinance amounts outstanding under the existing credit agreement. Up to $5 million of the Revolving Credit Facility is available for the issuance of letters of credit. All borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, including, without limitation, amounts drawn under the revolving line of credit are subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including absence of a default and accuracy of representations and warranties.
Interest Rates and Fees
Borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement bear interest at a floating rate, which at the option of the Senior Borrower may be either (a) a base rate plus an additional rate ranging from 1.50% to 2.50% per annum (determined based on a total leverage ratio) (the Base Rate ), or (b) a Eurocurrency rate plus an additional rate ranging from 2.50% to 3.50% per annum (determined based on a total leverage ratio) (the Eurocurrency Rate ), provided that for the period following the closing date until the delivery of the compliance certificate for the fiscal quarter of Intermediate Holdings ending on or about June 30, 2019, the additional rate used in calculating the floating rate is (i) 1.50% per annum for borrowings bearing the Base Rate, and (ii) 2.50% per annum for borrowings bearing the Eurocurrency Rate. The Senior Credit Agreement requires the Senior Borrower to pay a commitment fee of 0.50% in respect of the daily unused commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Senior Borrower is also required to pay customary letter of credit fees, as well as fronting fees, to banks that issue letters of credit pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement.
Guarantees and Security
All obligations under the Senior Credit Agreement are guaranteed by Intermediate Holdings and Intermediate Holdings existing and future direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries (other than (i) the Senior Borrower, (ii) domestic subsidiaries substantially all of whose assets consist of controlled foreign corporations and (iii) subsidiaries designated as immaterial subsidiaries or unrestricted subsidiaries) (the Subsidiary Guarantors , and together with Intermediate Holdings, the Guarantors ). All obligations under the Senior Credit Agreement, including the guarantees of those obligations, are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Senior Borrower and each Guarantor (collectively, Collateral ), including, but not limited to, a pledge of the equity interests in the Senior Borrower held directly by Intermediate Holdings and the equity interests in each Subsidiary Guarantor held directly or indirectly by Intermediate Holdings.
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Prepayments
Subject to customary notice and minimum amount conditions, the Senior Borrower may voluntarily prepay outstanding loans under the Senior Credit Agreement at any time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except for customary breakage costs with respect to Eurocurrency loans). The Senior Borrower is required to make mandatory prepayments of the Term Loan Facility from the net cash proceeds of certain sales of assets (including Collateral) or casualty insurance and/or condemnation recoveries (in each case, subject to certain reinvestment, repair or replacement rights) and the incurrence of certain indebtedness, subject to certain exceptions. The initial Term Loan Facility will amortize quarterly in accordance with its terms from June 30, 2019 through March 31, 2024 with a final maturity date on May 23, 2024.
Certain Covenants and Events of Default
The Senior Credit Agreement contains certain restrictions on the ability of Intermediate Holdings, the Senior Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries to take certain actions as provided in (and subject to various exceptions and baskets set forth in) the Senior Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, the following: (i) incurring additional indebtedness and contingent liabilities; (ii) creating liens on certain assets; (iii) making investments, loans or advances in or to other persons; (iv) paying dividends and distributions or repurchasing capital stock; (v) engaging in certain transactions with affiliates; (vi) amending specified agreements; (vii) merging or consolidating; (viii) making certain dispositions; and (ix) entering into agreements that restrict the granting of liens. Intermediate Holdings is subject to a customary passive holding company covenant. The Senior Credit Agreement requires Intermediate Holdings to comply with a maximum total leverage ratio of 4.00:1.00 and a maximum senior leverage ratio of 3.00:1.00 from the closing date until December 31, 2021 and a maximum total leverage ratio of 3.50:1.00 and a maximum senior leverage ratio of 2.50:1.00 from and after December 31, 2021. In addition, there is a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.25:1.00 for Intermediate Holdings.
The Senior Credit Agreement and the related security agreement contain certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and events of default.
The Senior Credit Agreement and the related security agreement have been filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the description of those agreements contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to those agreements which are incorporated into this Item 1.01 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 contained in Item 1.01 above and Item 8.01 below is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 8.01 |
Other Events. |
On May 23, 2019, TAO Group Sub-Holdings LLC (the Subordinated Borrower ) entered into a credit agreement (the Subordinated Credit Agreement ) with MSG Entertainment Holdings LLC, as lender, pursuant to which MSG Entertainment Holdings LLC has extended a $49 million subordinated term loan to the Subordinated Borrower. The Subordinated Credit Agreement matures on August 22, 2024.
The proceeds from the Subordinated Credit Agreement have been contributed by the Subordinated Borrower to Intermediate Holdings and then by Intermediate Holdings to the Senior Borrower and were used by the Senior Borrower to refinance amounts outstanding under the existing credit agreement with any balance thereof to be used to fund working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Subordinated Borrower and its subsidiaries.
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Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ Mark C. Cresitello | |
Name: Mark C. Cresitello | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Associate | ||
General Counsel & Secretary |
Dated: May 23, 2019 |
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of May 23, 2019
among
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC,
as Borrower
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC,
as Intermediate Holdings
the LENDERS party hereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I | ||||
Definitions | ||||
SECTION 1.01. |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||
SECTION 1.02. |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings | 53 | ||
SECTION 1.03. |
Terms Generally | 53 | ||
SECTION 1.04. |
Accounting Terms; GAAP | 53 | ||
SECTION 1.05. |
Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification | 54 | ||
ARTICLE II | ||||
The Credits | ||||
SECTION 2.01. |
Commitments | 55 | ||
SECTION 2.02. |
Loans and Borrowings | 55 | ||
SECTION 2.03. |
Requests for Borrowings | 56 | ||
SECTION 2.04. |
Funding of Borrowings | 57 | ||
SECTION 2.05. |
Interest Elections | 57 | ||
SECTION 2.06. |
Termination and Reduction of Commitments | 59 | ||
SECTION 2.07. |
Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt | 59 | ||
SECTION 2.08. |
Prepayment of Loans | 61 | ||
SECTION 2.09. |
Fees | 62 | ||
SECTION 2.10. |
Interest | 63 | ||
SECTION 2.11. |
Alternate Rate of Interest | 64 | ||
SECTION 2.12. |
Increased Costs | 65 | ||
SECTION 2.13. |
Break Funding Payments | 67 | ||
SECTION 2.14. |
Taxes | 68 | ||
SECTION 2.15. |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs | 71 | ||
SECTION 2.16. |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 73 | ||
SECTION 2.17. |
Defaulting Lenders | 74 | ||
SECTION 2.18. |
Incremental Facilities | 76 | ||
SECTION 2.19. |
Letters of Credit | 78 | ||
ARTICLE III | ||||
Conditions | ||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Effective Date | 84 | ||
SECTION 3.02. |
Each Credit Event | 87 |
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ARTICLE IV | ||||||
Representations and Warranties | ||||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Organization; Powers | 87 | ||||
SECTION 4.02. |
Authorization; Enforceability | 88 | ||||
SECTION 4.03. |
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts | 88 | ||||
SECTION 4.04. |
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change | 88 | ||||
SECTION 4.05. |
Properties | 89 | ||||
SECTION 4.06. |
Litigation and Environmental Matters | 89 | ||||
SECTION 4.07. |
Compliance with Laws and Agreements | 89 | ||||
SECTION 4.08. |
Investment Company Status | 89 | ||||
SECTION 4.09. |
Taxes | 90 | ||||
SECTION 4.10. |
ERISA | 90 | ||||
SECTION 4.11. |
Disclosure | 90 | ||||
SECTION 4.12. |
Anti-Corruption and Sanctions | 90 | ||||
SECTION 4.13. |
EEA Financial Institutions | 91 | ||||
SECTION 4.14. |
Margin Regulations | 91 | ||||
SECTION 4.15. |
Solvency | 91 | ||||
SECTION 4.16. |
Material Contracts | 91 | ||||
SECTION 4.17. |
Real Estate and Venues | 91 | ||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
Affirmative Covenants | ||||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Financial Statements and Other Information | 92 | ||||
SECTION 5.02. |
Notices of Material Events | 94 | ||||
SECTION 5.03. |
Existence; Conduct of Business | 94 | ||||
SECTION 5.04. |
Payment of Obligations | 94 | ||||
SECTION 5.05. |
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance | 95 | ||||
SECTION 5.06. |
Books and Records; Inspection Rights | 95 | ||||
SECTION 5.07. |
Compliance with Laws | 96 | ||||
SECTION 5.08. |
Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit | 96 | ||||
SECTION 5.09. |
[Reserved] | 96 | ||||
SECTION 5.10. |
Collateral | 96 | ||||
SECTION 5.11. |
ERISA Obligations | 98 | ||||
SECTION 5.12. |
Depository Banks | 98 | ||||
SECTION 5.13. |
New Venue Agreements | 98 | ||||
SECTION 5.14. |
Post Closing Matters | 98 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | ||||||
Negative Covenants | ||||||
SECTION 6.01. |
Indebtedness | 99 | ||||
SECTION 6.02. |
Liens | 101 |
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SECTION 6.03. |
Fundamental Changes |
103 | ||||
SECTION 6.04. |
Dispositions |
104 | ||||
SECTION 6.05. |
Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
105 | ||||
SECTION 6.06. |
Swap Agreements |
107 | ||||
SECTION 6.07. |
Restricted Payments |
107 | ||||
SECTION 6.08. |
Transactions with Affiliates |
108 | ||||
SECTION 6.09. |
Restrictive Agreements |
108 | ||||
SECTION 6.10. |
Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
109 | ||||
SECTION 6.11. |
Financial Covenants |
109 | ||||
SECTION 6.12. |
New Venues |
111 | ||||
SECTION 6.13. |
Permitted Activities of Intermediate Holdings |
111 | ||||
SECTION 6.14. |
Amendments or Waivers of Certain Agreements |
112 | ||||
SECTION 6.15. |
Amendments or Waivers with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness |
112 | ||||
SECTION 6.16. |
Deposit Accounts |
112 | ||||
SECTION 6.17. |
Amendments to Organizational Agreements |
112 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
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Events of Default |
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SECTION 7.01. |
Events of Default |
112 | ||||
SECTION 7.02. |
Remedies Upon an Event of Default |
115 | ||||
SECTION 7.03. |
Application of Payments |
116 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
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The Agent |
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SECTION 8.01. |
Authorization and Action |
118 | ||||
SECTION 8.02. |
Administrative Agents Reliance, Indemnification, Etc. |
118 | ||||
SECTION 8.03. |
Posting of Communications |
120 | ||||
SECTION 8.04. |
The Agent Individually |
121 | ||||
SECTION 8.05. |
Successor Agent |
121 | ||||
SECTION 8.06. |
Acknowledgment of Lenders and Issuing Banks |
122 | ||||
SECTION 8.07. |
Collateral Matters |
123 | ||||
SECTION 8.08. |
Certain ERISA Matters |
124 | ||||
ARTICLE IX |
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Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 9.01. |
Notices |
126 | ||||
SECTION 9.02. |
Waivers; Amendments |
127 | ||||
SECTION 9.03. |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
129 | ||||
SECTION 9.04. |
Successors and Assigns |
131 |
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SECTION 9.05. |
Survival |
134 | ||||
SECTION 9.06. |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution |
135 | ||||
SECTION 9.07. |
Severability |
135 | ||||
SECTION 9.08. |
Right of Setoff |
136 | ||||
SECTION 9.09. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
136 | ||||
SECTION 9.10. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
137 | ||||
SECTION 9.11. |
Headings |
137 | ||||
SECTION 9.12. |
Confidentiality |
137 | ||||
SECTION 9.13. |
Interest Rate Limitation |
138 | ||||
SECTION 9.14. |
Certain Notices |
138 | ||||
SECTION 9.15. |
No Fiduciary Relationship |
138 | ||||
SECTION 9.16. |
Non-Public Information |
139 | ||||
SECTION 9.17. |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
139 | ||||
SECTION 9.18. |
Obligations of the Loan Parties Only |
140 | ||||
SECTION 9.19. |
Acknowledgment Regarding any Supported QFCs |
140 |
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Schedules:
Schedule 1.01 |
| Lenders | ||
Schedule 1.02 |
| Revolving Commitments | ||
Schedule 1.03 |
| Term Loan Commitments | ||
Schedule 1.04 |
| LC Commitments | ||
Schedule 1.05 |
| Immaterial Subsidiaries | ||
Schedule 3.06 |
| Disclosed Matters | ||
Schedule 4.03(a) |
| Governmental Approvals | ||
Schedule 4.16 |
| Material Contracts | ||
Schedule 4.17 |
| Real Estate and Venues | ||
Schedule 5.14 |
| Post Closing Matters | ||
Schedule 6.01 |
| Existing Indebtedness | ||
Schedule 6.02 |
| Existing Liens | ||
Schedule 6.05(i) |
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Certain Investments | ||
Schedule 6.05(j) |
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Certain Investments | ||
Schedule 6.08 |
| Transactions with Affiliates | ||
Schedule 6.09 |
| Existing Restrictive Agreements |
Exhibits:
Exhibit A |
| Form of Assignment and Assumption | ||
Exhibit B |
| Form of Borrowing Request | ||
Exhibit C |
| Form of Interest Election Request | ||
Exhibit D-1 |
| Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit D-2 |
| Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Lenders that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit D-3 |
| Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
Exhibit D-4 |
| Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Non-U.S. Participants that are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 23, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement ), among TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC, as the Borrower, TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC, as Intermediate Holdings, the LENDERS party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as the Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall 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.
Accounts has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
Acquisition Agreement means the Transaction Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2017, among MSG, TG Merger Sub, LLC, TG Rollover Holdco LLC, Parent, Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, Tao Group Management LLC, TG Member Representative LLC, the Management Sellers (as defined therein), the Rollover Holdco Members (as defined therein), the Direct Rollover Members (as defined therein), the Group Entities (as defined therein), solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv) and Article 14 thereof (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15 thereof, and only insofar as Article 14 thereof relates to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv) thereof), MSG Entertainment Holdings LLC, and solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11 and Article 14 thereof (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15 thereof, and only insofar as Article 14 thereof relates to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11 thereof), MSG Parent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof (provided, that any such amendments, supplements or other modifications that are adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect shall be approved by Required Lenders).
Adjusted LIBO Rate means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
Administrative Fee means the fee payable by the Borrower to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.09(b), the terms of which are set forth in the Agent Fee Letter.
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Agent.
Affiliate means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Agent or Administrative Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent. References to Agent shall also include JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. acting in its capacity as Collateral Agent under each Security Document.
Agent Fee Letter means the letter agreement dated the Effective Date between the Borrower and the Agent, and as it may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Aggregate Commitments means the sum of the Commitments of all the Lenders.
Aggregate Exposure means the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Exposure and the Aggregate Term Loan Exposure.
Aggregate Revolving Commitment means the sum of the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders.
Aggregate Revolving Exposure means the sum of the Revolving Exposures of all the Lenders.
Aggregate Term Loan Exposure means the sum of the Term Loan Exposures of all the Lenders.
Agreement has the meaning given to such term in the Preamble.
Alternate Base Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate (or if the LIBO Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Screen Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively. If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.11, then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clauses (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
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Annual Measurement Period means each fiscal year of the Borrower (ending on the last Sunday of each calendar year).
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to Intermediate Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate means a rate per annum equal to 0.50%.
Applicable Margin means (a) from the Effective Date until the date that is two (2) Business Days after the date on which the Agent shall have received the financial statements and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) and 5.01(d) for the fiscal quarter ending on or about June 30, 2019, a percentage per annum equal to (i) 2.50% with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, and (ii) 1.50% with respect to ABR Loans; and (b) thereafter, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Total Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below:
Total Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin
for Eurocurrency Loans |
Applicable Margin
for ABR Loans |
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Greater than or equal to 3.00:1.00 |
3.50% | 2.50% | ||
Greater than or equal to 2:00:1.00 and less than 3:00:1.00 |
3.00% | 2.00% | ||
Less than 2.00:1.00 |
2.50% | 1.50% |
No change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective until two (2) Business Days after the date on which the Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b), together with a Compliance Certificate calculating the Total Leverage Ratio pursuant to Section 5.01(d). At any time (i) the Borrower has not submitted to the Agent the applicable information as and when required under Sections 5.01(a), (b) or (d), (ii) an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing or (iii) any other Event of Default (other than any Event of Default under Section 7.01(d) in respect of (A) any breach of Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) that has been cured pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.11(f) and (B) any breach of Section 6.11(e) that has been cured pursuant to and in accordance with the two provisos to Section 6.11(e)) has occurred and is continuing, if requested by the Required Lenders (which request may be retroactive to the date of the applicable Event of Default), the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Total Leverage Ratio were in excess of 3.00:1.00. Without limitation of any other provision of this Agreement or any other remedy available to the Agent or Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, to the extent that any financial statements or any information contained in any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), (b) or (d) shall be incorrect in any material respect and the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent and the Lenders corrected financial statements or other corrected information in a Compliance Certificate (or otherwise), the
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Agent may (and at the direction of Required Lenders shall) recalculate the Applicable Margin based upon such corrected financial statements or such other corrected information, and, upon written notice thereof to the Borrower, the Loans shall bear interest based upon such recalculated Applicable Margin retroactively from the date of delivery of the erroneous financial statements or other erroneous information in question; provided that such retroactive recalculation shall apply only for the account of Lenders holding the applicable Loans at the time the applicable payment was received and shall cease to apply upon the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to Revolving Loans, LC Exposure or Revolving Commitments, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lenders Revolving Commitments and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Commitment (if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments); provided that in the case of Section 2.17 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, any such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Commitment shall be disregarded in the calculation and (b) with respect to the Term Loans, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is such Lenders outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of all Lenders.
Approved Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Arranger means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and U.S. Bank National Association, each in its capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the credit facilities provided for herein.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 9.04, and accepted by the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Agent.
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.19(b).
Availability Period means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.
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Bail-In Action means, as to any EEA Financial Institution, the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of such EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Code means the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time and any successor statute.
Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Person, the occurrence of any of the following with respect to such Person: (i) a court or governmental agency having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; (ii) such Person shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment or taking of possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its property or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (iii) such Person shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due (otherwise than on a purely temporary basis), or any action shall be taken by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
Beneficial Ownership Certification means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control 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 Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
BHC Act Affiliate of a party means an affiliate (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
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Borrower means Tao Group Operating LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Borrowing means Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Borrowing Request means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 or a conversion or continuation of a Loan in accordance with Section 2.05, which shall be, in the case of any such written request, in the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the Agent.
Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
CapEx Annual Limit means, for any Annual Measurement Period, $20,000,000.
CapEx Carryover Amount means, for any Annual Measurement Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the CapEx Annual Limit over the actual amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made during the immediately preceding Annual Measurement Period.
Capital Lease means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person, in each case subject to Section 1.04.
Capital Lease Obligations of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as Capital Leases, and the principal amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP, in each case subject to Section 1.04.
Cash means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand account or Deposit Account; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Cash shall exclude any amounts that would not be considered cash under GAAP or cash as recorded on the books of the Borrower and the Restricted Parties.
CFC means (a) any Person that is a controlled foreign corporation (within the meaning of Section 957), but only if a U.S. Person that is a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party is, with respect to such controlled foreign corporation, a United States shareholder (within the meaning of Section 951(b)) described in Section 951(a)(1); and (b) each Subsidiary of any Person described in clause (a). For purposes of this definition, all Section references are to the Code.
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CFC Holdco means a Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist, directly or indirectly, of equity of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs or other entities constituting CFC Holdcos.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is understood and agreed that any changes resulting from requests, rules, guidelines or directives (x) issued under, or in connection with, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or (y) promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be adopted subsequent to the date hereof.
Change of Control means, at any time, (a) MSG Companies, taken as a whole, shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, at least 51% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interests in the Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings; (b) any Person or group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), other than MSG Companies, taken as a whole, 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 Intermediate Holdings; or (c) Intermediate Holdings shall cease to beneficially own and control directly 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Equity Interests of the Borrower.
Charges has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.13.
Class means (a) with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of Lenders: (i) Lenders having Term Loan Exposure, and (ii) Lenders having Revolving Exposure and/or Revolving Commitments, and (b) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes of Loans: (i) Term Loans and (ii) Revolving Loans.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as the same may be amended from time to time.
Collateral means the collateral securing the obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder, as more fully described in the Security Agreement and any other Security Document, which shall not include any Excluded Property.
Collateral Agent means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as collateral agent under each Security Document.
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Commitment means any Revolving Commitment, Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Commitment.
Commitment Fee means the fee payable by the Borrower to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, pursuant to Section 2.09(a).
Communications means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein that is distributed to the Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to Section 8.03, including through the Platform.
Compliance Certificate has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(d).
Connection Income Taxes means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA means, for any period, an amount determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to:
(i) the sum, without duplication, in each case (other than clause (a) below) to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, of the amounts for such period of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus
(c) provisions for Taxes based on income or revenue and Permitted Tax Payments, plus
(d) total depreciation expense, plus
(e) total amortization expense, plus
(f) other non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(g) the amount of non-cash management fees or similar non-cash fees payable to MSG in accordance with the Parent Organizational Agreement as in effect on the Effective Date, plus
(h) any proceeds of business interruption insurance policies actually received in cash during such period, in an amount not to exceed the income for such period that such proceeds were intended to replace, plus
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(i) all non-cash losses or expenses (or minus non-cash income or gain), including, (1) non-cash adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, non-cash expenses arising from grants of stock appreciation rights, stock options or restricted stock, non-cash impairment of goodwill and other long term intangible assets, unrealized non-cash losses (or minus unrealized non-cash gains) under Swap Agreements, unrealized non-cash losses (or minus unrealized non-cash gains) in such period due solely to fluctuations in currency values, but excluding any non-cash loss or expense (A) that is an accrual of a reserve for a cash expenditure or payment to be made, or anticipated to be made, in a future period or (B) relating to a write-down, write off or reserve with respect to Accounts and Inventory, and (2) other such items not clearly qualifying as non-cash losses or expenses under GAAP approved by the Agent in its reasonable discretion, plus
(j) one-time, non-recurring or unusual (as determined in accordance with GAAP) expenses consisting of (1) severance costs, lease termination costs, legal, legal-related and other third-party professional fees incurred in connection with corporate restructuring, third-party professional fees (including legal fees) incurred in connection with non-ordinary course litigation (threatened or otherwise) and non-ordinary course legal settlements, settlement payments made with respect to such non-ordinary course litigation and settlements, and (2) non-ordinary course penalties and fines in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 in any measurement period, provided that the aggregate amount of all such one-time, non-recurring or unusual expenses added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to this clause (j) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any measurement period, plus
(k) any other adjustment from time to time expressly approved in writing by the Agent and the Required Lenders,
minus (ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of:
(a) other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents ordinary course accruals or a gain resulting from the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential cash items that were deducted (and not added back) in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period), plus
(b) interest income received by any Restricted Party, plus
(c) other non-operating income (as determined in accordance with GAAP) to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
(d) any TAO Group Bonus Payments made by any Restricted Party, to the extent not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period or to the extent added back in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) in no event shall the amount of Consolidated Adjusted Foreign EBITDA exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries) in any period (and any amount of Consolidated Adjusted Foreign EBITDA which exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties for such period shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA), and (B) the parties hereto agree that Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended (I) on September 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be $3,776,454.00, (II) on December 30, 2018 shall be deemed to be $11,866,721.00, and (III) on March 31, 2019 shall be deemed to be $6,250,869.00.
Consolidated Adjusted Foreign EBITDA means, for any period, an amount determined for the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA generated by or attributable to the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries, calculated in the same manner as the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties as a whole, except the amount of Consolidated Net Income of the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries that is included pursuant to clause (i)(a) thereof shall be an amount, not less than zero, equal to the Consolidated Net Income of the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries, minus the amount of net income of the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries generated during such period that is actually distributed in cash by dividend or other distribution to a Loan Party during such period.
Consolidated Capital Expenditures
means, for any period, the aggregate amount of all
expenditures of the Restricted Parties during such period determined on a consolidated basis (net of (a) expenditures made with (i) Net Proceeds to the extent reinvested in accordance with
Section 2.08(d) or (ii) proceeds of
an issuance of Permitted Equity, proceeds of any capital contribution to Intermediate Holdings or proceeds of Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) expenditures to the extent financed with Capital Leases or purchase money Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred by Section 6.01(e), (c) landlord contributions and tenant improvement allowances and abatements, (d) that portion of the purchase price of a Target in a Permitted Acquisition that, in accordance with GAAP, is or should be included
in purchase of property and equipment or which should otherwise be capitalized and (e) expenditures made with cash proceeds of
non-affiliated
third party reimbursements received by any
Restricted Party but only to the extent of such reimbursement) that, in accordance with GAAP, is or should be included in the purchase of property and equipment or which should otherwise be capitalized items reflected in the consolidated
statement of cash flows of the Restricted Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, Landlord Financed Capital Expenditures shall not constitute Consolidated Capital Expenditures.
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period based upon GAAP, excluding any paid-in-kind interest, amortization of debt discounts, premiums and deferred financing costs, and any realized or unrealized gains or losses attributable to Swap Agreements.
Consolidated Current Assets means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Permitted Investments.
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Consolidated Fixed Charges means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense and (ii) scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Total Debt (without giving effect to any reduction in such scheduled payments resulting from any voluntary or mandatory prepayment of such principal and including the principal component of scheduled payments due on Capital Leases and amortization payments with respect to the Term Loans, but excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments).
Consolidated Interest Expense means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to the interest component under Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP) of the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Consolidated Total Debt, including all commissions and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit (other than Third Party Letters of Credit) to the extent capitalized and amortized and net costs under Swap Agreements, but excluding, however, any gain or loss recognized under GAAP that results from the mark-to-market valuation of any net obligations under any Swap Agreement.
Consolidated Joint Venture means, as of any date of determination, any Designated Joint Venture in which any Restricted Party holds an interest which is required under GAAP to be consolidated with the Restricted Parties.
Consolidated Liquidity means, for any period, an amount determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to the sum of (i) unrestricted Cash and Permitted Investments of the Restricted Parties (excluding any Investments described in clause (i) of the definition of Permitted Investments, any LC Cash Collateral, any Cash of the Restricted Parties pledged as collateral to secure any of the Restricted Parties reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit and Cash or Permitted Investments held in any foreign Deposit Account or foreign Securities Account), plus (ii) (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, minus (b) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of the Restricted Parties and the Consolidated Joint Ventures on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) the sum of (a) to the extent included in clause (i) above, the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than any Consolidated Joint Venture) in which any Restricted Party has a joint interest with another Person (other than Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to such Restricted Party by dividend or other distribution during such period, plus (b) to the extent included in clause (i) above, any net income of any Excluded Joint Venture that is paid in cash to the Restricted Parties by dividend or other distribution during such period, plus (c) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Party or Consolidated Joint
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Venture or is merged into or consolidated with any Restricted Party or that Persons assets are acquired by any Restricted Party, plus (d) the income of any Restricted Party (other than any Loan Party) or Consolidated Joint Venture to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Party (other than any Loan Party) or Consolidated Joint Venture (as the case may be) of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Party (other than any Loan Party) or Consolidated Joint Venture (as the case may be), plus or minus (as applicable) (e) any gains or losses attributable to Dispositions or returned surplus assets of any Plan, plus or minus (as applicable) (f) (to the extent not included in clauses (a) through (d) above) any net gains or net losses, each of which is infrequent or unusual in nature (as determined in accordance with GAAP), reflected in the net income (or loss) of the Restricted Parties and Consolidated Joint Ventures for such period, minus (iii) to the extent included in clause (i) above, the amount of net income of any Consolidated Joint Venture actually paid in cash to any applicable Joint Venture Partner by dividend or other distribution during such period. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Net Income shall not include any net income attributable to, or generated by, (x) any Excluded Joint Venture or (y) any Designated Joint Venture in excess of the net income of such Designated Joint Venture for such period or for any period during which such Designated Joint Venture has a net loss.
Consolidated Senior Debt means, as at any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt, excluding the aggregate outstanding amount of Subordinated Indebtedness (to the extent permitted hereunder), but including Capital Leases.
Consolidated Total Debt means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Indebtedness of Intermediate Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Joint Venture Indebtedness determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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.
Controlled Group means the Borrower and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
Cost Savings means cost savings as a result of integrating, consolidating or discontinuing operations, headcount reductions or closure of facilities, in each case, to the extent such actions have been taken within the applicable measurement period of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in accordance with the definition of Pro Forma Basis.
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Covered Entity means any of the following:
(i) |
a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); |
(ii) |
a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or |
(iii) |
a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). |
Covered Party has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.
Credit Party means the Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.
Default means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
Defaulting Lender means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, (i) to fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) to fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) to pay to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement, to the effect that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lenders good-faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified in such writing, including, if applicable, by reference to a specific Default) to funding a Loan cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party made in good faith to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under this Agreement; provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Partys receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Agent, (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or (e) has, or has a Lender Holding Company that has, become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.
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Deposit Account has the meaning assigned to such term in Article 9 of the UCC and includes a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by an instrument or a negotiable certificate of deposit.
Designated Joint Venture means, as of any date of determination, any Permitted Joint Venture in which any Restricted Party holds an interest and which has been designated by the Borrower as a Designated Joint Venture on a Compliance Certificate; provided that, as of the Effective Date, each Permitted Existing Joint Venture shall be designated as a Designated Joint Venture; provided , however , that any designation of a Permitted Joint Venture as a Designated Joint Venture by the Borrower shall be irrevocable from and after the date of such designation, and no Designated Joint Venture may be re-designated as an Excluded Joint Venture.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower, setting forth such valuation, less the amount of Cash or Permitted Investments received in connection with a subsequent disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
Disclosed Matters means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06 .
Disposition or Dispose means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise) of any property by any Person (including any sale and leaseback transaction and any issuance of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary of such Person), including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.
Disqualified Person means (a) Persons identified by name in writing to the Agent by the Borrower on or prior to the Effective Date, (b) any Person which is or becomes a direct or indirect competitor of the Borrower that is identified by name in writing to the Agent by the Borrower from time to time and (c) any Affiliate of a Person identified pursuant to clause (a) or (b) that is either (i) identified in writing by the Borrower to the Agent (who shall distribute to the Lenders) from time to time or (ii) readily identifiable by the Agent or the Lenders by name. A list of the Disqualified Persons as of the Effective Date shall promptly be made available by the Agent to all Lenders upon receipt thereof by the Agent. Upon the identification in writing by the Borrower of any additional Disqualified Person pursuant to clause (b) or (c)(i) above, the Agent shall promptly make available such updated list to Lenders; provided , that any additional Person so identified shall not be deemed a Disqualified Person until such time
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as such addition to such list is made available to the Lenders and no addition to such list shall apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously become Lenders or purchased a participation interest hereunder, but upon effectiveness of such designation as a Disqualified Person, any such Person may not acquire any additional Commitments, Loans or participations under this Agreement.
Dividing Person has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of Division.
Division means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the Dividing Person ) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a plan of division or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
Division Successor means any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Date means the first date on which all of the conditions to the effectiveness of this Agreement were satisfied in accordance with the terms hereof.
Electronic Signature means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
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Eligible Assignee means (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund, (d) an Issuing Bank and (e) any other Person, other than, in each case, (i) a Defaulting Lender or a Lender Holding Company thereof, (ii) the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Affiliate of the Borrower (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Intermediate Holdings and its subsidiaries), (iii) [reserved], (iv) a Disqualified Person or (v) a natural person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and each of the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or potential Lender is an Eligible Assignee, and the Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment or participation of Loans made, or any information made available, to any Person that is not an Eligible Assignee by any Lender in violation hereof.
Environmental Laws means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to (i) the environment as it relates to Hazardous Materials, (ii) preservation or reclamation of natural resources as it relates to Hazardous Materials, (iii) the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or (iv) health and safety matters as it relates to Hazardous Materials.
Environmental Liability means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Equity Interests means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person of whatever nature, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
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ERISA Event means (a) any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
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.
Eurocurrency , 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 Adjusted LIBO Rate.
Event of Default has the meaning given to such term in Section 7.01.
Excess Acquisition Consideration has the meaning set forth in the definition of Permitted Acquisition.
Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
Excluded Account means, individually or collectively as the context requires, (a) any Deposit Account or Securities Account established, maintained and used solely for the purpose of funding payroll, payroll taxes and other compensation and benefits to employees, (b) any Deposit Account or Securities Account established, maintained and used solely to secure trade letters of credit to the extent permitted under this Agreement, (c) any Deposit Account (i) which is established, maintained and used solely for the purpose of paying Taxes, including sales Taxes, (ii) which is established, maintained and used solely for the purpose of serving as an escrow account or as a fiduciary or trust account in favor of a third party, (iii) which is a zero balance Deposit Account or (iv) with an average monthly balance of less than $100,000 with respect to any single Deposit Account, not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time for all Deposit Accounts that are Excluded Accounts pursuant to this clause (iv) and (d) any Deposit Account or Securities Account established, maintained and used solely to secure Third Party Letters of Credit to the extent permitted under this Agreement.
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Excluded Joint Venture means any Joint Venture in which any Restricted Party holds an interest, other than any Designated Joint Venture.
Excluded Property means (i) any real property, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, other than to the extent a Lien on such assets or such rights can be perfected by filing a UCC-1) and any commercial tort claim with an individual value of less than $5,000,000, (iii) pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable Law or which could require any governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to be pledged (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (iv) any lease, license or other agreement to the extent that, and for so long as, a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Restricted Party or any wholly-owned Subsidiary thereof) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the UCC or similar law or principles of equity, subject to the last proviso of this definition, (v) those assets as to which the Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequence of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby, (vi) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the UCC or similar law, (vii) any intent-to-use applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Section 1(c) or 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed, (viii) any Excluded Securities, (ix) any Third Party Funds, (x) any equipment or other asset that is subject to a Lien permitted by Section 6.02(d) or is otherwise subject to purchase money debt or a Capital Lease Obligation, in each case, as permitted by Section 6.01, if the contract or other agreement providing for such debt or Capital Lease Obligation prohibits or requires the consent of any person as a condition to the creation of any other security interest on such equipment or asset and, in each case, such prohibition or requirement is permitted hereunder, (xi) Excluded Accounts (but not the proceeds of any Collateral deposited in any Excluded Account which is a zero balance Deposit Account) and (xii) any other exceptions mutually agreed upon between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders); provided , that the Borrower may in its sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of Excluded Property and thereby include such property in the definition of Collateral; provided , further , that (A) the foregoing exclusions shall in no way be construed (1) to apply to the extent that any described limitation, prohibition or restriction is unenforceable or ineffective under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC or other applicable Law (including the Bankruptcy Code), or (2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit the Collateral Agents security interest or lien to attach thereto notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction contained in such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement or under applicable Law (it being agreed that the
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applicable Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent or waiver; provided that it is agreed that commercially reasonable efforts shall not require such Loan Party to agree to a term solely in order to obtain such consent or waiver if such term would have a financially negative impact on such Loan Party or affirmatively increase its non-monetary obligations thereunder in any material respect), (B) the Collateral shall include and the Collateral Agents Lien shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such limitation, prohibition or restriction shall be remedied and, to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of any such contract, lease, permit, license or license agreement that does not result in any violation or invalidation thereof, and (C) the foregoing exclusions shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Collateral Agents continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Guarantor in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Equity Interests (including any Accounts), or (2) any proceeds from the collection, sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Equity Interests.
Excluded Securities shall mean any of the following:
(a) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness with respect to which the Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents are excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;
(b) any voting Equity Interests of any CFC Holdco or Foreign Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary or a CFC Holdco which becomes a Guarantor) in excess of 65% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in law after the date hereof, (A) could not reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Person or any Foreign Subsidiary of such Person, as applicable, to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a deemed dividend to such CFC Holdcos or Foreign Subsidiarys direct or indirect U.S. owner, as applicable, and (B) could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of the outstanding Equity Interests of such CFC Holdco or Foreign Subsidiary, as applicable, entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2));
(c) any Equity Interests or Indebtedness to the extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any requirement of law (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the UCC or other applicable Law);
(d) any Equity Interests of any Joint Venture, to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an unaffiliated third party not in violation of Section 6.09 and binding on such assets at the time of the acquisition thereof and not entered into in contemplation thereof (other than, in this subclause (A)(ii), customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the UCC or other applicable requirements of law), (B)
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any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided , that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Restricted Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Restricted Party or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being agreed that the applicable Loan Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent; provided that it is agreed that commercially reasonable efforts shall not require such Loan Party to agree to a term solely in order to obtain such consent if such term would have a financially negative impact on such Loan Party) and for so long as such prohibition in such organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Restricted Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Restricted Party) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement governing such Equity Interest (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than, in the case of other contractual obligations referred to in subclause (A)(ii), customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the UCC or other applicable requirement of law);
(e) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of, or other Equity Interests owned by, any Foreign Subsidiary or a CFC Holdco (other than any Foreign Subsidiary or a CFC Holdco which becomes a Guarantor);
(f) 50% of the Capital Stock of Asia Five Eight LLC;
(g) any promissory note pledged as collateral to secure any of the Restricted Parties reimbursement obligations under any trade letter of credit; and
(h) any LC Collateral Note for so long as such LC Collateral Note continues to serve as collateral to secure any of the Restricted Parties reimbursement obligations under any Third Party Letter of Credit issued by a Third Party LC Issuer.
Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 2.16(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.14, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in such Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 2.14(f) and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
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Existing Credit Agreement means the Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2017 (as such agreement made be amended or modified prior to the Effective Date), by and among Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as administrative agent and sole lead arranger thereunder.
Existing Revolving Borrowings has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.18(e).
Existing Venue means any Venue in respect of which the creation or acquisition of rights and obligations to manage or operate such Venue by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has occurred on or prior to the Effective Date, whether by purchase, merger, execution of a Venue Agreement or otherwise.
Exposure means any Term Loan Exposure or Revolving Exposure.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such days federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if such rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes of this Agreement.
Fees means all fees payable pursuant to this Agreement or the Agent Fee Letter, including the Commitment Fee and the Administrative Fee.
Fifth Third Accounts means, collectively, (a) the currency processing cash management account of the Restricted Parties maintained with Fifth Third Bank with an account number ending in 2830 and (b) any depository account product with Fifth Third Bank substantially similar to such account; provided , that at any time Fifth Third Bank is not a Lender, each such Fifth Third Account shall, within 30 days (as such time period may be extended by the Agent in its reasonable discretion) of written notice by the Agent to the Borrower that Fifth Third Bank is no longer a Lender, be subject to a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, executed and delivered by the applicable Restricted Party, the Agent and Fifth Third Bank.
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Financial Officer means, with respect to any Loan Party, the president, co-president, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Loan Party.
Financing Statements means the UCC financing statements that have been, or are to be, filed against the Loan Parties (and, as appropriate, their Subsidiaries) in order to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties (and, as appropriate, their Subsidiaries) to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents.
First Priority means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any non-consensual Lien permitted under Section 6.02.
Fixed Charge Coverage Multiple means, as of any date of determination, 1.25:1.00.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means the ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-fiscal quarter period then ending, minus the sum of (i) Consolidated Capital Expenditures paid in cash for the four-fiscal quarter period then ending, plus (ii) Taxes paid in cash during such four-fiscal quarter period then ending (including, without duplication, Permitted Tax Payments during such period), plus (iii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.07 and paid in cash during the four-fiscal quarter period then ending to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such four-fiscal quarter period; provided , that the parties hereto agree that items (a)(i)-(iii) and (b) above shall be deemed to be (x) for the fiscal quarter ended on September 30, 2018, $1,589,741.00, $0.00, $0.00 and $708,722.00, respectively, (y) for the fiscal quarter ended on December 30, 2018, $820,010.00, $951,000.00, $0.00 and $708,722.00, respectively, and (z) for the fiscal quarter ended on March 31, 2019, $1,029,781.00, $1,486,000.00, $0.00 and $693,315.00, respectively.
Foreign Lender means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
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Governmental Authority means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, bureau, commission, department, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, in each case whether foreign or domestic.
Governmental Authorization means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree or any other similar directive or order, of or from any Governmental Authority.
Guarantee of or by any Person (the guarantor ) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the primary obligor ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other 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 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 obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
Guarantor means, as at any date of determination, (a) each of Intermediate Holdings and each wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of Intermediate Holdings (other than the Borrower, any CFC Holdco and its Subsidiaries, any Immaterial Subsidiary and any Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is now or hereafter becomes a party to the Security Agreement, and (b) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that may be designated by the Borrower in its sole discretion from time to time in a certificate delivered to the Agent by a Financial Officer of the Borrower to be a Guarantor in respect of the Obligations, whereupon such Subsidiary shall be obligated to comply with the other requirements of Section 5.10 as if it were a newly acquired Subsidiary.
Guarantor Subsidiary means each Guarantor other than Intermediate Holdings.
Hazardous Materials means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature, in each case of the foregoing, regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
IBA has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05.
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Immaterial Subsidiary means, at any relevant time of determination, (a) those Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.05 as of the Effective Date and (b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is identified by the Borrower as an Immaterial Subsidiary after the Effective Date on the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(c); provided , that, in the event that all Immaterial Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, (i) shall own assets (after intercompany eliminations) having a fair market value in excess of five percent (5%) of Consolidated Current Assets of the Restricted Parties or (ii) generate Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in excess of five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties, in each case, as determined as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b), then, in either case, one or more of such Immaterial Subsidiaries as designated by the Borrower within ten (10) Business Days after delivery of such financial statements (or, if the Borrower shall make no designation within such period, one or more of such Immaterial Subsidiaries in descending order based on their respective amounts of Consolidated Current Assets or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, as applicable, as designated by the Agent) shall thereafter cease to be an Immaterial Subsidiary and shall thereupon comply with the applicable requirements of Section 5.10; provided , however , that, in no event shall any Subsidiary of the Borrower that owns any Intellectual Property or any other strategically-valuable asset, in each case, that is material to the business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which owns Equity Interests in any Loan Party, be deemed to be an Immaterial Subsidiary.
Impacted Interest Period has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of LIBO Rate.
Incremental Commitment means, with respect to any Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender, established pursuant to an Incremental Facility Agreement and Section 2.18, to make Revolving Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lenders Revolving Exposure under such Incremental Facility Agreement.
Incremental Facility Agreement means an Incremental Facility Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Borrower, among the Borrower, the Agent and one or more Incremental Lenders, establishing Incremental Commitments and effecting such other amendments hereto and to the other Loan Documents as are contemplated by Section 2.18.
Incremental Lender means a Lender with an Incremental Commitment.
Indebtedness of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) current accounts payable and trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) obligations in respect of compensation payments to personnel of such Person incurred pursuant to employment
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contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) the face amount of any trade letter of credit and any unreimbursed amounts drawn under any standby letter of credit or letter of guaranty, in each case, issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any letters of credit or letters of guaranty to the extent undrawn) and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Persons ownership interest in such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
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 clause (a), Other Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.03(b).
Intellectual Property has the meaning given to such term in the Security Agreement.
Interest Election Request means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C or any other form approved by the Agent.
Interest Payment Date means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the first Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months duration, such day or days prior to the last day of such Interest Period as shall occur at intervals of three months duration after the first day of such Interest Period.
Interest Period means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date one week, or one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower; provided that (a) 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 (b) 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)
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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.
Intermediate Holdings means Tao Group Intermediate Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Interpolated Screen Rate means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.
Inventory has the meaning assigned to such term in Article 9 of the UCC.
Investment means purchasing, holding or acquiring (including pursuant to any merger with any Person) any Equity Interest, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing), except for notes or similar debt obligations issued by a bank to whom such note or debt obligation is pledged in connection with such banks issuance of a letter of credit on behalf of the Borrower, of, or making or permitting to exist any loans or advances (other than commercially reasonable extensions of trade credit) to, guaranteeing any Indebtedness of, or making or permitting to exist any investment in, any other Person, or purchasing or otherwise acquiring (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any Person constituting a business unit.
Investment Annual Limit means, with respect to any Annual Measurement Period, $30,000,000.
Investment Annual Total Limit means (a) with respect to the Annual Measurement Period ending on or about December 31, 2019, the sum of (i) the Investment Annual Limit, plus (ii) an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Restricted Parties in cash during such Annual Measurement Period in respect of any Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures, and (b) with respect to any Annual Measurement Period thereafter, the sum of (i) the Investment Annual Limit, plus (ii) the Investment Carryover Amount, if any, for such Annual Measurement Period (it being agreed that any Investment Expenditures made during such Annual Measurement Period shall be deemed to be applied first to the Investment Annual Limit for such Annual Measurement Period and second to any Investment Carryover Amount), plus (iii) an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Restricted Parties in cash during such Annual Measurement Period in respect of any Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures.
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Investment Carryover Amount means, with respect to any Annual Measurement Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Investment Annual Limit over the actual amount of Investment Expenditures made during the immediately preceding Annual Measurement Period.
Investment Expenditures means, with respect to any Annual Measurement Period, the sum (without duplication) of (a) the aggregate consideration paid for all Permitted Acquisitions during such Annual Measurement Period (net of any Excess Acquisition Consideration paid during such Annual Measurement Period), plus (b) the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.05(q) during such Annual Measurement Period.
Investment Unrestricted Annual Limit means, with respect to any Annual Measurement Period, $5,000,000.
Investment Unrestricted Carryover Amount means, with respect to any Annual Measurement Period commencing after the Annual Measurement Period ending on or about December 31, 2019, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Investment Unrestricted Annual Limit over the actual amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 6.05(r) during the immediately preceding Annual Measurement Period.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Issuing Bank means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and any other Lender that agrees to act as an Issuing Bank, each in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.19(i). Any Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates 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. Each reference herein to the Issuing Bank in connection with a Letter of Credit or other matter shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant Issuing Bank with respect thereto.
Issuing Bank Sublimit means $5,000,000. The Issuing Bank Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Commitments.
Joint Venture means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.
Joint Venture Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination or any period with respect to each Designated Joint Venture, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Indebtedness of such Designated Joint Venture, multiplied by (b) the ratio of (A) the amount of net income of such Designated Joint Venture (or attributable to such Designated Joint Venture) that is included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, to (B) the aggregate net income of such Designated Joint
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Venture for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, for any period during which a Designated Joint Venture has a net loss or has no net income that is included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the amount of Joint Venture Indebtedness attributable to such Designated Joint Venture shall be zero for such period.
Joint Venture Partner means each other Person (other than any other Restricted Party) holding Equity Interests in any Joint Venture in which any Restricted Party owns any Equity Interests.
Key Man Condition means, with respect to any Venue Agreement, a condition therein requiring one or more specified Person(s) to remain involved in the management or operation of the applicable Venue following a transfer or assignment of such Venue Agreement (including any change of control or similar event).
Landlord Financed Capital Expenditures means any capital expenditures of any Restricted Party financed by the landlord (or other owner of any Venue, other than any Restricted Party) of any Restricted Party or otherwise paid for by such landlord (or such other owner) for which such Restricted Party is obligated to reimburse such landlord (or such other owner) through the capitalization of such amounts pursuant to the terms of the applicable Venue Agreement.
Law means, with respect to any Person, any law, constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or award of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person.
LC Cash Collateral means Cash of the Restricted Parties pledged as collateral to secure any of the Restricted Parties reimbursement obligations under any Third Party Letter of Credit issued by a Third Party LC Issuer, to the extent permitted by Section 6.01(g)(ii).
LC Collateral Note
means any promissory note issued by a Third Party LC Issuer (or an Affiliate of a Third Party LC Issuer)
in favor of a Restricted Party in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of the related Third Party Letter of Credit, which promissory note is pledged as collateral to secure any of the Restricted Parties reimbursement obligations
under any Third Party Letter of Credit issued by such Third Party LC Issuer, to the extent both such Third Party Letter of Credit is permitted by Section 6.01(g)(ii) and such LC Collateral Note is permitted by
Section 6.05(s).
LC Commitment means, with respect to any Issuing Bank, the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit that such Issuing Bank has committed, in writing, to provide subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The LC Commitments of the Issuing Banks as of the Effective Date are as set forth on Schedule 1.04 . The LC Commitments are part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Commitments.
LC Disbursement means a payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
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LC Exposure means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the LC Exposure at such time.
Leasehold Venue means any Venue in which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have any leasehold interest and which is operated or managed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Lender Holding Company means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
Lenders means the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption or an Incremental Facility Agreement, other than any such Person that shall have ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term Lenders includes the Issuing Banks.
Letter of Credit means any standby letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
Letter of Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.19(b).
Letter of Credit Expiration Date has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.19(b).
LIBO Rate means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an Impacted Interest Period ) then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate.
LIBO Screen Rate means, for any day and time, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by the IBA (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
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Lien means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
Loan Documents means (a) this Agreement, (b) the Security Agreement, (c) the Financing Statements, (d) any other Security Documents executed by Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, together with any other documents or instruments executed by or on behalf of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein and designated as a Loan Document and (e) any agreements between the Borrower and an Issuing Bank regarding the issuance by such Issuing Bank of Letters of Credit hereunder and/or the respective rights and obligations between the Borrower and such Issuing Bank in connection thereunder.
Loan Party means, at each relevant time of determination, (i) Intermediate Holdings, (ii) the Borrower and (iii) each other Guarantor.
Loans means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
Managed Venue means any Venue which is operated or managed by any Restricted Party pursuant to a Venue Management Contract, pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are entitled to payments for operating and managing such Venue without obtaining a leasehold interest in such Venue.
Margin Regulations means Regulation T, Regulation U and Regulation X, each as from time to time in effect, and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Margin Stock means margin stock within the meaning of the Margin Regulations.
Master Agreement has the meaning specified in the definition of Swap Agreement .
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations or financial condition of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their Obligations or (c) the material rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Material Contract means any contract (including any Venue Agreement) or other arrangement to which any Restricted Party is a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as each is amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. All Material Contracts as of the Effective Date are listed on Schedule 4.16 .
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Material Indebtedness means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $3,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the principal amount of the obligations of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
Maturity Date means May 23, 2024.
Maximum Rate has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.13.
MNPI means material information concerning Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or their securities that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the United States Federal securities laws. For purposes of this definition, material information means information concerning Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any Affiliates of any of the foregoing or any of their securities that would reasonably expected to be material for purposes of the United Stated Federal and state securities laws.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
MSG means MSG TG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any Affiliate thereof.
MSG Company means MSG Parent or any MSG Company Successor (as such term is defined in the Parent Organizational Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), or any of their respective Affiliates.
MSG Parent means The Madison Square Garden Company, a Delaware corporation.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Net Proceeds means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the
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sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction, Division or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding), (A) the amount of all payments (including any premiums or penalties) required to be made as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (B) a reasonable reserve for any purchase price adjustments or indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to sellers indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such disposition undertaken by any Restricted Party in connection with such disposition ( provided , that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Proceeds) and (iii) (A) in connection with any Prepayment Event described in clause (a) of the definition of Prepayment Event, the amount of any Permitted Tax Payments and income or gains taxes paid or payable by the seller, in each case, as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Prepayment Event and (B) without duplication of clause (A), the amount of all other Taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower).
New Venue means, as at any date of determination, any new or relocated Venue that has not yet opened to the general public or which has been open to the general public, in whole or in part, for less than twelve (12) months.
Non-Extension Notice Date has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.19(b).
NYFRB means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
NYFRB Rate means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if any of the aforesaid rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes.
Obligations means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, the Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any proceeding under any debtor relief laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the foregoing, the Obligations include the obligation to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document.
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Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Letter of Credit or Loan Document).
Other Permitted Transfer Conditions means, with respect to any Venue Agreement executed after the Effective Date, any customary and reasonable objective conditions (excluding Permitted Key Man Conditions), which objective conditions shall be reasonably consistent with any similar conditions in other similar Venue Agreements executed after the Effective Date, contained in such Venue Agreement that would have to be satisfied prior to the transfer or assignment of such Venue Agreement (including any change of control or similar event) without the consent of the landlord or other counterparty to such Venue Agreement (or consent not to be unreasonably withheld of such landlord or counterparty).
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.16(b)).
Overnight Bank Funding Rate means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.
Parent means TAO Group Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Parent Organizational Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Parent, dated as of January 31, 2017 and as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Parent, dated as of the Effective Date, among, inter alios , Parent, MSG and the TAO Group Principals, as in effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent not prohibited hereunder.
Participant Register has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(ii).
Participants has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)(i).
Patriot Act means the USA Patriot Act of 2001.
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PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition means any acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person; provided ,
(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable Laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;
(iii) in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the Equity Interests (except for any such Equity Interests in the nature of directors qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable Law) acquired or otherwise issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any newly formed Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, and the Borrower shall have taken, or shall cause to be taken each of the actions set forth in Section 5.10 when required pursuant to the terms thereof;
(iv) on a Pro Forma Basis both before and after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition, (x) the Senior Leverage Ratio shall be at least 0.50:1.00 less than the then in effect Senior Leverage Multiple and (y) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be at least 0.50:1.00 less than the then in effect Total Leverage Multiple;
(v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to such proposed acquisition, (A) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with clause (iv) above, together with all relevant financial information with respect to such acquired assets, including the aggregate consideration for such acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate compliance with clause (iv) above and (B) such projections and pro forma financial information regarding such acquired assets as the Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request;
(vi) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith (y) shall be in the same, similar or related business or lines of business in which the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Effective Date and (z) for the four quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition, shall have generated earnings before income taxes, depreciation, and amortization during such period that shall exceed the amount of capital expenditures related to such Person or assets or division during such period (calculated in substantially the same manner as Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Consolidated Capital Expenditures are calculated);
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(vii) the acquisition shall have been approved by the board of directors or other governing body or controlling Person of the Person acquired or the Person from whom such assets or division is acquired; and
(viii) the Investment Expenditures during any Annual Measurement Period shall not exceed the Investment Annual Total Limit; provided , that, the aggregate consideration for any acquisition may exceed the foregoing maximum amount so long as all such excess aggregate consideration (the Excess Acquisition Consideration ) is funded with proceeds from a concurrent capital contribution to, or issuance of Permitted Equity of, Intermediate Holdings.
Permitted Encumbrances means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(b) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens, workmens and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts, government contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, return of money bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments, writs, warrants or similar processes that do not constitute an Event of Default under
Section 7.01(k);
(f) easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or encumbrances incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties, minor survey exceptions, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business (including (A) encumbrances of landlords of any leased or licensed real property and (B) licenses of patents, trademarks and other Intellectual Property) and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of business of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any interest or title of
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lessor, licensor, sublessor or sublicensor under any such leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses, (iii) any Liens against the property of any such lessor, licensor, sublessor or sublicensor which is not a Restricted Party, or (iv) any purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(h) Liens in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law or in the ordinary course of business under customary general terms and conditions encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set-off) and that are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or arising pursuant to such banking institutions general terms and conditions;
(i) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (other than fixed or capital assets) and proceeds thereof of any Person securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances or letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods in the ordinary course of business;
(j) 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 in the ordinary course of business so long as such Liens only cover the related goods;
(k) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and
(l) Liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Loan Document;
provided that the term Permitted Encumbrances shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness (other than pursuant to the foregoing clause (l)).
Permitted Equity means Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings issued in exchange for cash that by its terms (or by the terms of any Equity Interest into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event or otherwise, (a) does not mature and is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or in part, or required (including at the option of the holder thereof) to be repurchased or redeemed, in whole or in part, by Intermediate Holdings, and which does not require the payment of cash dividends or distributions (other than Permitted Tax Payments), in each case, prior to the date that is at least one hundred eighty-one (181) days after the Maturity Date, (b) is not secured by the assets of any Loan Party, (c) is not convertible or exchangeable into Indebtedness of any Loan Party, (d) does not constitute Indebtedness of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, (e) does not result in a Change of Control and (f) is issued at a time and in a manner when no Event of Default then exists or would be caused thereby.
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Permitted Equity Issuances means one or more transactions whereby Intermediate Holdings issues Permitted Equity to the holders of its Equity Interests for cash consideration, or the holders of its Equity Interests make a capital contribution in cash to Intermediate Holdings, so long as (i) all of the proceeds of such issuance or contribution are promptly contributed by Intermediate Holdings to the Borrower, (ii) such issuance does not result in a Change of Control and (iii) the proceeds of such issuance or capital contribution are promptly used by the Borrower to pay for Consolidated Capital Expenditures or pay the purchase price with respect to a Permitted Acquisition or otherwise applied in a manner not prohibited under this Agreement.
Permitted Existing Joint Venture means each of 632 N. Dearborn Operations, LLC, BHA Hospitality LLC, Womens Club IP, LLC, Womens Club Holdings, LLC, HCI/T OM Member LLC, 29th Street Club Brands LLC and 29th Street F&B/Hotel Brands LLC.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America);
(b) fully collateralized repurchase agreements in such amounts and with such financial institutions, as the Borrower may select from time to time;
(c) bank deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances, money market deposit accounts and time deposits, which are issued by any Lender or by a bank organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or any foreign bank;
(d) money market funds that comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(e) taxable and tax-exempt municipal debt obligations with a long term minimum credit rating of A- by S&P and A3 by Moodys, or equivalent short term rating;
(f) sovereign, sovereign agency, sovereign provincial and supranational debt obligations with a minimum credit rating of AA- by S&P and Aa3 by Moodys;
(g) asset-backed securities that are collateralized by non-mortgage consumer receivables and that have a minimum credit rating of AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys;
(h) United States agency and government-sponsored entity collateralized mortgage obligations with a minimum credit rating of AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys; and
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(i) bonds, notes and/or commercial paper outstanding at any time issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America, and U.S. Dollar denominated debt obligations of foreign corporations.
Such Investments will be measured as of the date the Investment is acquired with the maximum maturity of any individual investment not exceeding 24 months, and a maximum portfolio average maturity of 12 months. Such Investments will also bear at least two credit ratings, including (i) for commercial paper, minimum ratings of A2 by S&P and P2 by Moodys, (ii) for longer term bonds and notes, average long-term equivalent ratings of BBB by S&P and Baa by Moodys for the portfolio of this investment class, (iii) for repurchase agreements, bank deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits, a minimum rating of BBB by S&P and Baa by Moodys is required, unless, with respect to U.S. bank deposits and U.S. certificates of deposit, the amount invested is less than $250,000. To the extent that S&P or Moodys credit ratings for such instruments are not available, equivalent credit ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. are acceptable.
Permitted Joint Venture means (x) each Permitted Existing Joint Venture and (y) any Joint Venture in which any Loan Party holds an interest, so long as (a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have received a First Priority perfected Lien in all Equity Interests of such Joint Venture which is owned by Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (or, in lieu of a First Priority perfected Lien in such Equity Interests of the Joint Venture, a First Priority perfected Lien in 100% of the Equity Interests of each Loan Party which owns an interest in such Joint Venture), (b) all Equity Interests of such Joint Venture which is owned by any Loan Party shall be free and clear of all Liens (other than a Lien to secure the Loans, if applicable, or other Liens permitted under Section 6.02 if the parenthetical in clause (a) above does not apply) and (c) there shall not exist any restriction or consent requirement on the ability of such Loan Party to transfer such Loan Partys interest in such Joint Venture upon the exercise of the Collateral Agents right to acquire such interest in connection with the enforcement of the applicable pledge in favor of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Security Agreement (other than (i) any customary purchase option, call or similar right in favor of the Joint Venture Partner that gives the Joint Venture Partner the right to purchase all of such Loan Partys interest in such Joint Venture in connection with any sale or transfer of such Joint Venture or any interests therein and (ii) any other restrictions reasonably consistent with any similar restrictions contained, as of the Effective Date, in any joint venture documentation in respect of the Permitted Existing Joint Ventures (other than 632 N. Dearborn Operations, LLC )) .
Permitted Key Man Condition means, with respect to any Venue Agreement executed after the Effective Date, a Key Man Condition therein that (i) may be satisfied by the continued involvement of MSG (or any other MSG Company) or (ii) allows for substitution with other Person(s) with reasonable experience in such capacity upon consent not to be unreasonably withheld of the landlord or other counterparty to such Venue Agreement.
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Permitted New Venue means any Venue in respect of which the creation or acquisition of rights and obligations to manage or operate such Venue by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has occurred after the Effective Date, whether by purchase, merger, execution of a Venue Agreement or otherwise; provided ,
(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 7.01(a) or (b) shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii) any such Venue Agreement (a) shall not restrict or prohibit the pledge of all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) or the pledge of 65% of the voting Equity Interests, and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests, of any of the Borrowers first-tier Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries (in each case, including the Equity Interests of the Subsidiary which is a party to such Venue Agreement to the extent such Equity Interest is required to be pledged under this Agreement or under the Security Agreement) and (b) shall contain no conditions to, or only require the satisfaction or waiver of Permitted Key Man Conditions or Other Permitted Transfer Conditions prior to, the exercise of rights and remedies by Collateral Agent with respect to such pledge of Equity Interests; and
(iii) solely with respect to any such Venue Agreement that is a Venue Lease to which any Loan Party is a party (or expected to be a party), such Venue Lease shall not restrict the Collateral Agents security interest in the personal property of such Loan Party that may be located at such Venue.
Permitted Tax Payments means, with respect to any taxable year for which the Borrower is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for Federal income tax purposes, direct or indirect payments, including any payments by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to Intermediate Holdings so that Intermediate Holdings can make such payments, to any direct or indirect beneficial holder of any Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount required to enable such Person to pay any Tax liability arising from such Persons status as a direct or indirect holder of Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings or its Subsidiaries, including in accordance with the Parent Organizational Agreement and (ii) the amount equal to the product of (A) the aggregate amount determined in Section 2.1(b)(i) of the Parent Organizational Agreement as in effect on the date hereof allocable to all members of Parent but calculated taking into account only items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit attributable to Intermediate Holdings, Borrower and their subsidiaries, and (B) 40%; provided that any such payments with respect to any taxable period may be made in quarterly installments during the course of such period using reasonable estimates of the anticipated aggregate amount of such distributions under this definition for such period, (A) with any excess of aggregate installments actually paid with respect to any such period over the amount allowable under this definition for such period reducing the amount of Permitted Tax Payments with respect to the immediately subsequent period (and, to the extent such excess is not fully absorbed in the immediately subsequent period, the following period(s)) and (B) with any excess of the amount allowable for under this definition for such period over the aggregate installments actually paid with respect to any such period increasing the amount of Permitted Tax Payments with respect to the immediately subsequent period.
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person or Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan means an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and is either (i) maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for employees of a member of the Controlled Group or (ii) any other arrangement under which more than one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
Plan Asset Regulations means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.
Platform has the meaning given to such term in Section 8.03(a).
Prepayment Event means:
(a) any Disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction, a Division or otherwise) of any property or asset of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than Dispositions to or with a Loan Party, resulting in the receipt by any Restricted Party of Net Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 with respect to any one such disposition or $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any trailing twelve month period; or
(b) any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary resulting in the receipt by any Restricted Party of Net Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 with respect to any one such event or $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any trailing twelve month period; or
(c) the incurrence by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Loans), other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 or permitted by the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 9.02.
Prime Rate means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the Prime Rate in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the bank prime loan rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Agent) or any similar release by the Board (as determined by the Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
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Private Side Lender Representatives means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that are not Public Side Lender Representatives.
Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments as defined in the definition of Pro Forma Target EBITDA.
Pro Forma Basis and pro forma effect shall mean, as to any Person, for any event as described below (each, a Pro Forma Event ) that occurs subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such event is being calculated, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to each such event as if such event occurred on the first day of the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the Reference Period ):
(x) pro forma effect shall be given to any Disposition, Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Subsidiary Redesignation, Consolidated Capital Expenditure, incurrence of Indebtedness or any other transaction subject to calculation on a Pro Forma Basis as indicated in this Agreement, in each case to the extent such Pro Forma Event occurred during the Reference Period; and
(y) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, the following shall apply:
(i) (A) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant Pro Forma Event and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period, (B) if any such Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the applicable calculation date had been the applicable rate for the entire Reference Period and (C) interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the portion of the period during which the Indebtedness was outstanding,
(ii) (A) with respect to any Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and with all other Subsidiary Redesignations which have occurred after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, as of the first day of the applicable Reference Period, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an
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Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively, as of the first day of the applicable Reference Period;
(iii) any Person that is an Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary on the applicable calculation date will be deemed to have been an Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable, at all times during the Reference Period;
(iv) any Person that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary on the applicable calculation date will be deemed not to have been an Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable, at any time during the Reference Period;
(v) any Joint Venture which is designated as a Designated Joint Venture on any Compliance Certificate will be deemed to have been a Designated Joint Venture at all times during the measurement period covered by such Compliance Certificate; and
(vi) with respect to any Disposition (including any sale of any Person), all income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person disposed of in such Disposition shall be excluded.
In the event that any calculation is being performed on a Pro Forma Basis for purposes of determining whether a Pro Forma Event is permitted by any covenant hereunder, a Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have provided a written certification to the Agent setting forth a reasonably detailed statement or schedule of such calculation on a Pro Forma Basis and thereby demonstrating that such Pro Forma Event is permitted under such covenant.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to this definition of the term Pro Forma Basis shall be determined in good faith by a Financial Officer of the Borrower and may include:
(I) additions to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in respect of the amount of Cost Savings projected by the Borrower in good faith, which Cost Savings shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such Cost Savings had been realized on the first day of such period, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided , that (1) a Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have provided a reasonably detailed statement or schedule of such Cost Savings to the Agent (which statement or schedule shall be in a form acceptable to the Agent, such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and such Financial Officer of the Borrower shall have certified to the Agent that (A) such Cost Savings are reasonably identifiable, reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably
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anticipated to result from the relevant actions taken, and (B) such actions have been taken, are ongoing and the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated by the Borrower to be realized within six (6) months of taking such actions, (2) either (x) such Cost Savings shall have been approved in writing by the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), which approval shall be made in the Agents and Required Lenders reasonable credit judgment or (y) an independent certified public accountant of recognized national standing selected by Intermediate Holdings confirms in writing that such Cost Savings are reasonably anticipated to result from the relevant actions taken within six (6) months of taking such actions, (3) no Cost Savings shall be added to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such Cost Savings that are otherwise added back in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, and (4) the aggregate amount of Cost Savings added pursuant to this clause shall not exceed, when combined with any Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments, fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before the addback of such Cost Savings and Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments) in the aggregate for any period; provided , further , that any such projected Cost Savings that are not realized within six (6) months may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA; and
(II) (1) with respect to any Target owned or managed or operated by Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary for which the Agent has received financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01 for less than twelve (12) months, Pro Forma Target EBITDA allocated to each period prior to the acquisition or assumption of management thereof included in the trailing period for which Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is being calculated minus (2) with respect to any Disposition consummated within the period in question, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before giving effect to this clause (2)) attributable to the Subsidiary, profit center, Venue or other asset which is the subject of a Disposition from the beginning of such period until the date of consummation of such Disposition.
Pro Forma Event as defined in the definition of Pro Forma Basis.
Pro Forma Target EBITDA means with respect to any Target, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Target for the most recent four (4) consecutive fiscal quarter periods preceding the acquisition thereof (which Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Target shall be calculated using the historical audited financial statements of such Target for such period or, for any period for which audited financial statements of such Target are not available, such financial statements which are certified as fairly representing, in all material respects, the financial condition of such Target for the period covered, which certification shall be signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower), adjusted by verifiable expense reductions, including excess owner compensation, if any, calculated on a month-by-month basis, to the extent such adjustments (collectively, Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments ) (a) are expected to be realized within six (6) months following the acquisition of such Target and are reasonably attributable to, and reasonably expected to result from taking, actions
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specified during such time period, (b) shall be certified as such in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower describing such reductions in reasonable detail, (c) such adjustments shall have been either (x) approved in writing by the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or (y) confirmed in writing by an independent certified public accountant of recognized national standing selected by Intermediate Holdings as being reasonably expected to result from taking such actions specified during such time period, (d) do not exceed, when combined with any Cost Savings for such period, fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before the addback of such Cost Savings and Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments) in the aggregate for all Permitted Acquisitions in any period, in each case as calculated by the Borrower in accordance herewith; provided , further , that any such projected Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments that are not realized within such six (6) month period may no longer be added in calculating Pro Forma Target EBITDA, and (e) are not duplicative of any expenses, charges or items that are otherwise added back or included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
Public Side Lender Representatives means, with respect to any Lender, representatives of such Lender that do not wish to receive MNPI.
QFC
has the meaning assigned to the term qualified financial
contract in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C.
5390(c)(8)(D).
QFC Credit Support has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.
Real Estate Asset means, at any time of determination, any fee, leasehold, or license interest then owned by any Loan Party in any real property.
Recipient means the Agent, any Lender and any Issuing Bank, or any combination thereof (as the context requires).
Reference Period as defined in the definition of Pro Forma Basis.
Register has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation T means Regulation T of the Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board, as in effect from time to time and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
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Related Parties means, with respect to any specified Person, such Persons Affiliates and the directors, officers, partners, members, trustees, employees, agents, administrators, managers, representatives and advisors of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders having or holding, without duplication, Term Loan Exposure, Revolving Exposure and undrawn Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of (i) the Aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders; and (iii) undrawn Commitments of all Lenders; provided that the portion of Aggregate Term Loan Exposure and the portion of Aggregate Revolving Exposure, held or deemed held by, and the undrawn Commitments of, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided , further , that at any time there are two or more non-Defaulting Lenders, in addition to the foregoing, Required Lenders shall require at least two non-Defaulting Lenders.
Required Revolving Lenders means, at any time, Revolving Lenders holding, without duplication, more than 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, more than 50% of the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders; provided that the undrawn Revolving Commitment of, and the portion of the Aggregate Exposure held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders; provided , further , that at any time there are two or more Revolving Lenders that are non-Defaulting Lenders, in addition to the foregoing, Required Revolving Lenders shall require at least two Revolving Lenders that are non-Defaulting Lenders.
Restricted Foreign Subsidiary means, at each relevant time of determination, any wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Guarantor.
Restricted Party means, at each relevant time of determination, Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary.
Restricted Payment means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of Equity Interests to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower now or hereafter outstanding; (iv) management or similar fees payable to MSG, any MSG Company, any equity investor or any non-Loan Party Affiliate of Intermediate Holdings to the extent paid in cash (and for the avoidance of doubt, such management or similar fees shall not include the Minimum Commitment (as defined in the Parent Organizational
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Agreement) or any TAO Group Bonus Payments); and (v) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness to the extent paid in cash by any Restricted Party.
Restricted Subsidiary means, at each relevant time of determination, the Borrower and each wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than any Immaterial Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Resulting Revolving Borrowings has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.18(e).
Revolving Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lenders Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.18 and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenders Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 1.02 , or in the Assignment and Assumption or the Incremental Facility Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Commitments as of the Effective Date is $25,000,000.
Revolving Exposure means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure at such time.
Revolving Lender means, as of any date of determination, each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure.
Revolving Loans means the Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
S&P means S&P Global Ratings, a business unit of Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc.
Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
Sanctioned Person means, at any time, (a) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (b) any Person that is the subject of any Sanctions or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).
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Sanctions means all economic or financial sanctions administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Secured Parties has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
Securities Account has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
Security Agreement means the Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, among the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the other Secured Parties.
Security Documents means the Security Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be executed and delivered by a Restricted Party pursuant to Section 5.10 or any other Loan Document to secure its obligations hereunder.
Senior Leverage Multiple means, as of any date of determination (a) on or prior to December 31, 2021, 3.00:1.00, and (b) thereafter, 2.50:1.00.
Senior Leverage Ratio means the ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date (or any other date of determination) of (i) Consolidated Senior Debt as of such day, to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-fiscal quarter period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a fiscal quarter, for the four-fiscal quarter period ending as of the most recently concluded fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)).
Solvent means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair market value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair saleable value of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts, including contingent debts, as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities, including contingent debts and liabilities, beyond such Persons ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability or contingent debt at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability or debt.
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Statutory Reserve Rate means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency liabilities in Regulation D). Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Sub-Holdings means Tao Group Sub-Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Subordinated Indebtedness means Indebtedness incurred by any Restricted Party pursuant to documentation which (a) is and remains at all times unsecured, (b) expressly recognizes the Obligations as senior obligations or a similar phrase thereunder and which is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full and satisfaction in full in cash of the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (c) is not guaranteed by Intermediate Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any Guarantor, (d) does not require amortization, mandatory prepayments or similar payment of principal (including AHYDO payments) prior to the date that is at least ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date and (e) such Indebtedness and the related governing documents shall have covenant, default and remedy provisions no more restrictive and no more onerous to the Restricted Parties than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person (such Person being referred to in this definition of Subsidiary as the parent ) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parents consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the Equity Interests or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. References to a Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower unless the context expressly provides otherwise.
Subsidiary Redesignation has the meaning set forth in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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Supported QFC has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.
Swap Agreement means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement ), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, if any, shall be a Swap Agreement.
TAO Group Bonus Payments means any bonus, earn-out or similar payment in excess of the fixed annual salary and non-cash benefits payable by any Restricted Party to any TAO Group Principal in accordance with the respective TAO Group Employment Agreements, including any bonuses or other compensation paid to any TAO Group Principal in accordance with the Bonus and Incentive Plan attached as an exhibit to the Parent Organizational Agreement, as in effect on the Effective Date and disclosed in writing to the Agent and Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, no payments on account of any Earn-Out Amount (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) shall be considered TAO Group Bonus Payments.
TAO Group Employment Agreements means each employment, consulting, management or similar agreement entered into between the Borrower and each of the TAO Group Principals on or before January 31, 2017, as each of the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the prior written consent of the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Lenders), such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
TAO Group Principals means each of Marc Packer, Jason Strauss, Noah Tepperberg and Richard Wolf.
Target means (a) any other Person or business unit or asset group of any other Person acquired or proposed to be acquired in an acquisition (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Venue) and (b) any pre-existing venue of which Intermediate Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is proposed to become the manager or operator.
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Taxes means all present or 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 Lender means, as of any date of determination, each Lender having a Term Loan Commitment or that holds outstanding Term Loans.
Term Loan Commitment means, (a) as to any Term Lender, the aggregate commitment of such Term Lender to make Term Loans as set forth on Schedule 1.03 or in the most recent Assignment Agreement or other documentation contemplated hereby executed by such Term Lender and (b) as to all Term Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Term Lenders to make Term Loans, which aggregate commitment shall be $40,000,000 on the date of this Agreement. After advancing the Term Loans, each reference to a Term Lenders Term Loan Commitment shall refer to that Term Lenders Applicable Percentage of the Term Loans.
Term Loan Exposure means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Term Loans at such time.
Term Loans means the Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
Third Party Funds means any accounts or funds, or any portion thereof, received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as agent on behalf of third parties in accordance with a written agreement that imposes a duty upon the Borrower or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries to collect and remit those funds to such third parties.
Third Party LC Documents means any and all agreements, instruments or other documents evidencing or relating to a Third Party Letter of Credit, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Third Party LC Issuer means a financial institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that issues standby letters of credit for the account of any Restricted Party.
Third Party Letter of Credit means a standby letter of credit issued, or to be issued, for the account of any Restricted Party by a Third Party LC Issuer pursuant to Third Party LC Documents.
Total Leverage Multiple means, as of any date of determination (a) on or prior to December 31, 2021, 4.00:1.00, and (b) thereafter, 3.50:1.00.
Total Leverage Ratio means the ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date (or any other date of determination) of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such day, to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-fiscal quarter period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a fiscal quarter, for the four-fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have most recently been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b)).
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Transaction Costs means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Subsidiaries to a Person who is not an Affiliate of any such entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the refinancing of existing Indebtedness, including any financial advisory fees, filing fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of-pocket expenses and other fees, discounts and commissions, including with regard to arranging or syndication of the Loans.
Transactions means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof (including to refinance all amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement) and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
Type , when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or any other applicable jurisdiction.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower created after the Effective Date, which has not become a Restricted Subsidiary at any prior time and that is designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary within 30 days after formation or acquisition of such Subsidiary by written notice to the Administrative Agent (who will inform the Lenders); provided , that, the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.11 after giving pro forma effect to such designation as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to the date thereof for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall only be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) through Investments that are permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 6.05(r), and any prior or concurrent Investments in such Subsidiary by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been made under Section 6.05(r), (d) without duplication of clause (c), any net assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary (including the assets of any Subsidiary of such Unrestricted Subsidiary) at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.05(r) and (e) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders) an officers certificate executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c); and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any
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Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement by written notice to the Administrative Agent, who will inform the Lenders (each, a Subsidiary Redesignation ); provided , that (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (y) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders), an officers certificate executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clause (x). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary or a Subsidiary of the Borrower for any purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, for purposes of financial definitions and financial calculations contained herein.
U.S. Dollars and the sign $ means the lawful money of the United States of America.
U.S. Person means any Person that is a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Special Resolution Regime has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.19.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(f)(ii)(B)(iii).
Venue means, as of any date of date determination, a restaurant, nightclub, lounge, bar, beach facility or similar venue which is managed or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Venue Agreement means a Venue Management Contract, a Venue Lease or any other similar agreement or contract pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be responsible for operating or managing any Venue.
Venue Lease means any lease, sublease or similar agreement pursuant to which any Restricted Party holds any leasehold interest in any Leasehold Venue.
Venue Management Contract means any management contract, services agreement or similar agreement pursuant to which any Restricted Party has agreed to operate and/or manage any Managed Venue.
Withdrawal Liability means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
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SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans and Borrowings may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g. , a Revolving Loan or Revolving Borrowing) or by Type ( e.g. , a Eurocurrency Loan or Eurocurrency Borrowing) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing).
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (iii) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (v) any reference to any law, rule or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law, rule or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and (vi) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 1.04(a) or any other provision contained herein, 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 any election by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to measure an item of Indebtedness using fair value (as permitted by Financial
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Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25Fair Value Option (formerly known as FASB 159) or any similar accounting standard), and all such computations shall be made instead using the par value of such Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.04(a), the definitions of Capital Lease or Capital Lease Obligations or any other provision in any Loan Document, any lease (whether such lease is in existence as of December 30, 2018 or entered into thereafter) that would constitute a capital lease in conformity with GAAP as in effect on December 30, 2018 (assuming for purposes hereof that any such future leases were in existence on December 30, 2018) shall be considered capital leases (without giving effect to the adoption or effectiveness of any changes in, or changes in the application of, GAAP after December 30, 2018 with respect thereto), and all calculations and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable, in accordance therewith and the effects of FASB ASC 840 and FASB ASC 842 shall be disregarded.
SECTION 1.05. Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification. The interest rate on Eurocurrency Loans is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, which is derived from the London interbank offered rate. The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market. In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the IBA ) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate. As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on Eurocurrency Loans. In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate. In the event that the London interbank offered rate is no longer available or in certain other circumstances as set forth in Section 2.11(b) of this Agreement, such Section 2.11(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Agent will notify the Borrower, pursuant to Section 2.11, in advance of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on Eurocurrency Loans is based. However, the Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of LIBO Rate or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate, as it may or may not be adjusted pursuant to Section 2.11(b), will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the LIBO Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.
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ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (a) each Revolving Lender (severally and not jointly) agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lenders Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lenders Revolving Commitment or the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeding the Aggregate Revolving Commitment and (b) each Term Lender with a Term Loan Commitment agrees to make a Term Loan to the Borrower on the Effective Date, in an amount equal to such Lenders Term Loan Commitment by making immediately available funds available to the Agents designated account, not later than the time specified by the Agent. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans at any time and from time to time. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. All Loans shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a)Each 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. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lenders failure to make Loans as required. The Term Loans shall amortize as set forth in Section 2.07(a).
(b) Subject to Section 2.11, each Revolving Borrowing and Term Loan Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that all Borrowings made on the Effective Date must be made as ABR Borrowings unless the Borrower shall have given the notice required for a Eurocurrency Borrowing under Section 2.03 and provided an indemnity letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, extending the benefits of Section 2.13 to Lenders in respect of such Borrowings. Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.11, 2.13 and 2.14 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and shall not increase the amount of increased costs to which such Lender shall be entitled under Section 2.12.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing (i) that results from a continuation of an outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing or (ii) that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.19(e) may be in an
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aggregate amount that is equal to such outstanding Borrowing or reimbursement obligation, as applicable. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 12 (or such greater number as may be agreed to by the Agent) Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue, any Eurocurrency Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such request in writing by submitting a Borrowing Request (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (or, in the case of any Eurocurrency Borrowing to be made on the Effective Date, such shorter period of time as may be agreed to by the Agent) or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.19(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable. Each Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be (x) an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (y) a Revolving Borrowing or a Term Loan Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period; and
(v) if the location and number of the account of the Borrower to which the funds are to be dispersed are different from those set forth in the Borrowers standing instructions, the location and number of the account of the Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenders Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.04. 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., New York City time, to the account of the Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that the Term Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.01(b). Except in respect of the provisions of this Agreement covering the reimbursement of Letters of Credit, the Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly remitting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.19(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing, the 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 on such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays such amount to the Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Agent.
SECTION 2.05. Interest Elections. (a)Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request or as otherwise provided in Section 2.03. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
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(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Agent of such election by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable.
(c) Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be (x) an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (y) a Revolving Borrowing or a Term Loan Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period or fails to specify between an ABR Borrowing and a Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one months duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lenders portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be continued as a Loan of the same Type with the same Interest Period. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, has notified the Borrower of the election to give effect to this sentence on account of such Event of Default, then, in each such case, so long as such Event of Default is continuing, (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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SECTION 2.06. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Effective Date and (ii) all other Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000, (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans, (A) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or (B) the Revolving Exposure of any Lender would exceed its Revolving Commitment and (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall not be reduced to an amount less than $1,000,000 unless the Revolving Commitments are terminated in full.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least two Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more events specified therein, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments.
SECTION 2.07. Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan made to the Borrower by such Lender on the Maturity Date. The Borrower shall repay Term Loans on each date set forth below in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such date (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement):
Date |
Amount | |||
June 30, 2019 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
September 30, 2019 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
December 31, 2019 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
March 31, 2020 |
$ | 1,250,000 |
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Date |
Amount | |||
June 30, 2020 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
September 30, 2020 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
December 31, 2020 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
March 31, 2021 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
June 30, 2021 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
September 30, 2021 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
December 31, 2021 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
March 31, 2022 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
June 30, 2022 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
September 30, 2022 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
December 31, 2022 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
March 31, 2023 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
June 30, 2023 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
September 30, 2023 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
December 31, 2023 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
March 31, 2024 |
$ | 2,500,000 |
To the extent not previously repaid, all unpaid Term Loans shall be paid in full in U.S. Dollars by the Borrower on the Maturity Date.
(b) The records maintained by the Agent and the Lenders shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Loans, interest and fees due or accrued hereunder; provided that the failure of the Agent or any Lender to maintain such records or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay any amounts due hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Agent and the
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Borrower. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.08. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part without premium or penalty, subject to the requirements of this Section and Section 2.13 (including break funding payments required thereby).
(b) In the event and on each occasion that the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeds the Aggregate Revolving Commitment then in effect (including as a result of any reduction in the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06), the Borrower shall promptly prepay Revolving Borrowings in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Agent by telephone (confirmed by facsimile or electronic transmission) of any optional prepayment and any mandatory prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment; provided that if a notice of optional prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.06. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, the Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Revolving Borrowing, and each voluntary prepayment of a Term Loan Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Term Loan Borrowing in such order of application as directed by the Borrower and each mandatory prepayment of a Term Loan shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.08(e). Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.10 and (ii) break funding payments to the extent required pursuant to Section 2.13.
(d) In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days after such Net Proceeds are received, prepay the Obligations as set forth in Section 2.08(e) below in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds; provided that, in the case of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of
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the term Prepayment Event , if the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that the Borrower or its relevant Restricted Subsidiaries intend to apply the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 365 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire (or replace, restore or rebuild) real property, equipment or other assets (excluding inventory) to be used in the business of the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries, and certifying that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds specified in such certificate; provided further that to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied by the end of such 365-day period (or committed to be applied by the end of such 365-day period and applied within 90 days after the end of such 365-day period), at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such Net Proceeds that have not been so applied.
(e) All such amounts pursuant to Section 2.08(d) shall be applied in direct order of maturity to the remaining scheduled principal payments in respect of the Term Loans.
SECTION 2.09. Fees. (a)The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender (and in the case of any Defaulting Lender, subject to the provisos below) a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving Commitment terminates; provided , however , that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Revolving Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such Commitment Fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time, and provided , further , that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the first Business Day following the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). For purposes of computing Commitment Fees, a Revolving Commitment of a Lender shall be deemed to be used to the extent of the outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Agent in the Agent Fee Letter.
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(c) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lenders LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lenders Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate or rates per annum separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Issuing Bank on the undrawn face amount of its outstanding Letters of Credit during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Banks standard 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 through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the fifteenth day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any fiscal quarter, the participation fees shall be computed separately for each period during such fiscal quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of Commitment Fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.10. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if principal or interest on any Loan or any Fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans as provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as applicable (or, in the case of any such Fees or other amounts, at a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section), to the extent permitted by Law.
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(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable by the Borrower on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of a Eurocurrency Revolving 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.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate or the NYFRB Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), 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 or Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11. Alternate Rate of Interest. (a) If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(i) the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period (including because the LIBO Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis); or
(ii) the Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Agent shall give notice (which may be telephonic and confirmed by facsimile or electronic communication) thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as promptly as practicable. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Eurocurrency Borrowing, or conversion to or continuation of any Borrowing as a Eurocurrency Borrowing or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for an ABR Borrowing in the amount specified therein. Until the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective, and such Borrowing shall be continued as an ABR Borrowing, and (ii) any Borrowing Request for a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be treated as a request for an ABR Borrowing.
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(b) If at any time the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) have not arisen but either (w) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the LIBO Screen Rate), (x) the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published by it (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the LIBO Screen Rate), (y) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published or (z) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (but for the avoidance of doubt, such related changes shall not include a reduction of the Applicable Margin); provided that, if such alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.02, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(w), clause (ii)(x) or clause (ii)(y) of the first sentence of this Section 2.11(b), only to the extent the LIBO Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (A) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and (B) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.12. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or Issuing Bank;
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(ii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of the term Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, from time to time upon request of such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs or expenses incurred or reduction suffered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender shall be entitled to request compensation for increased costs or expenses described in this Section 2.12(a) only to the extent it is the general practice or policy of such Lender to request such compensation from other borrowers under comparable facilities under similar circumstances.
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lenders holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has had or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or the Issuing Banks capital or on the capital of such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or Issuing Banks policies and the policies of such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then, from time to time upon request of such Lender or Issuing Bank, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lenders or Issuing Banks holding company for any such reduction suffered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender shall be entitled to request compensation for increased costs or expenses described in this Section 2.12(b) only to the extent it is the general practice or policy of such Lender to request such amounts from other borrowers under comparable facilities under similar circumstances.
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(c) A certificate of a Lender or Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.
(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 Lenders or Issuing Banks right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or expenses incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions and of such Lenders or Issuing Banks intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or expenses or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.13. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert or continue any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, (d) the failure to prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on a date specified therefor in any notice of prepayment given by the Borrower (whether or not such notice may be revoked in accordance with the terms hereof) or (e) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall, upon written demand from any Lender, compensate such Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan (but not including the Applicable Margin applicable thereto), 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 that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate such Lender would bid if it were to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the London interbank market. A certificate of any Lender delivered to the Borrower and setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section (including supporting calculations in reasonable detail) shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
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SECTION 2.14. Taxes. (a) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable withholding agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a withholding agent, then the applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties . The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(c) Evidence of Payment . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, such Loan Party shall deliver to the 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 reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(d) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount and nature of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Agent under this paragraph (e).
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(f) Status of Lenders . (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.14(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. Federal backup withholding Tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, 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, as applicable, 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;
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(ii) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-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 Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or
(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 or Exhibit D-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to such indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Survival. Each partys obligations under this Section shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under the other Loan Documents.
(i) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Section, the term Lender includes any Issuing Bank and the term applicable Law includes FATCA.
SECTION 2.15. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a)The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document at or prior to the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without any defense, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the 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 such account as may be specified by the Agent, except payments to be made directly to Issuing Banks as expressly provided
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herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Agent shall distribute any such payment received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in U.S. Dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and Fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of the amounts then due hereunder (other than principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements) ratably among the parties entitled thereto, in accordance with the amounts then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder ratably among the parties entitled thereto, in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall notify the Agent of such fact and shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the amount of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amounts of principal of and accrued interest on their Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as in effect from time to time) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any Person that is an Eligible Assignee (as such term is defined from time to time). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
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(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the 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 Agent, at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder to or for the account of the Agent, then the Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lenders obligations in respect of such payment until all such unsatisfied obligations have been discharged or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.04(b), 2.14(e), 2.15(d) and 9.03(c), in each case in such order as shall be determined by the Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.16. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a)If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or to any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, then such Lender shall use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign and delegate its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment and delegation (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment and delegation.
(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14, (iii) any Lender has become a Defaulting Lender or (iv) any Lender has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that under Section 9.02 requires the consent of all the Lenders (or all the affected Lenders) and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.14) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations
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(which may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment and delegation); provided that (A) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Agent (and if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Banks), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder (if applicable, in each case only to the extent such amounts relate to its interest as a Lender) from the assignee (in the case of such principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (C) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.14, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, (D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law and (E) in the case of any such assignment and delegation resulting from the failure to provide a consent, the assignee shall have given such consent and, as a result of such assignment and delegation and any contemporaneous assignments and delegations and consents, the applicable amendment, waiver, discharge or termination can be effected. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation have ceased to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment and delegation required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Agent and the assignee and that the Lender required to make such assignment and delegation need not be a party thereto.
SECTION 2.17. 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) Commitment Fees shall cease to accrue on the unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender as provided in Section 2.09(a);
(b) the Commitment and Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided that any amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or all Lenders affected thereby shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, require the consent of such Defaulting Lender in accordance with the terms hereof;
(c) if any LC Exposure exists at the time a Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of the LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that such reallocation does not, as to any non-Defaulting Lender, cause such non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Exposure to exceed its Revolving Commitment;
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(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Banks only the Borrowers obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.19(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.09(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.09(a) and Section 2.09(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders Applicable Percentages; and
(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.09(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lenders LC Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
(d) so long as a Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lenders then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.17(c), and LC Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.17(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Revolving Lender shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) any Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Revolving Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Revolving Lender commits to extend credit, no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless such Issuing Bank shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Revolving Lender, satisfactory to such Issuing Bank to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
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In the event that each of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Issuing Bank agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the LC Exposure of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lenders Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
SECTION 2.18. Incremental Facilities. (a) The Borrower may on one or more occasions, by written notice to the Agent, request the establishment, during the Availability Period, of Incremental Commitments; provided that the aggregate amount of all the Incremental Commitments established hereunder shall not exceed $25,000,000 during the term of this Agreement. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Incremental Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Agent) after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Agent, and (B) the amount of the Incremental Commitments being requested (it being agreed that (x) any Lender approached to provide any Incremental Commitment may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide such Incremental Commitment and (y) any Person that the Borrower proposes to become an Incremental Lender, if such Person is not then a Lender, must be an Eligible Assignee and must be approved by the Agent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(b) The terms and conditions of any Incremental Commitment and the Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit to be made thereunder shall be identical to those of the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit made thereunder; provided that, if the Borrower determines to increase the interest rate or fees payable in respect of Incremental Commitments or Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit made thereunder, such increase shall be permitted if the interest rate or fees payable in respect of the other Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit made thereunder, as applicable, shall be increased to equal such interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Incremental Commitments or Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit made thereunder, as the case may be.
(c) The Incremental Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Incremental Facility Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, each Incremental Lender providing such Incremental Commitments and the Agent; provided that no Incremental Commitments shall become effective unless (i) on the date of effectiveness thereof, both immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments (including after giving effect to the making of Loans thereunder to be made on such date), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) on the date of effectiveness thereof and after giving effect to the making of Revolving Loans thereunder to be made on such date, the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (A) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (B) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of such date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in
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which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date, (iii) [reserved], (iv) the Borrower shall make any payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.13 in connection with such Incremental Commitments and the related transactions under this Section, and (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent such legal opinions, board resolutions, secretarys certificates, officers certificates and other documents as shall reasonably be requested by the Agent in connection with any such transaction. Each Incremental Facility Agreement may, without the consent of any Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Agent, to give effect to the provisions of this Section.
(d) Upon the effectiveness of an Incremental Commitment of any Incremental Lender, (i) such Incremental Lender shall be deemed to be a Revolving Lender and a Lender hereunder, and henceforth shall be entitled to all the rights of, and benefits accruing to, Revolving Lenders and Lenders hereunder and shall be bound by all agreements, acknowledgements and other obligations of Revolving Lenders and Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and (ii) (A) such Incremental Commitment shall constitute (or, in the event such Incremental Lender already has a Commitment, shall increase) the Revolving Commitment of such Incremental Lender and (B) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment shall be increased by the amount of such Incremental Commitment, in each case, subject to further increase or reduction from time to time as set forth in the definition of the term Revolving Commitment. For the avoidance of doubt, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitment, the Revolving Exposures and the Applicable Percentages of all the Revolving Lenders shall automatically be adjusted to give effect thereto.
(e) On the date of effectiveness of any Incremental Commitments, (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding (the Existing Revolving Borrowings ) immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments shall be deemed to be repaid, (ii) each Incremental Lender that shall have had a Revolving Commitment prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments shall pay to the Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the difference between (A) the product of (1) such Lenders Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Loans (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments) multiplied by (2) the aggregate amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings (as hereinafter defined) and (B) the product of (1) such Lenders Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Loans (calculated without giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments) multiplied by (2) the aggregate amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings, (iii) each Incremental Lender that shall not have had a Revolving Commitment prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments shall pay to Agent in same day funds an amount equal to the product of (1) such Lenders Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Loans (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments) multiplied by (2) the aggregate amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings, (iv) after the Agent receives the funds specified in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Agent shall pay to each Revolving Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference between (A) the product of (1) such Revolving Lenders Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Loans (calculated without
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giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments) multiplied by (2) the aggregate amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings, and (B) the product of (1) such Lenders Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Loans (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments) multiplied by (2) the aggregate amount of the Resulting Revolving Borrowings, (v) after the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments, the Borrower shall be deemed to have received new Revolving Borrowings (the Resulting Revolving Borrowings ) in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate amount of the Existing Revolving Borrowings and of the Types and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Agent in accordance with Section 2.03 (and the Borrower shall deliver such Borrowing Request), (vi) each Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Resulting Revolving Borrowing (calculated after giving effect to the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments), and (vii) the Borrower shall pay each Revolving Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on its Revolving Loans comprising the Existing Revolving Borrowings. The deemed payments of the Existing Revolving Borrowings made pursuant to clause (i) above shall be subject to compensation by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.13, as applicable, if the date of the effectiveness of such Incremental Commitments occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto.
(f) The Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt by the Agent of any notice from the Borrower referred to in Section 2.18(a) and of the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitments, in each case advising the Lenders of the details thereof and of the Applicable Percentages of the Lenders after giving effect thereto and of the assignments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.18(e).
SECTION 2.19. Letters of Credit.
(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Subsidiaries obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (i) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions, (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement or (iii) in any manner that would result in a violation of one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been
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approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but in any event no less than three Business Days) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. In addition, as a condition to any such Letter of Credit issuance, the Borrower shall have entered into a continuing agreement (or other letter of credit agreement) for the issuance of letters of credit and/or shall submit a letter of credit application, in each case, as required by the Issuing Bank and using such Issuing Banks standard form (each, a Letter of Credit Agreement ). A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if, after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed the Issuing Bank Sublimit, (ii) no Revolving Lenders Revolving Exposure shall exceed its Revolving Commitment and (iii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. If the Borrower so requests in any applicable letter of credit application, the relevant Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ); provided , that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the relevant Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve (12) month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior written notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date ) in each such twelve (12) month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, unless otherwise directed by the relevant Issuing Bank, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date (such date, the Letter of Credit Expiration Date ), unless each Revolving Lender (in its sole discretion) has approved a later expiry date; provided , that the relevant Issuing Bank shall not permit any such extension if (A) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.19 or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 3.02 is not then satisfied; provided , further , that the relevant Issuing Bank may permit any such extension to an expiry date later than the Letter of Credit
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Expiration Date if the LC Exposure in respect of such Letter of Credit has been cash collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank (it being understood and agreed that, in such case, the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to reimburse any drawing under such Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms hereof following the Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall terminate as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all of the Revolving Lenders (in their sole discretion) have approved such later expiry date).
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension), or such later date as may be agreed by the Issuing Bank in its sole discretion, and (ii) the Letter of Credit Expiration Date ( provided , that the expiry date of such Letter of Credit may occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date if (A) each Revolving Lender (in its sole discretion) has approved such later expiration date or (B) the LC Exposure in respect of such Letter of Credit has been cash collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable 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 Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lenders Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lenders Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the 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 reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the
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conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrowers obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing. If the 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 Borrower in respect thereof and such Revolving Lenders 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 Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.04 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section 2.04 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrowers 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, any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrowers 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 the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to (A) preclude the Borrower from pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or its transferee at law or under any other
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agreement or (B) excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the 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 Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by (I) the Issuing Banks failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof or (II) the Issuing Banks willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Banks willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of all documents specified in such Letter of Credit strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit, in each case of this clause (II), as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the 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 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 Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy or electronic mail) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the reimbursement is due and payable at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is payable; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.10(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
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(i) Replacement, Resignation and Addition of an Issuing Bank.
(i) An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.09(c). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (x) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of Issuing Banks under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (y) references herein to the term Issuing Bank shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Banks, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(ii) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Issuing Bank, any Issuing Bank may resign as an Issuing Bank at any time upon thirty days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Revolving Lenders, in which case, such resigning Issuing Bank shall be replaced in accordance with Section 2.19(i) above.
(iii) A Revolving Lender may become an additional Issuing Bank hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Lender and such agreement shall specify such additional Issuing Banks LC Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such additional Issuing Bank.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; 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 Borrower described in Section 7.01(h) or (i). Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrowers risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or
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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 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 Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Revolving Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Obligations. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Account of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder supports any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, or states that a Subsidiary is the account party, applicant, customer, instructing party, or the like of or for such Letter of Credit, and without derogating from any rights of the applicable Issuing Bank (whether arising by contract, at law, in equity or otherwise) against such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower (i) shall reimburse, indemnify and compensate the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for such Letter of Credit (including to reimburse any and all drawings thereunder) as if such Letter of Credit had been issued solely for the account of the Borrower and (ii) irrevocably waives any and all defenses that might otherwise be available to it as a guarantor or surety of any or all of the obligations of such Subsidiary in respect of such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of such Letters of Credit for its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
ARTICLE III
Conditions
SECTION 3.01. Effective Date. Subject to Section 5.14, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) the Agent shall have received (i) a fully executed original copy of (A) this Agreement and (B) the Security Agreement and (ii) Financing Statements for all locations where a UCC filing is required or advisable (as determined by the Collateral Agent and its legal counsel in their reasonable discretion) in order to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in all of the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties;
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(b) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or the Security Agreement, the Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Collateral Agent has a perfected, first priority lien or security interest in all of the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties and that such Collateral is not encumbered by any other Lien other than Liens permitted hereunder or under the terms of the Security Agreement;
(c) the Agent shall have received (i) authorizing resolutions, approving and adopting the Loan Documents set forth in clause (a) above and authorizing the execution and delivery thereof from each Loan Party, (ii) the articles of incorporation, limited liability company agreement or other constitutive documents of each Loan Party, (iii) a certificate of good standing for each Loan Party from its state of incorporation or formation and each other jurisdiction where the failure of such Loan Party to be qualified and/or in good standing would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) certificates of each Loan Party certifying (A) that the documents provided pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above are true, correct and complete copies thereof and in full force and effect on the Effective Date and (B) the names and signature specimens of authorized signers of the Loan Documents;
(d) the Agent shall have received a legal opinion for each Loan Party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, counsel to the Borrower (and the Borrower hereby requests and directs the foregoing to deliver such opinion);
(e) the Agent shall have received a customary certificate from a Financial Officer of the Borrower or Intermediate Holdings certifying as to the solvency of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;
(f) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(g) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the Effective Date, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date;
(h) there shall be no Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, other than any Indebtedness that shall be permitted pursuant to Section 6.01;
(i) Intermediate Holdings shall have received, in the form of a common equity contribution from Sub-Holdings, directly or indirectly, an aggregate amount of net cash proceeds from the incurrence by Sub-Holdings of subordinated Indebtedness provided by an MSG Company in an aggregate principal amount not less than $49,000,000 (upon terms and conditions, and subject to documentation, reasonably satisfactory to the Agent);
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(j) the Agent shall have received a certificate from the Borrower confirming compliance on the Effective Date with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (f), (g), (h) and (i) above;
(k) the Agent shall have received a completed perfection certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Financial Officer of each of Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including the results of a search of the UCC (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by such perfection certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are permitted under Section 6.02 or have been, or substantially contemporaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Effective Date will be, released;
(l) the Agent shall have received evidence that the insurance required by Section 5.05 is in effect, together with endorsements naming the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as additional insured and lenders loss payee thereunder;
(m) prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the initial funding of Loans on the Effective Date, all principal, premium, if any, interest, fees and other amounts due or outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been or shall be paid in full, the commitments thereunder shall have been or shall be terminated and all guarantees and Liens existing in connection therewith shall have been or shall be discharged and released, and the Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence thereof;
(n) the Agent shall have received the audited financial statements and the unaudited quarterly financial statements of Intermediate Holdings referred to in Section 4.04(a);
(o) the Borrower shall have paid all Fees and, to the extent invoiced, all costs, expenses, and reimbursable amounts, required to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of external counsel for the Agent required to be paid or reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, on or prior to the Effective Date;
(p) (i) the Agent shall have received, at least five days prior to the Effective Date, all documentation and other information regarding the Borrower requested in connection with applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act, to the extent requested in writing of the Borrower and (ii) to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, at least five days prior to the Effective Date, any Lender that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrower, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification (provided that, upon the execution and delivery by such Lender of its signature page to this Agreement, the condition set forth in this clause (ii) shall be deemed to be satisfied); and
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(q) the Agent shall have received from the Borrower true and complete copies of each Venue Lease and Venue Management Contract in respect of any Existing Venue.
SECTION 3.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Loan), and of each Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to receipt of the request therefor in accordance herewith and to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct (i) in the case of the representations and warranties qualified as to materiality, in all respects and (ii) otherwise, in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except in the case of any such representation and warranty that expressly relates to a prior date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct on and as of such prior date.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
On the date of any Borrowing (other than any conversion or continuation of any Loan) and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section have been satisfied and that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Aggregate Exposure (or any component thereof) shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower hereby represent and warrant to the Lenders that:
SECTION 4.01. Organization; Powers. Each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
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SECTION 4.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers corporate or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 4.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (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, (ii) filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Effective Date, and (iii) those approvals, registrations, filings or other actions (A) that are set forth in Schedule 4.03(a) or (B) the absence of which would not (I) reasonably be expected to impair or delay in any material respect any Loan Partys ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated by such Loan Documents or (II) be material to the business, financial condition or operating results of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) will not violate (i) any applicable Law, (ii) the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of any Loan Party or (iii) any order of any Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of, or the requirement to create, any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents), except, with respect to any violation or default referred to in clauses (b)(i), (b)(iii), or (c) above, to the extent that such violation or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a) Intermediate Holdings has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended on December 30, 2018, reported on by KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended on September 30, 2018, certified by a Financial Officer of Intermediate Holdings. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows, in each case on a combined basis, of Intermediate Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
(b) Since December 30, 2018, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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SECTION 4.05. Properties. (a) Each Loan Party has (i) good, sufficient legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (iii) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all its respective property material to its business, except for (x) minor defects in title, including any Permitted Encumbrances, that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted and (y) assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.04.
(b) Each Loan Party owns, or, to such Loan Partys knowledge, has the valid right to use, all Intellectual Property of such Loan Party necessary to conduct its business, and the use thereof by such Loan Party does not, to such Loan Partys knowledge, infringe upon any intellectual property right owned or controlled by any other Person, except for any such infringements that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters . (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting Intermediate Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters).
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither Intermediate Holdings nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
(c) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each Loan Party is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.08. Investment Company Status. No Loan Party is a company controlled by a registered investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
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SECTION 4.09. Taxes . Each Loan Party has 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, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.10. ERISA. 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, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by an amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by an amount that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.
SECTION 4.11. Disclosure. (a) As of the Effective Date, the Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it (other than matters of a general economic or industry-specific nature), that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials, the Borrower represents only that such projections and information were based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time furnished, it being recognized by the Credit Parties that such projections and information as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections and information may differ from the projected results.
(b) As of the Effective Date, the information included in any Beneficial Ownership Certification provided on or prior to the Effective Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.
SECTION 4.12. Anti-Corruption and Sanctions. Intermediate Holdings has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance by Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and
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applicable Sanctions, and Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and to the knowledge of the Borrower its employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents that will act in any capacity in connection with the credit facilities established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit or use of proceeds thereof will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 4.13. EEA Financial Institutions. No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.
SECTION 4.14. Margin Regulations. The Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit extension hereunder will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock.
SECTION 4.15. Solvency. The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
SECTION 4.16. Material Contracts . Schedule 4.16 contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in effect on the Effective Date, all such Material Contracts are in full force and effect (except to the extent terminated in accordance with the terms thereof in the ordinary course of business, and not as a direct result of a breach thereof by any Restricted Party) and no defaults exist thereunder (other than as described in Schedule 4.16 ).
SECTION 4.17. Real Estate and Venues . As of the Effective Date, Schedule 4.17 contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all Real Estate Assets, (ii) all Existing Venues (including an indication of whether each such Venue constitutes a Leasehold Venue or a Managed Venue) and (iii) all licenses, leases, subleases, Venue Agreements or assignments of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Estate Asset or Existing Venue of any Loan Party, regardless of whether such Loan Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in interest) under such licenses, lease, sublease, Venue Agreement or assignment. Each agreement listed in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect and neither Intermediate Holdings nor the Borrower has knowledge of any material default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and each such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, liquidation, preferential transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally or by equitable principles.
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ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of, and interest on, each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated, in each case, without any pending draw, and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower covenant and agree with the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information . Intermediate Holdings will furnish to the Agent and each Lender:
(a) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of Intermediate Holdings (commencing with the fiscal year ended on or about December 29, 2019), its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KPMG LLP or any other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a going concern or like qualification commentary or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any qualification that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of the Revolving Loans within one year from the date of such opinion)) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of Intermediate Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Intermediate Holdings (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending on or about June 30, 2019), its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period or periods of the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of Intermediate Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, reports of certain venue-level key performance indicators consistent with a form to be agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time and covering the same time periods included in such financial statements;
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(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.11(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 4.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate (a Compliance Certificate );
(e) promptly following any reasonable request therefor by the Agent or any Lender (through the Agent), copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or any audit of any of them;
(f) as soon as practicable and in any event no later than 30 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a board-approved, internally-generated consolidated budget for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year; and
(g) promptly following any request therefor, (x) such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Agent or any Lender (through the Agent) may reasonably request and (y) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether made available by the Agent); provided that: (A) upon written request by the Agent (or any Lender through the Agent) to the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Agent or such Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Agent or such Lender and (B) the Borrower shall notify the Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Agent by electronic mail electronic versions ( i.e. , soft copies) of such documents. The Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such document to it and maintaining its copies of such documents.
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events . The Borrower will furnish to the Agent prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) any material change in accounting or financial reporting practices by Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof;
(e) [reserved];
(f) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(g) any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered to such Lender that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in such certification.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business . Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, Division, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03; provided , further , that no Restricted Party shall be required to preserve any such existence, right, licenses, permits, privileges or franchises if such Persons board of directors (or similar governing body) shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to Lenders.
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations . Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being
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contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Intermediate Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) to the extent that the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance . Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in reasonably good working order and condition in the ordinary course, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained under similar circumstances by companies with similar reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. The Borrower will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of the Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) in the case of each liability insurance policy, name the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties (or similar notation), as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, and (ii) in the case of each property casualty insurance policy (other than business interruption insurance, if any), contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent, that names the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties (or similar notation), as the lender loss payee thereunder and provides for at least ten days prior written notice to the Agent of any cancellation of such policy. The Agent agrees that, in its role as loss payee, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and subject to the terms of Section 2.08(d), it will make available to Intermediate Holdings, without unreasonable delay, any proceeds from such policies necessary to allow Intermediate Holdings or its Subsidiaries to effect swift repair or restoration of the applicable damaged properties and recovery from the applicable loss.
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights . Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and up to twice a year (or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, as often as reasonably requested); provided , however , that, solely with respect to such discussions with such independent accountants at any time prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall provide the Loan Parties with notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to first initiating any such discussions and each Loan Party and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be given the right to participate in such discussions (including reviewing any audit drafts and letters to management prior to their delivery to such representative). In no event shall any such inspections include any physically invasive Phase II type environmental testing or sampling.
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SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws . Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Intermediate Holdings will maintain in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance by Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit . The proceeds of the Term Loans made on the Effective Date shall be applied by the Borrower to pay the Transaction Costs and to refinance amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement with any balance being applied for working capital and general corporate purposes of Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions and New Venues. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans made on the Effective Date shall be applied by the Borrower to pay the Transaction Costs, to refinance amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement and for working capital and general corporate purposes of Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions and New Venues, to serve as LC Cash Collateral or to acquire any LC Collateral Note. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans made after the Effective Date shall be applied by the Borrower for working capital and general corporate purposes of Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions and New Venues, to serve as LC Cash Collateral or to acquire any LC Collateral Note. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the regulations of the Board, including the Margin Regulations. Letters of Credit will be issued only to support the general corporate purposes of Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, except to the extent permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, or (C) in any other manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions by any Restricted Party or its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 5.09. [Reserved] .
SECTION 5.10. Collateral. (a) Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower shall take or cause to be taken all actions required to be taken to permit the Agent to maintain a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral, subject only to any Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 and the terms of the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will, or will cause the other Loan Parties to, subject to the terms of the Security Agreement, execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other
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documents), that may be required under any applicable Law, or that the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to cause the Collateral to be pledged to the Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and to perfect such Liens to the extent required thereby, with the priority required thereby, all at the expense of the Borrower. The Borrower also agrees to provide to the Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Agreement. The Borrower will furnish to the Agent prior written notice of any change (i) in any Loan Partys organizational name, (ii) in any Loan Partys entity type or (iii) in any Loan Partys Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. The Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Agent for filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral and for the Collateral at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest as contemplated in the Security Documents.
(b) In the event that any Person becomes a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary, CFC Holdco or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the Borrower, the Borrower shall within thirty (30) days after such Person becomes such a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Subsidiary Redesignation or any Immaterial Subsidiary ceases to be identified as an Immaterial Subsidiary on any Compliance Certificate delivered by the Borrower, as the case may be (unless the Agent, in its sole discretion, extends additional time for compliance), (a) cause such Domestic Subsidiary to become a Guarantor under the Security Agreement and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Sections 3.01(b), (c), (k), (l) and (q), and, if requested by the Agent, legal opinions as are similar to those described in Section 3.01(d). In the event that any Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the Borrower or a CFC Holdco which is a Subsidiary of the Borrower, and the ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco are owned directly by the Borrower or by any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary thereof (other than a CFC Holdco, an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to, within thirty (30) days after such Person becomes such a Foreign Subsidiary or a CFC Holdco (unless the Agent, in its sole discretion, extends additional time for compliance), deliver, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Section 3.01(c), and the Borrower shall take, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to take, all of the actions referred to in Section 3.01(b) necessary to grant and to perfect a First Priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, under the Security Agreement in (i) sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and (ii) 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary or CFC Holdco not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)). With respect to each such new Subsidiary
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(including any Immaterial Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary), the Borrower shall promptly send to the Agent written notice setting forth with respect to such Person the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Loan Party shall be required to grant a Lien on any Excluded Property and the Collateral shall exclude all Excluded Property.
SECTION 5.11. ERISA Obligations. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower shall make, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to make, all required contributions to each Plan and Multiemployer Plan to which Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or other member of its Controlled Group has or shall have an obligation to make contributions.
SECTION 5.12. Depository Banks . By no later than June 30, 2019 (or such later date as the Agent may agree to), Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary organized in the United States to, maintain the Lenders as its principal depository banks in the United States, including for the maintenance of principal operating, administrative, cash management, collection activity, and other deposit accounts for the conduct of business, and as its principal providers for treasury management services; provided , that the Restricted Parties shall be permitted to maintain the Fifth Third Accounts.
SECTION 5.13. New Venue Agreements. In the event that any Restricted Party enters into any new Venue Agreement after the Effective Date, then within ten (10) Business Days after entry into such new Venue Agreement the Borrower shall, or shall cause its Restricted Subsidiary that is party to such Venue Agreement to, deliver to the Agent a copy of the applicable executed Venue Agreement and such other evidence (if any) as may be reasonably required in order demonstrate that such new Venue Agreement satisfies the conditions set forth in the definition of Permitted New Venue.
SECTION 5.14. Post Closing Matters. Intermediate Holdings will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, take each of the actions set forth on Schedule 5.14 within the time period prescribed therefor on such schedule (as such time period may be extended by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of, and interest on, each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated, in each case, without any pending draw, and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
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SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness . Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness created hereunder;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction fees, costs and expenses in connection with such extension, renewal or replacement thereof);
(c) Indebtedness (i) of any Guarantor Subsidiary or Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or to any other Guarantor Subsidiary, or of the Borrower owing to any Guarantor Subsidiary, (ii) of any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owing to any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) of any Restricted Party owing to any Subsidiary that is not a Restricted Party ( provided , that (a) such Indebtedness constitutes Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) such Indebtedness is incurred in exchange for an equivalent amount of cash received from such Subsidiary and (c) the aggregate amount of any Investments previously made by any Restricted Party in such Subsidiary shall have been returned in full, in cash); provided , that, in respect of Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party that is permitted under clause (i) above, (x) all such Indebtedness shall be subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant to the Security Agreement and (y) if any such Indebtedness is evidenced by a promissory note, then all such notes shall be delivered to the Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement;
(d) Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Guarantor Subsidiary and by any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor Subsidiary with respect, in each case, to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01;
(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets (including real property), including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets (including real property) or secured by a Lien on any such assets (including real property) prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(f) unsecured Indebtedness arising out of Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted to be made in accordance with Section 6.05 (i) consisting of obligations of the Restricted Parties under provisions relating to indemnification or adjustment of purchase price with respect thereto based on changes in working capital or (ii) consisting of earnout obligations based on the income generated by the assets acquired or investment made after the consummation thereof in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000;
(g) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of (i) trade letters of credit in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding or (ii) Third Party Letters of Credit issued by Third Party LC Issuers in an aggregate face amount not to exceed, together with the LC Exposure, the Issuing Bank Sublimit at any time outstanding;
(h) other unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(i) Indebtedness arising out of Landlord Financed Capital Expenditures in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) Indebtedness of Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time; provided , that, any guarantee thereof by any Loan Party must otherwise be permitted to be incurred in accordance with another clause of this Section 6.01 (other than Section 6.01(k) below) and any such guarantee by a Loan Party shall be included for purposes of determining the aggregate utilization of any such other clause of this Section 6.01;
(k) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory or appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(l) Indebtedness incurred by any Restricted Party arising from agreements providing for indemnification or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of such Restricted Party pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Venues or permitted Dispositions of any business, assets or any Subsidiary of any Restricted Party;
(m) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with Deposit Accounts;
(n) guaranties of the obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business to suppliers, customers, franchisees, landlords and licensees of any other Restricted Party (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, for borrowed money);
(o) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist with respect to any management fee or payment obligation arising under the Parent Organizational Agreement which was not permitted to be paid in cash when due;
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(p) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of commercial credit cards, stored value cards, purchasing cards, treasury management services, netting services, overdraft protections, check drawing services, automated payment services (including depository, overdraft, controlled disbursement, ACH transactions, return items and interstate depository network services), employee credit card programs, cash pooling services and any arrangements or services similar to any of the foregoing and/or otherwise in connection with cash management and Deposit Accounts;
(q) Indebtedness of any Restricted Party consisting of insurance premium financings entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided , such Indebtedness does not exceed the unpaid amount of such premiums;
(r) Indebtedness under any Swap Agreement or commodity hedging agreement with any Lender entered into in the ordinary course of business and not entered into for speculative purposes;
(s) Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments with respect to such Indebtedness) incurred by any Restricted Party in the ordinary course of business in respect of workers compensation claims, unemployment insurance (including premiums related thereto), other types of social security, vacation pay, health, disability or other employee benefits;
(t) Indebtedness of any Restricted Party representing deferred compensation to directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers, and consultants of the Restricted Parties incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
(u) Subordinated Indebtedness of any Restricted Party which is not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.01 so long as after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or collaterally assign any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02 ; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction fees, costs and expenses in connection with such extension, renewal or replacement thereof);
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(c) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (except by the amount of any accrued interest and premiums with respect to such Indebtedness and transaction fees, costs and expenses in connection with such extension, renewal or replacement thereof);
(d) Liens on fixed or capital assets (including real property) acquired, constructed or improved by Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (e) of Section 6.01, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (iii) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(e) other Liens which are not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.02 securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not exceeding $10,000,000;
(f) Liens on Equity Interests of (i) Joint Ventures solely consisting of customary put/call rights, drag-along rights or similar rights in favor of any Joint Venture Partner pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement and (ii) Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(j); provided that no such Lien extends to any asset other than assets of Foreign Subsidiaries;
(h) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(g)(i) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000;
(i) Liens on LC Cash Collateral or LC Collateral Notes securing Indebtedness or other reimbursement obligations in respect of any Third Party Letter of Credit permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(g)(ii); and
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(j) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Restricted Party in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder.
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes . (a) Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, consummate a Division as the Dividing Person, or otherwise Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, or all or substantially all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving company, (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) or other Person may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Restricted Subsidiary (and if a party to such transaction is a Loan Party, the resulting entity shall also be a Loan Party), (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a limited liability company may consummate a Division as the Dividing Person if, immediately upon the consummation of the Division, the assets of the applicable Dividing Person are held by one or more Restricted Subsidiaries at such time, or, with respect to assets not so held by one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, such Division, in the aggregate, would otherwise result in a Disposition permitted by Section 6.04(j) and (v) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any such merger or Division involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger or Division shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.05; provided further that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Subsidiary which is a Division Successor resulting from a Division of assets of a Restricted Subsidiary may not be deemed to be an Immaterial Subsidiary at the time of or in connection with the applicable Division.
(b) Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
(c) The Borrower will not permit its fiscal year to end on a day other than the last Sunday of each calendar year or change the Borrowers method of determining its fiscal quarters; provided that upon prior written notice to the Agent, Intermediate Holdings may, and may allow its Restricted Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal year to match the fiscal year end of MSG or any other MSG Company.
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SECTION 6.04. Dispositions . Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions of inventory and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(d) Dispositions of property (i) by any Loan Party to another Loan Party, (ii) any Restricted Party to any Loan Party and (iii) by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary;
(e) Dispositions permitted by Section 6.03;
(f) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses (including the provision of open source software under an open source license) granted in the ordinary course of business and on ordinary commercial terms that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of Intermediate Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(g) Dispositions of intellectual property rights that are no longer used or useful in the business of Intermediate Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) the discount, write-off or Disposition of overdue accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.07 and Investments permitted by Section 6.05;
(j) Dispositions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section; provided that the aggregate book value of all Dispositions pursuant to this clause (j) in any trailing twelve month period shall not exceed $10,000,000; provided further that the cash proceeds thereof shall be applied, to the extent required by Section 2.08(d), in accordance therewith;
(k) Dispositions of Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements with Joint Venture Partners set forth in the relevant Joint Venture arrangement, stockholders agreement or similar agreement; provided that the cash proceeds thereof shall be applied, to the extent required by Section 2.08(d), in accordance therewith;
(l) (i) any expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property and (ii) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or litigation claims in the ordinary course of business, in each case, which do not materially interfere with the business of any Loan Party; and
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(m) Dispositions by any Restricted Party of Equity Interests of, or sales of Indebtedness or other securities of, Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that the cash proceeds thereof shall be applied, to the extent required by Section 2.08(d), in accordance therewith.
SECTION 6.05. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions . Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with, or as a Division Successor pursuant to the Division of, any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger or Division) any Investment, except:
(a) Permitted Investments and Investments in cash;
(b) investments by any Restricted Party existing on the date hereof in the capital stock of Restricted Subsidiaries and Investments made after the Effective Date in any Guarantor Subsidiaries;
(c) loans or advances made by any Restricted Subsidiary to Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(d);
(e) Permitted Acquisitions;
(f) Investments (i) in any Equity Interests received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, and (ii) in the form of deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Restricted Parties;
(g) intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;
(h) Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted by Section 6.11(d);
(i) loans and advances to employees of Intermediate Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) made in the ordinary course of business and described on Schedule 6.05(i) , and (ii) any refinancings of such loans after the Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 outstanding at any time to any single employee and $2,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time during the term of this Agreement;
(j) Investments described on Schedule 6.05(j) ;
(k) Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries;
(l) Investments consisting of the formation of Subsidiaries; provided , that (i) any such Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor Subsidiary in accordance with and to the extent required under Section 5.10, and (ii) any such Subsidiary which does not become a Guarantor Subsidiary shall be required to comply with Section 6.05(k) above or Section 6.05(q) below (as applicable);
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(m) to the extent constituting Investments, the establishment of Permitted New Venues;
(n) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing or other similar arrangements with other Persons that are not otherwise prohibited hereunder and which do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Intermediate Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(o) to the extent constituting Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(p) other Investments which are not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.05 in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $1,000,000 plus an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by Intermediate Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in Cash in respect of any such Investment;
(q) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures; provided that (i) the Investment Expenditures during any Annual Measurement Period shall not exceed the Investment Annual Total Limit and (ii) if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.05(q) is made in any Joint Venture that was not a Restricted Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Restricted Subsidiary thereafter by complying with Section 5.10, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower upon written notice to the Agent, upon such Joint Venture becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and so long as such Joint Venture remains a Restricted Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.05(b) or Section 6.05(k) (to the extent applicable and permitted thereby) and not in reliance on this Section 6.05(q);
(r) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of all Investments made pursuant to this clause (r) during any Annual Measurement Period shall not exceed the sum of (i) the Investment Unrestricted Annual Limit, plus (ii) the Investment Unrestricted Carryover Amount, if any, for such Annual Measurement Period (it being agreed that any Investments made pursuant to this clause (r) during such Annual Measurement Period shall be deemed to be applied first to the Investment Unrestricted Annual Limit for such Annual Measurement Period and second to any Investment Unrestricted Carryover Amount), plus (iii) an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Restricted Parties in cash in respect of any such Investment; provided , that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.05(r) is made in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that was not a Restricted Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Restricted
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Subsidiary thereafter by complying with Section 5.10, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower upon written notice to the Agent, upon such Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and so long as such Unrestricted Subsidiary remains a Restricted Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.05(b) or Section 6.05(k) (to the extent applicable and permitted thereby) and not in reliance on this Section 6.05(r); and
(s) Investments in LC Collateral Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, at any time, the difference between (i) the Issuing Bank Sublimit minus (ii) the sum of the LC Exposure at such time and the outstanding amount of LC Cash Collateral at such time.
SECTION 6.06. Swap Agreements . Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement for speculative purposes; provided , that, for the avoidance of doubt, Intermediate Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries may, but are not obligated to, enter into Swap Agreements in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common stock;
(b) Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests;
(c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(d) the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to Intermediate Holdings to permit Intermediate Holdings to make any Restricted Payment otherwise permitted under this Section 6.07 at such time, so long as Intermediate Holdings promptly applies the amount of any such Restricted Payment for such purpose;
(e) Intermediate Holdings may make Permitted Tax Payments when due;
(f) Intermediate Holdings may make Permitted Equity Issuances;
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(g) (i) any Restricted Party may make Restricted Payments to any other Loan Party (other than to Intermediate Holdings), (ii) any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) any Joint Venture may make Restricted Payments to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Joint Venture on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests; and
(h) other Restricted Payments (including scheduled payments of cash interest when due (at the non-default rate) in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(u) to the extent permitted by the applicable subordination agreement entered into between the Agent and the holder of such Indebtedness); provided , that, in each case, (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) the Senior Leverage Ratio shall be at least 0.50:1.00 less than the then in effect Senior Leverage Multiple, both before and after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, (iii) the Total Leverage Ratio shall be at least 0.50:1.00 less than the then in effect Total Leverage Multiple, both before and after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment and (iv) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall not be less than the then in effect Fixed Charge Coverage Multiple, both before and after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment.
SECTION 6.08. Transactions with Affiliates. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to Intermediate Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arms-length basis from unrelated third parties and (b) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.07; provided , that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (i) any transaction between the Borrower and any Subsidiary thereof or any other transaction between or among the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) to the extent expressly permitted or not prohibited by this Agreement; (ii) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Intermediate Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of Intermediate Holdings and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; (iv) payments to MSG pursuant to the Parent Organizational Agreement to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder; (v) transactions described on Schedule 6.08 ; and (vi) transactions with Permitted Joint Ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business. The Borrower shall disclose in writing each material transaction with any Affiliate of Intermediate Holdings to the Agent (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, transactions among Restricted Parties not otherwise prohibited hereunder).
SECTION 6.09. Restrictive Agreements. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its
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property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.09 (but shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Restricted Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof.
SECTION 6.10. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred.
SECTION 6.11. Financial Covenants.
(a) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . Intermediate Holdings will not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, to be less than the Fixed Charge Coverage Multiple.
(b) Senior Leverage Ratio . Intermediate Holdings will not permit the Senior Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, to exceed the then applicable Senior Leverage Multiple.
(c) Total Leverage Ratio . Intermediate Holdings will not permit the Total Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date, to exceed the then applicable Total Leverage Multiple.
(d) Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures . Intermediate Holdings shall not, and shall not permit the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or incur Consolidated Capital Expenditures, during any Annual Measurement Period, commencing with the Annual Measurement Period ending on the last Sunday of the calendar year ending December 31, 2019, in an aggregate amount for the Restricted Parties in excess of the sum of (1) CapEx Annual Limit for such Annual Measurement Period, plus (2) the CapEx Carryover Amount, if any, for such Annual Measurement Period; it being agreed that, for purposes of this Section 6.11(d), any Consolidated Capital Expenditures made during any Annual Measurement Period shall be deemed to be applied first to the applicable CapEx Annual Limit for such Annual Measurement Period and second to any CapEx Carryover Amount.
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(e) Minimum Consolidated Liquidity . Intermediate Holdings shall not permit Consolidated Liquidity to be less than $5,000,000 at any time; provided , however , in the event that Consolidated Liquidity shall be less than $5,000,000 at any time, such occurrence shall not be deemed a breach of this Section 6.11(e) so long as (i) within five (5) Business Days of such occurrence, Consolidated Liquidity shall be greater than $5,000,000 and (ii) Consolidated Liquidity shall not have been less than $5,000,000 at any time on more than two (2) occasions in any trailing ninety (90) day period; provided further , that in the event that Consolidated Liquidity shall be less than $5,000,000 either (x) for any period in excess of five (5) Business Days or (y) on more than two (2) occasions in any trailing ninety (90) day period, such occurrence shall not constitute an Event of Default if, within five (5) Business Days thereafter, Intermediate Holdings shall have received net cash proceeds of a capital contribution or issuance of Permitted Equity in an amount not less than the greatest amount by which Consolidated Liquidity was less than $5,000,000 at any time during the trailing ninety (90) day period.
(f) Financial Cure . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including Article VII), upon the occurrence of an Event of Default as a result of the failure of Intermediate Holdings to comply with Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) above for any fiscal quarter, Intermediate Holdings shall have the right (the Cure Right ) (at any time after such fiscal quarter and until the date that is 10 Business Days after the date on which financial statements for such fiscal quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01) to issue Permitted Equity (without giving effect to clause (f) thereof) for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions, and in each case, to the extent such cash proceeds are contributed to the capital of the Borrower (the Cure Amount ), and upon receipt by the Borrower of such cash proceeds Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) shall be recalculated giving effect to a pro forma increase in the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA by an amount equal to the Cure Amount (notwithstanding the absence of a related add-back in the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) solely for the purpose of determining compliance with Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) as of the end of such fiscal quarter and for applicable subsequent periods that include such fiscal quarter. If, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculation, the requirements of Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) would be satisfied, then the requirements of Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) shall be deemed satisfied as of the end of the relevant fiscal quarter with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) that had occurred (or would have occurred) shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four consecutive fiscal quarter period there shall be at least two (2) fiscal quarters (which may, but are not required to be, consecutive) in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) during the term of this Agreement, the Cure Right shall not be exercised more than four (4) times, (iii) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for the purpose of minimally complying with Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c), (iv) upon the Agents receipt of a written notice that Intermediate Holdings intends to exercise the Cure Right, together with a written irrevocable commitment from one or
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more direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower to contribute the full Cure Amount necessary to cure the relevant failure to comply with Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) (a Notice of Intent to Cure ), until the 10th Business Day following the date on which financial statements for the fiscal quarter to which such Notice of Intent to Cure relates are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01, neither the Agent (nor any sub-agent therefor) nor any Lender shall exercise any right to accelerate the Loans or terminate the Revolving Commitments, and none of the Agent (nor any sub-agent therefor) nor any Lender shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral or any other right or remedy under the Loan Documents, in each case, solely on the basis of the relevant Event of Default under Section 7.01(d) as a result of the applicable breach of Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c); it being understood and agreed that (x) there shall be no borrowings of Revolving Loans permitted or letters of credit issued or received hereunder and (y) an Event of Default under Section 7.01(d) as a result of the applicable breach of Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) shall be deemed to have occurred and be continuing for all other purposes of this Agreement, in each case until the Cure Amount has actually been received by the Borrower, and (v) during any applicable period in which any Cure Amount is included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as a result of any exercise of the Cure Right, such Cure Amount shall be (A) counted solely as an increase to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (and not as a reduction of Indebtedness) for the purpose of determining compliance with Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) and (B) disregarded for all other purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, the forgiveness of antecedent debt (whether Indebtedness, trade payables, fees or otherwise) shall not constitute a Cure Amount.
SECTION 6.12. New Venues. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into a new Venue Agreement, or be a party to any Venue Agreement which was entered into after the Effective Date, other than a Venue Agreement meeting the criteria set forth in the definition of a Permitted New Venue.
SECTION 6.13. Permitted Activities of Intermediate Holdings. Intermediate Holdings shall not (a) incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability whatsoever other than the Obligations and, to the extent permitted under this Agreement, Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Intermediate Holdings under the Parent Organizational Agreement as in effect on the Effective Date; (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than the Liens created under the Security Documents to which it is a party or permitted pursuant to Section 6.02; (c) engage in any business or activity or own any assets other than (i) holding 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower; (ii) performing its obligations and activities incidental thereto under applicable Laws, the Loan Documents, and to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the Parent Organizational Agreement; and (iii) making Restricted Payments and Investments to the extent permitted by this Agreement; (d) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person; (e) sell or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of the Borrower; (f) create or acquire any Subsidiary or make or own any Investment in any Person other than the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower; or (g) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.
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SECTION 6.14. Amendments or Waivers of Certain Agreements . No Loan Party shall nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, agree to any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of its material rights under the Parent Organizational Agreement or any non-compete or non-solicit provisions of any TAO Group Employment Agreement after the Effective Date without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Required Lenders), in each case, if such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or waiver would be materially adverse to the Agent or the Lenders.
SECTION 6.15. Amendments or Waivers with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness . No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Indebtedness, increase the principal amount thereof, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or of any guaranty thereof), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would be materially adverse to any Loan Party or Lenders.
SECTION 6.16. Deposit Accounts . Subject to Section 5.12, no Loan Party shall establish or maintain a Deposit Account (other than Excluded Accounts, the Fifth Third Accounts or a Deposit Account outside the United States) that is not an account held with a Lender (or an Affiliate thereof) and no Loan Party will deposit proceeds in a Deposit Account (other than Excluded Accounts, the Fifth Third Accounts or a Deposit Account outside the United States) that is not an account held with a Lender (or an Affiliate thereof).
SECTION 6.17. Amendments to Organizational Agreements . No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Parties to, amend or permit any amendments to such Restricted Partys organizational documents in any manner which would be adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events or conditions shall constitute an Event of Default :
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(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal on any Loan made to it hereunder or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof, at a date fixed for prepayment thereof, by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in paragraph (a) above) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of Intermediate Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof in or in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, deemed made or furnished;
(d) Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in
Section 5.02(a), Section 5.03 (with respect to Intermediate Holdings or the Borrowers existence), Section 5.08 or Article VI (it being understood that (x) any breach of Section 6.11(a), (b) or (c) is subject
to cure as provided in Section 6.11(f) and (y) any breach of Section 6.11(e) is subject to cure as provided in the two provisos to Section 6.11(e));
(e) Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable;
(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
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(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed, not bonded or not discharged for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered, which order or decree is not stayed;
(i) Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more final and nonappealable judgments for the payment of money involving uninsured amounts in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be rendered against Intermediate Holdings, any Restricted Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, vacated or bonded, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of Intermediate Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of Intermediate Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000,000 during the term hereof;
(m) a Change of Control shall occur; or
(n) any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations), ceases to be in full force and effect; or Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any other Person contests in writing the
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validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document; or, prior to the Commitments having expired or terminated and satisfaction in full of all Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations), Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports in writing to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document.
SECTION 7.02. Remedies Upon an Event of Default . If an Event of Default occurs (other than an event with respect to Intermediate Holdings and/or the Borrower described in Sections 7.01(h) or 7.01(i)), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Agent may with the consent of the Required Lenders, and shall at the request of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times:
(a) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately;
(b) 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 Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower;
(c) require that the Borrower provide cash collateral as required in Section 2.19(j);
(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under the Loan Documents and applicable Law; and
(e) in addition to any other rights and remedies granted to the Agent and the Lenders in the Loan Documents, exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by Law referred to below) to or upon any Loan Party or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived by Intermediate Holdings on behalf of itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, or consent to the use by any Loan Party of any cash collateral arising in respect of the Collateral on such terms as the Agent deems reasonable, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of and deliver, or acquire by credit bid on behalf of the Lenders, the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, brokers board or office of the
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Agent or any Lender or elsewhere, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery, all without assumption of any credit risk. The Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by Law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Loan Party, which right or equity is hereby waived and released by Intermediate Holdings on behalf of itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Intermediate Holdings further agrees on behalf of itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries, at the Agents request in connection with the foregoing, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at the premises of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, another Loan Party or elsewhere. The Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Article VII, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any other way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including reasonable and documented attorneys fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, in such order as the Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Agent of any other amount required by any provision of Law, including Section 9-615(a)(3) of the UCC, need the Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Loan Party. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, Intermediate Holdings on behalf of itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by Law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
If an Event of Default described in Sections 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) occurs with respect to Intermediate Holdings and/or the Borrower, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, including any break funding payment or prepayment premium, shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to cash collateralize the LC Exposure as provided in clause (c) above shall automatically become effective, in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower.
SECTION 7.03. Application of Payments . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and notice thereof to the Agent by the Borrower or the Required Lenders:
(a) all payments received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to Section 2.17, be applied by the Agent as follows:
(i) first , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Agent (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agent payable under Section 9.03 and amounts pursuant to Section 2.09(b) payable to the Agent in its capacity as such);
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(ii) second , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, reimbursement obligations in respect of LC Disbursements, interest and Letter of Credit fees and charges) payable to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks payable under Section 9.03) arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (ii) payable to them;
(iii) third , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit fees and charges and interest on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements, ratably among the Lenders and the Issuing Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iii) payable to them;
(iv) fourth , (A) to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements and (B) to cash collateralize that portion of LC Exposure comprising the undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise cash collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19(j), but solely to the extent required to be cash collateralized pursuant to Section 2.19(j), ratably among the Lenders and the Issuing Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause (iv) payable to them; provided that (x) any such amounts applied pursuant to subclause (B) above shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the applicable Issuing Banks to cash collateralize Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, (y) subject to Section 2.19, amounts used to cash collateralize the aggregate amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be used to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur and (z) upon the expiration of any Letter of Credit (without any pending drawings), the pro rata share of cash collateral shall be distributed to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth in this Section 7.03;
(v) fifth , to the payment in full of all other Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations), in each case ratably among the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to them in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and
(vi) finally , the balance, if any, after all Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations) have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by applicable Law; and
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(b) if any amount remains on deposit as cash collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired (without any pending drawings), such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE VIII
The Agent
SECTION 8.01. Authorization and Action . (a) Each of the Lenders and each Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Agent in the heading of this Agreement and its successors to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and authorizes the Agent to take such actions and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Arrangers shall not have any duties or obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except in its capacity as a Lender or an Issuing Bank), but all such Persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.
(c) The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrowers rights to consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, neither the Borrower nor any Affiliate thereof shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any such provisions. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article.
(d) The Agent may perform any of and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of and all their duties and exercise their 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 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 Agent. The Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of, delegation to or supervision of such sub-agents.
SECTION 8.02. Administrative Agent s Reliance, Indemnification, Etc. (a) The Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing
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(and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term agent herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties), (b) the Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or to exercise any discretionary power, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents); provided that the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion, could expose the Agent to liability or be contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, and (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any other Affiliate of the Borrower that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default is given to the Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, and the Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agent shall not be liable for, or be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by the Borrower, any Lender or any Issuing Bank as a result of, any determination of any Exposure or the component amounts thereof.
(b) The Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Agent also shall be entitled to rely, and shall not incur any liability for relying, upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and may act upon any such statement prior to receipt of written confirmation thereof. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing
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Bank, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
SECTION 8.03. Posting of Communications. (a) The Borrower agrees that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks by posting the Communications on IntraLinks, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the Platform ).
(b) Although the Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender or Issuing Bank that are added to the Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(c) THE PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, APPLICABLE PARTIES ) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTYS OR THE AGENTS TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE PLATFORM.
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(d) Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender or Issuing Bank for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees (i) to notify the Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders or Issuing Banks (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
(e) Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Banks and the Borrower agrees that the Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable Law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Platform in accordance with the Agents generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.
(f) Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.
SECTION 8.04. The Agent Individually. The Person serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender and Issuing Bank as any other Lender or Issuing Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof (including Intermediate Holdings) as if such Person were not the Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks.
SECTION 8.05. Successor Agent . (a) Subject to the terms of this paragraph, the Agent may resign at any time from its capacity as such. In connection with such resignation, the Agent shall give notice of its intent to resign to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days notice to the Borrower and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and be continuing, written approval by the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and which consent shall be deemed granted if the Borrower fails to respond within ten (10) Business Days of a request for approval or if such proposed successor is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance by a successor of the appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
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(b) The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and such successor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event no successor Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower, whereupon, on the date of effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that, solely for purposes of maintaining any security interest granted to the Agent under any Security Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Agent, shall continue to hold such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this paragraph (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Agent shall have no duty or obligation to take any further action under any Security Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Agent for the account of any Person other than the Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Agent shall also directly be given or made to each Lender and each Issuing Bank. Following the effectiveness of the Agents resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (i) above.
SECTION 8.06. Acknowledgment of Lenders and Issuing Banks. (a)Each Lender and each Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Arrangers, any other Lender or any other Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Arrangers, any other Lender or any other Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Loans on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date.
SECTION 8.07. Collateral Matters. (a) Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Lenders or Issuing Banks right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In the event of a foreclosure by the Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition.
(b) In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to the Borrower under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Disbursements and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.09, 2.10, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(ii) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party to make such payments to the Agent
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and, in the event that the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Agent any amount due to it, in its capacity as the Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03).
(c) Each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each of the other Secured Parties irrevocably authorizes the Agent and the Collateral Agent to, and the Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each of the other Secured Parties each hereby irrevocably agrees with the Borrower to, automatically release any Lien on any Collateral and any other property granted to or held by the Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations), (ii) that is the subject of a Disposition or other transfer permitted under and accomplished in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 9.02(b) or (iv) to the extent that the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor Subsidiary, upon the release of such Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligations under the Security Agreement in accordance clause (d) below. Upon request by the Borrower or the Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Agents authority to release its interest in any Guarantor Subsidiary or particular types or items of property pursuant to this Article VIII. In each case as specified in this Article VIII, the Agent will, at the Borrowers expense (and the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby authorize the Agent to), execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such Guarantor Subsidiary or item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Article VIII, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender or Issuing Bank.
(d) In addition, the Lenders and Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably agree that any Guarantor Subsidiary shall be automatically released from the guaranty under the Security Agreement upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Guarantor Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary of Intermediate Holdings or otherwise becoming an Immaterial Subsidiary.
SECTION 8.08. 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 Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i) such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,
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(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 Lenders 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 Lenders 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 Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Agent, or the Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto).
(c) The Agent and the Arrangers hereby inform the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide 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, this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans or the Commitments for an
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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, bankers acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices . (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) of this Section), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, to it at c/o Tao Group Holdings LLC, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019, Attention of Co-President, with a copy to (A) The Madison Square Garden Company, Two Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10121, Attention of General Counsel, and (B) Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, One Battery Park Plaza, New York, NY 10004, Attention of Steven J. Greene (E-mail: steven.greene@hugheshubbard.com; Facsimile No. (212) 299-6270);
(ii) if to the Agent or the Collateral Agent to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Ops 2, Floor 3, 500 Stanton Christiana Rd., Newark, DE 19713, Attention of Eugene Tull (E-mail: 12012443629@tls.ldsprod.com; Facsimile No. (302) 634-5881), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attention of Thomas J. Cox (E-mail: Thomas.J.Cox@jpmorgan.com; Facsimile No. (646) 534-0696); and
(iii) if to any other Lender or any other Issuing Bank, to it at its address (or facsimile number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient); and notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) of this Section shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.
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(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications (including email and Internet and intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices under Article II to any Lender if such Lender has notified the Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Any notices or other communications to the Agent or the Borrower may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the recipient thereof prior thereto; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited or rescinded by any such Person by notice to each other such Person.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a)No failure or delay by the 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 Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Except as provided in Sections 2.11, 2.18 and 9.02(c), none of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, the Agent and the Required Lenders and, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Person or Persons that are parties thereto, in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that (i) any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as, in each case, (A) such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender or (B) the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice thereof and the Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment, and (ii) no such agreement shall (A) waive any condition set forth in Section 3.02 without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders (it being understood and agreed that any amendment or waiver of, or any consent with respect to, any provision of this Agreement (other than any waiver expressly relating to
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Section 3.02) or any other Loan Document, including any amendment of any affirmative or negative covenant set forth herein or in any other Loan Document or any waiver of a Default or an Event of Default, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any condition set forth in Section 3.02), (B) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (C) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or unreimbursed LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon or reduce any Fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (D) postpone the scheduled maturity date of any Loan or unreimbursed LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any interest or Fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (E) change Section 2.15(b) or 2.15(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender, (F) change any of the provisions of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition of the term Required Lenders or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or in the case of the definition of the term Required Revolving Lenders and any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or percentage of Revolving Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Revolving Lender), (G) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Agreement without the written consent of each Lender (except as expressly provided in the applicable Security Document (including any such release by the Agent in connection with any sale or other disposition of the Collateral upon the exercise of remedies under the Security Agreement), it being understood that an amendment or other modification of the type of obligations secured by the Security Agreement shall not be deemed to be a release of Collateral from the Liens of the Security Agreement), (H) amend, modify, extend or otherwise affect the rights or obligations of the Agent or the Issuing Banks without the prior written consent of the Agent or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, (I) release Intermediate Holdings as a Guarantor or all or substantially all of the Guarantor Subsidiaries as Guarantors under the Security Agreement, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender, (J) change Section 7.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby or (K) amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.19 or any letter of credit application and any bilateral agreement between the Borrower and an Issuing Bank regarding the respective rights and obligations between the Borrower and an Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit without the prior written consent of the Agent and such Issuing Bank, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be required (x) of any Defaulting Lender, except with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (B), (C) or (D) of clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph and then only in the event such Defaulting Lender shall be affected by such amendment, waiver or other modification or (y) in the case of any amendment, waiver or other modification referred to in clause (ii) of the first proviso of this paragraph, any
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Lender that receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, waiver or other modification becomes effective and whose Commitments terminate by the terms and upon the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or other modification.
(c) The Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, waivers or other modifications on behalf of such Lender. Any amendment, waiver or other modification effected in accordance with this Section 9.02 shall be binding upon each Person that is at the time thereof a Lender and each Person that subsequently becomes a Lender.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Arrangers and each of their Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for any of the foregoing, in connection with the structuring, arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, including the preparation, execution and delivery of the Agent Fee Letter, as well as the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, the Arrangers, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any of the foregoing, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Arrangers, 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, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the structuring, arrangement and the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Agent Fee Letter, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties to the Agent Fee Letter, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents of their obligations thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any
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refusal by an Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit) 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 whether initiated against or by any party to the Agent Fee Letter, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any third party (and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto); provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties. This paragraph shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required to be paid by it under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section to the Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of the Agent (and without limiting its obligation to do so), each Lender and each Issuing Bank severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lenders or such Issuing Banks pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against Agent (or such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of the Agent acting for the Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. For purposes of this Section, a Lenders pro rata share shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the Aggregate Exposures and unused Commitments, in each case, at the time (or most recently outstanding and in effect).
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, or permit any of its Affiliates or Related Parties to assert, and each hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (i) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), or (ii) on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof, except to the extent such damages under clause (i) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of any Indemnitee.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 30 days after written demand therefor.
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of an Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent and each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of an Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, Participants (only to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section), the Issuing Banks, the Arrangers and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the sub-agents of the Agent and the Related Parties of any of the Agent, the Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and any Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i)Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment, participations in Letters of Credit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (1) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund and (2) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, for any other assignment;
(B) the Agent; and
(C) each Issuing Bank.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement;
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(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform), together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that only one such processing and recordation fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments from any Lender or its Approved Funds to one or more other Approved Funds of such Lender; and
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain MNPI) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and applicable Law, including Federal, State and foreign securities laws.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 9.04(c).
(iv) The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and records of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register ). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may 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 Borrower and, as to entries pertaining to it, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
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(v) Upon receipt by the Agent of an Assignment and Assumption (or an agreement incorporating by reference a form of Assignment and Assumption posted on the Platform) executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section, the Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that the Agent shall not be required to accept such Assignment and Assumption or so record the information contained therein if the Agent reasonably believes that such Assignment and Assumption lacks any written consent required by this Section or is otherwise not in proper form, it being acknowledged that the Agent shall have no duty or obligation (and shall incur no liability) with respect to obtaining (or confirming the receipt) of any such written consent or with respect to the form of (or any defect in) such Assignment and Assumption, any such duty and obligation being solely with the assigning Lender and the assignee. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph, and following such recording, unless otherwise determined by the Agent (such determination to be made in the sole discretion of the Agent, which determination may be conditioned on the consent of the assigning Lender and the assignee), shall be effective notwithstanding any defect in the Assignment and Assumption relating thereto. Each assigning Lender and the assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the Agent that all written consents required by this Section with respect thereto (other than the consent of the Agent) have been obtained and that such Assignment and Assumption is otherwise duly completed and in proper form, and each assignee, by its execution and delivery of an Assignment and Assumption, shall be deemed to have represented to the assigning Lender and the Agent that such assignee is an Eligible Assignee.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Borrower, the Agent or the Issuing Banks, sell participations to one or more Eligible Assignees ( Participants ) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and Loans); provided that (A) such Lenders 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 Borrower, the Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant or requires the approval of all the Lenders. Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.14(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.14(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b)
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of this Section; provided that such Participant (x) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.15 and 2.16 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (y) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.12 or 2.14, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.16(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.15(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (the Participant Register ); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any Commitments, Letters of Credit or other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining any 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 to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agent, the Arrangers, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing may have had
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notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations) or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15(e), 9.03, 9.12 and 9.14 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution. (a)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 and the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agent or the Arrangers constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 3.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Agent and the Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of all the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The words execution, signed, signature, delivery and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent.
SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement 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 hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Affiliate of any Lender or Issuing Bank, is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, by such Issuing Bank or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations of the Borrower are not yet due or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Affiliate of any Lender or Issuing Bank under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate may have. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Borrower and the Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a)This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan), and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought by it shall be brought, and shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such Federal (to the extent permitted by law) or New York State court. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any of its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
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(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Related Parties, including accountants, legal counsel and other agents and advisors, on a need to know basis (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any Governmental Authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality undertakings substantially similar to those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower and its obligations, in each case, other than any Disqualified
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Person, (g) with the written consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from or on behalf of the Borrower relating to Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or their respective businesses, other than (i) any such information that is available to the Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower and (ii) information pertaining to this Agreement routinely provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry. Each of the Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender acknowledges and agrees that (1) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower, (2) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (3) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities laws. It is agreed that, notwithstanding the restrictions of any prior confidentiality agreement binding on the Arrangers or the Agent, such parties may disclose Information as provided in this Section 9.12.
SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all Fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively the Charges ), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the Maximum Rate ) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate.
SECTION 9.14. Certain Notices. Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act and/or the Beneficial Ownership Regulation it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. The Borrower shall provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Agent or any Lender in order to assist the Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
SECTION 9.15. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, agrees that in connection with all aspects of the transactions contemplated hereby and any communications in connection therewith, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their Affiliates, on the other hand, will have a business relationship that does not create, by implication or otherwise, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or their Affiliates, and no such duty will be deemed to have arisen in connection with any such transactions or communications.
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The Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and their Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or their Affiliates has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates.
SECTION 9.16. Non-Public Information. (a)Each Lender acknowledges that all information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Agent pursuant to or in connection with, or in the course of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-level information, which may contain MNPI. Each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Agent that (i) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of MNPI and that it will handle MNPI in accordance with such procedures and applicable Law, including Federal, state and foreign securities laws, and (ii) it has identified in its Administrative Questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain MNPI in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable Law, including Federal and state securities laws.
(b) The Borrower and each Lender acknowledges that, if information furnished by the Borrower pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement is being distributed by the Agent through the Platform, (i) the Agent shall post any information that the Borrower has indicated as containing MNPI solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Private Side Lender Representatives and (ii) if the Borrower has not indicated whether any information furnished by it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement contains MNPI, the Agent reserves the right to post such information solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Private Side Lender Representatives. At the request of the Agent, the Borrower will identify all information provided to the Agent by or on behalf of Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower that is suitable to be made available to Public Side Lender Representatives by clearly marking the same as PUBLIC (it being understand and agreed that the Borrower shall not otherwise be under any obligation to mark information as PUBLIC ), and the Agent shall be entitled to rely on any such marking by the Borrower without liability or responsibility for the independent verification thereof.
SECTION 9.17. 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 party hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
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(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
SECTION 9.18. Obligations of the Loan Parties Only. Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the liabilities and obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any certificate, notice, instrument or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, are liabilities and obligations solely of the Loan Parties and do not constitute a debt, liability or obligation of (and no direct recourse shall be had with respect thereto to) (a) any MSG Company, (b) any TAO Group Principal, (c) any direct or indirect shareholder, member, partner of other holder of Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings or any MSG Company (unless such Person is a Loan Party), or (d) any officer, director, employee, agent or advisor of any Loan Party or any MSG Company.
SECTION 9.19. Acknowledgment Regarding any Supported QFCs . (a)To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, QFC Credit Support and each such QFC a Supported QFC ), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes ) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(b) In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a Covered Party ) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported
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QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC, as
Borrower, |
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by | /s/ Noah Tepperberg | |
Name: Noah Tepperberg | ||
Title: Co-President | ||
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE
HOLDINGS LLC, as Intermediate Holdings, |
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by | /s/ Noah Tepperberg | |
Name: Noah Tepperberg | ||
Title: Co-President |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually and as Agent, |
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by | /s/ Anthony Galea | |
Name: Anthony Galea | ||
Title: Executive Director |
Name of Institution: | U.S. Bank National Association | |||
by | /s/ Salvatore Settineri | |||
Name: Salvatore Settineri | ||||
Title: SVP |
Name of Institution: | TD Bank, N.A. | |||
by | /s/ Antonina Linteris | |||
Name: Antonina Linteris | ||||
Title: VP |
Name of Institution: | Fifth Third Bank | |||
by | /s/ Brook Miller | |||
Name: Brook Miller | ||||
Title: Director |
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
May 23, 2019,
among
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC,
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC,
THE SUBSIDIARIES OF INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS
IDENTIFIED HEREIN
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. |
Defined Terms |
1 | ||||
SECTION 1.02. |
Other Defined Terms |
1 | ||||
ARTICLE II | ||||||
Guarantee | ||||||
SECTION 2.01. |
Guarantee |
6 | ||||
SECTION 2.02. |
Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee |
7 | ||||
SECTION 2.03. |
No Limitations |
7 | ||||
SECTION 2.04. |
Reinstatement |
8 | ||||
SECTION 2.05. |
Agreement to Pay; Subrogation |
8 | ||||
SECTION 2.06. |
Information |
8 | ||||
SECTION 2.07. |
Keepwell |
9 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
Pledge of Securities | ||||||
SECTION 3.01. |
Pledge |
9 | ||||
SECTION 3.02. |
Delivery of the Pledged Securities |
10 | ||||
SECTION 3.03. |
Representations and Warranties |
11 | ||||
SECTION 3.04. |
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations |
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SECTION 3.05. |
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest |
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ARTICLE IV | ||||||
Security Interests in Personal Property | ||||||
SECTION 4.01. |
Security Interest |
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SECTION 4.02. |
Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 4.03. |
Covenants |
20 | ||||
SECTION 4.04. |
Other Actions |
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SECTION 4.05. |
Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral |
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ARTICLE V | ||||||
Remedies | ||||||
SECTION 5.01. |
Remedies Upon Default |
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SECTION 5.02. |
Application of Proceeds |
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SECTION 5.03. |
Grant of License To Use Intellectual Property |
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SECTION 5.04. |
Securities Act |
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ARTICLE VI | ||||||
Indemnity, Subrogation, Contribution and Subordination | ||||||
SECTION 6.01. |
Indemnity and Subrogation |
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SECTION 6.02. |
Contribution and Subrogation |
30 | ||||
SECTION 6.03. |
Subordination |
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ARTICLE VII | ||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||
SECTION 7.01. |
Notices |
31 | ||||
SECTION 7.02. |
Waivers; Amendment |
31 | ||||
SECTION 7.03. |
Collateral Agents Fees and Expenses; Indemnification |
32 | ||||
SECTION 7.04. |
Survival |
33 | ||||
SECTION 7.05. |
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns |
33 | ||||
SECTION 7.06. |
Severability |
34 | ||||
SECTION 7.07. |
Right of Set-Off |
34 | ||||
SECTION 7.08. |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
34 | ||||
SECTION 7.09. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 7.10. |
Headings |
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SECTION 7.11. |
Security Interest Absolute |
35 | ||||
SECTION 7.12. |
Termination or Release |
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SECTION 7.13. |
Additional Subsidiaries |
36 | ||||
SECTION 7.14. |
Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact |
36 | ||||
SECTION 7.15. |
Certain Acknowledgments and Agreements |
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Schedules | ||||
Schedule I | Subsidiary Loan Parties | |||
Schedule II | Pledged Equity Interests; Pledged Debt Securities | |||
Schedule III | Intellectual Property | |||
Schedule IV | Commercial Tort Claims | |||
Exhibits | ||||
Exhibit I | Form of Security Agreement Supplement | |||
Exhibit II-A | Form of Patent Security Agreement | |||
Exhibit II-B | Form of Trademark Security Agreement | |||
Exhibit II-C | Form of Copyright Security Agreement |
SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of May 23, 2019 (this Agreement ), among Tao Group Intermediate Holdings LLC ( Intermediate Holdings ), Tao Group Operating LLC (the Borrower ), the Subsidiaries from time to time party hereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ( JPMCB ), as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent ).
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), among Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMCB, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Intermediate Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties are Affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. (a) Each capitalized term used but not defined herein and defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement. Each other term used but not defined herein that is defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) shall have the meaning specified in the New York UCC. The term Instrument shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis .
SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Account Debtor means any Person that is or may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereto.
Article 9 Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(a).
Borrower has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereto.
Cash Management Services means treasury management services (including controlled disbursements, zero balance arrangements, cash sweeps, corporate credit card, purchase card and other card services (including commercial (or purchasing) card programs), automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts, temporary advances, interest and fees and interstate depository network services) provided to Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Claiming Party has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Collateral means, collectively, the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.
Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) and any successor statute, and any rule, regulation, or order promulgated thereunder, in each case as amended from time to time.
Contributing Party has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Copyright License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, to which any Grantor is a party granting to any Person any right to use any Copyright owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any Copyright owned by any other Person or that any other Person otherwise has the right to license, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
Copyrights means, with respect to any Person, all the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person: (a) all copyright rights in any copyrightable work subject to the copyright laws of the United States of America or any other country or any political subdivision thereof and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States of America or any other country, including, registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations, pending applications for registration, and renewals in the United States Copyright Office (or any similar office in any other country or any political subdivision thereof), including, in the case of any Grantor, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule III.
Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals hereto.
Excluded Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.
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Federal Securities Laws has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04.
Grantors means, collectively, Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party.
Guarantors means, collectively, Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower (except with respect to obligations of the Borrower) and each Subsidiary Loan Party.
Indemnified Amount has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual property rights of every kind and nature, including those in inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information and databases and all applications therefor, and related documentation, registrations and filings, and all additions, improvements and accessions to any of the foregoing.
Intermediate Holdings has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereto.
IP Security Agreements has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.02(b).
JPMCB has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereto.
License means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other license or sublicense agreement for Intellectual Property to which any Grantor is a party, including, in the case of any Grantor, any of the forgoing set forth under its name on Schedule III.
New York UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Owned Intellectual Property shall mean, collectively, all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks owned by any Grantor.
Patent License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, to which a Grantor is a party granting to any Person any right to use a Patent granted to any Grantor or granting to any Grantor any right to use a Patent granted to any other Person, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
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Patents mean, with respect to any Person, all the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person: (a) all patents of the United States of America or the equivalent thereof in any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for patents of the United States of America or the equivalent thereof in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, including, in the case of any Grantor, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule III, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, reexaminations, supplemental examinations, inter partes reviews, renewals, adjustments or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import or export the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
Perfection Certificate means the Perfection Certificate dated the Effective Date delivered by Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3.01(k) of the Credit Agreement.
Permitted Liens has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.03(c).
Pledged Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Debt Securities has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Equity Interests has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Securities means any promissory notes, stock certificates, unit certificates, limited liability company membership interest certificates and other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
Qualified ECP Guarantor means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that constitutes an eligible contract participant under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an eligible contract participant at such time by guaranteeing or entering into a keepwell in respect of obligations of such other person under Section la(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Secured Cash Management Obligations means the due and punctual payment and performance of any and all obligations of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary (whether absolute or contingent and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor)) arising in respect of Cash Management Services that (a) are owed to the Collateral Agent or an Affiliate of the Collateral Agent, or to any Person that, at the time such obligations were incurred, was the Collateral Agent or an Affiliate of the Collateral Agent, (b) were owed on the Effective Date to a Person that was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Effective Date or (c) are owed to a Person that was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such obligations were incurred.
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Secured Hedge Obligations means the due and punctual payment and performance of any and all obligations of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary arising under each Swap Agreement (a) with a counterparty that is the Collateral Agent or an Affiliate of the Collateral Agent, or with any Person that, at the time such Swap Agreement was entered into, was the Collateral Agent or an Affiliate of the Collateral Agent, (b) that was in effect on the Effective Date with a counterparty that was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Effective Date or (c) that was entered into after the Effective Date with a counterparty that was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement was entered into; provided, however, the term Secured Hedge Obligations shall not create any guarantee by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.
Secured Obligations means, collectively, (a) all Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (b) all the Secured Cash Management Obligations and (c) all the Secured Hedge Obligations; provided, however, the term Secured Obligations shall not create any guarantee by any Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Guarantor to support) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor.
Secured Parties means, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Collateral Agent, (c) each provider of Cash Management Services the obligations under which constitute Secured Cash Management Obligations, (d) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement the obligations under which constitute Secured Hedge Obligations (each, a Swap Counterparty ), (e) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (f) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
Security Agreement Supplement means an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent, and in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Security Interest has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(a).
Specified Event of Default means an Event of Default under clause (a), (b), (d) (solely with respect to any failure to comply with Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Subsidiary has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement and, unless otherwise provided, shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Subsidiary Loan Parties means, collectively, (a) the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified on Schedule I and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party to this Agreement after the Effective Date.
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Swap Counterparty has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Secured Parties.
Swap Obligation means 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.
Trademark License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, to which any Grantor is party granting to any Person any right to use any Trademark owned by any Grantor or granting to any Grantor any right to use any Trademark owned by any other Person, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
Trademarks means, with respect to any Person, all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, logos, domain names, global top level domain names, other source or business identifiers, designs and all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office in any State of the United States of America or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, all extensions or renewals thereof, and all common law rights related thereto, including, in the case of any Grantor, any of the foregoing set forth under its name on Schedule III and (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby.
Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the New York UCC; provided , however , that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection, the effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority of a security interest is governed by the personal property security laws of any jurisdiction other than New York, Uniform Commercial Code shall mean those personal property security laws as in effect in such other jurisdiction for the purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for the definitions related to such provisions.
ARTICLE II
Guarantee
SECTION 2.01. Guarantee. Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Secured Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Secured Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, or amended or modified, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any extension, renewal, amendment or modification of any Secured Obligation. Each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Secured Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee hereunder and notice of protest for nonpayment.
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SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Secured Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Secured Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Person. Each Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder is continuing in nature and applies to all Secured Obligations, whether currently existing or hereafter incurred.
SECTION 2.03. No Limitations. (a) Except for the termination or release of a Guarantors obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 7.12, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Secured Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of the Secured Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of, or any impairment of or failure to perfect any Lien on or security interest in, any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for any of the Secured Obligations; (iv) any default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Secured Obligations; or (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made)). Each Guarantor expressly authorizes the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Secured Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.
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(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, other than the payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made). The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Secured Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Secured Obligations have been paid in full in cash (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made). To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.
SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement. Each Guarantor agrees that this Agreement and its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Secured Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or otherwise.
SECTION 2.05. Agreement to Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Secured Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will promptly pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Secured Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article VI.
SECTION 2.06. Information. Each Guarantor (a) assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrowers and each other Loan Partys financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Secured Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and (b) agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
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SECTION 2.07. Keepwell . Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Guarantor that would otherwise not be an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder to honor all of its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Swap Obligations ( provided , however , that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 2.07 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 2.07 or otherwise under this Agreement voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 2.07 shall remain in full force and effect until the payment in full in cash of all the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 2.07 constitute, and this Section 2.07 shall be deemed to constitute, a keepwell , support, or other agreement for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section la(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
ARTICLE III
Pledge of Securities
SECTION 3.01. Pledge. As security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under:
(a) (i) the Equity Interests now or at any time hereafter owned by or on behalf of such Grantor, including those set forth opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule II, and (ii) all certificates and other instruments representing all such Equity Interests (the foregoing (i) and (ii) collectively, the Pledged Equity Interests ); provided that the Pledged Equity Interests shall not include any Excluded Securities;
(b) (i) the debt securities now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including those listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule II, and (ii) all promissory notes and other instruments evidencing all such debt securities (the foregoing (i) and (ii) collectively, the Pledged Debt Securities ); provided that the Pledged Debt Securities shall not include any Excluded Securities;
(c) all other property of such Grantor that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.01 or Section 3.02;
(d) subject to Section 3.05, all payments of principal, and all interest, dividends or other distributions, whether paid or payable in cash, instruments or other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the Pledged Equity Interests and Pledged Debt Securities;
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(e) subject to Section 3.05, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities, instruments and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; and
(f) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above being collectively referred to as the Pledged Collateral ); provided that the Pledged Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property.
SECTION 3.02. Delivery of the Pledged Securities. (a) Each Grantor agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all Pledged Equity Interests (other than (i) Equity Interests (other than those issued by the Borrower or another Subsidiary) that are publicly traded securities subject to a depositary such as DTC, or otherwise held through a securities intermediary in a securities account with respect to which such Grantor has complied with Section 4.04(c) and (ii) Permitted Investments) (x) on the date hereof (or after the date hereof in accordance with Section 5.14 of the Credit Agreement), in the case of any such Pledged Equity Interests owned by such Grantor on the date hereof, and (y) promptly after the acquisition thereof (and in any event as required under the Credit Agreement), in the case of any such Pledged Equity Interests acquired by such Grantor after the date hereof.
(b) Each interest in any limited liability company or
limited partnership controlled by any Grantor (or by such Grantor and one or more other Loan Parties) and pledged hereunder that is a
security
within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code shall be
(i) represented by a certificate, (ii) governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code and (iii) delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with
Section 3.02(a).
(c) Each Grantor (i) will cause (A) all Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor by Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (B) all Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than Permitted Investments) in a principal amount of $250,000 or more owed to such Grantor by any other Person to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note (x) on the date hereof, in the case of any such Indebtedness existing on the date hereof or (y) promptly following the incurrence thereof in the case of Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof, and (ii) agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all Pledged Debt Securities (other than promissory notes and other evidences of Indebtedness owed by Persons other than Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a principal amount of less than $250,000 and Permitted Investments), (I) on the date hereof, in the case of any such Pledged Debt Securities owned by such Grantor on the date hereof (including pursuant to clause (i)) and (II) promptly after the acquisition thereof (and, in any event as required under the Credit Agreement) in the case of any such Pledged Debt Securities acquired after the date hereof.
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(d) Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by undated stock powers duly executed by the applicable Grantor in blank or other undated instruments of transfer satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by undated proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Grantor in blank and such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule providing the information required by Schedule II with respect to such Pledged Securities; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall be deemed attached hereto and made a part hereof as a supplement to Schedule II and any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 3.03. Representations and Warranties. The Grantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) Schedule II sets forth a true and complete list, with respect to each Grantor, of (i) all the Pledged Equity Interests directly owned by such Grantor and the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity Interests directly owned by such Grantor and (ii) all the Pledged Debt Securities (other than promissory notes and other evidences of Indebtedness owed by Persons other than Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a principal amount of less than $250,000) owned by such Grantor (other than, after the date hereof, any Pledged Equity Interests or Pledged Debt Securities that are not yet required to have been delivered to the Collateral Agent under the terms of this Agreement or the Credit Agreement);
(b) the Pledged Equity Interests and Pledged Debt Securities have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity Interests, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt Securities, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; provided that the foregoing representations, insofar as they relate to the Pledged Debt Securities issued by a Person other than Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, are made to the knowledge of the Grantors;
(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Equity Interests and Pledged Debt Securities indicated on Schedule II as directly owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens created by the Security Documents or otherwise permitted under
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the Loan Documents (collectively, the Permitted Liens ), (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than Liens created by the Security Documents and other Permitted Liens and transfers made, or transactions permitted, in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and (iv) subject to the rights of such Grantor to dispose of assets or property pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, will take any and all commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend its title or interest in all Pledged Collateral against any and all Liens (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents or other Permitted Liens), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever (other than the holders of Permitted Liens);
(d) except as disclosed on Schedule II and except for restrictions and limitations (i) imposed by, or permitted to exist pursuant to the terms of, the Loan Documents, (ii) under the Venue Agreements or (iii) under securities laws generally, the Pledged Collateral (other than Equity Interests in any Joint Ventures) is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable and none of the Pledged Collateral (other than Equity Interests in any Joint Ventures) is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provision or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was, is or will be necessary to the validity of the pledge effected by Section 3.01 (other than those (i) that have been obtained and are in full force and effect, (ii) required by any Venue Agreement in respect of Existing Venues (other than those required and obtained prior to the date hereof), (iii) required by any Venue Agreement in respect of Permitted New Venues to the extent permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, consents required in respect of Permitted Key Man Conditions and Other Permitted Transfer Conditions, (iv) required by securities laws generally, (v) listed on Schedules 4.03(a) and 5.14 of the Credit Agreement or (vi) otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents);
(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement (to the extent required hereunder), the Collateral Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations and such lien is and shall be prior to any other Lien on such Pledged Securities, other than Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement that have priority as a matter of law or are non-consensual; and
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(h) the pledge effected by Section 3.01 is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein and all action by any Grantor necessary to perfect the lien on the Pledged Collateral has been duly taken (or will be taken after the date hereof in accordance with Section 5.10 or 5.14 of the Credit Agreement, as applicable).
SECTION 3.04. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, in the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or in the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent. Each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor. The Collateral Agent shall at all times have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any reasonable purposes consistent with this Agreement.
SECTION 3.05. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest. (a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and, other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors that their rights, in whole or in part, under this Section 3.05 are being suspended:
(i) each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner, except as may be permitted under the Loan Documents, that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the material rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same;
(ii) subject to Section 3.05(b) below, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed without further action or formality to have granted to each Grantor all necessary consents relating to voting rights and/or other consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to clause (i) above and shall promptly execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or other consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(i); and
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(iii) each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral, but only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and are otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable law; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity Interests or Pledged Debt Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral and, if received by any Grantor, and required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property (but shall be held separate and apart therefrom), shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall be promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent in the form in which they shall have been received (with any endorsements, stock or note powers and other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent); provided , however, that prior to the date on which the Administrative Agent (acting with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders) accelerates the maturity of any Loans pursuant to Section 7.02(b) of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and make Permitted Tax Payments to the extent permitted under the Credit Agreement.
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and, other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of the Grantors rights under Section 3.05(a)(iii), all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(iii), shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions; provided , however , that prior to the date on which the Administrative Agent (acting with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders) accelerates the maturity of any Loans pursuant to Section 7.02(b) of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and make Permitted Tax Payments to the extent permitted under the Credit Agreement. All dividends, interest, principal and other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.05 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the form in which they shall have been received (with any necessary endorsements, stock powers or other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.05(b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the
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Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property, shall be held as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Collateral Agent has received from the Borrower reasonably satisfactory evidence relating to any such cure, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise have been permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of Section 3.05(a)(iii) and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and, other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of the Grantors rights under Section 3.05(a)(i), all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(i), and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 3.05(a)(ii), shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Collateral Agent has received from the Borrower reasonably satisfactory evidence relating to any such cure, (i) each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or other consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.05 and (ii) the obligations of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.05 shall be reinstated.
(d) Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Grantors suspending the Grantors rights under Section 3.05(a): (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights and powers of the Grantors under Section 3.05(a)(i) or Section 3.05(a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights or powers (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agents right to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights and powers so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
ARTICLE IV
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 4.01. Security Interest. (a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, and subject to Section 4.01(d), each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the Security Interest ) in all right, title and interest in, to and under any and all of the following assets now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in, to or under which such Grantor now has or at any time hereafter may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the Article 9 Collateral ):
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(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all cash, cash equivalents and Deposit Accounts;
(iv) all Documents;
(v) all Equipment;
(vi) all General Intangibles, including all Intellectual Property;
(vii) all Instruments;
(viii) all Inventory;
(ix) all other Goods;
(x) all Investment Property;
(xi) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(xii) all Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule IV, as such schedule may be supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 4.02(e);
(xiii) all Fixtures that are personal property;
(xiv) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing; and
(xv) all books and records pertaining to the foregoing.
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent (or its designee) at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect or of a lesser scope or with greater detail and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor. Each Grantor agrees to provide the information required for any such filing to the Collateral Agent promptly upon any reasonable request.
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The Collateral Agent (or its designee) is further authorized by each Grantor to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest in United States Intellectual Property granted by such Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.
(c) The Security Interest and the security interest granted pursuant to Article III are granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent and for so long as any asset is Excluded Property, the Security Interest granted under this Section 4.01 shall not attach to, and the Collateral shall not include, such asset; provided , however that the Security Interest shall immediately attach to, and the Collateral shall immediately include, any such asset (or portion thereof) upon such asset (or such portion) ceasing to be Excluded Property.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, none of the Grantors shall be required (i) to perfect the Security Interest granted by this Agreement (including any Security Interest in Investment Property and Fixtures) by any means other than by (A) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant State(s), (B) filings in United States government offices with respect to Intellectual Property as expressly required elsewhere herein, (C) delivery to the Collateral Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral consisting of Instruments or Pledged Collateral as expressly required elsewhere herein (together with any necessary endorsements, stock powers or other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent) or (D) other methods provided for in Section 4.04, (ii) to take any action (other than the actions listed in clauses (i)(A), (B) and (C) above) with respect to any assets located outside of the United States, (iii) to perfect the security interests granted by this Agreement by taking any actions required under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or (iv) to perfect any security interests granted by this Agreement in any assets subject to a certificate of title statute.
SECTION 4.02. Representations and Warranties. The Grantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:
(a) Subject to Permitted Liens, each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant the Security Interest and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than (i) any consent or approval (A) that has been obtained, (B) listed on Schedules 4.03(a) and 5.14 of the Credit Agreement or
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(C) the absence of which would not (I) reasonably be expected to impair or delay in any material respect any Loan Partys ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated by such Loan Documents or (II) be material to the business, financial condition or operating results of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) as required by any Venue Agreement in respect of Existing Venues (other than those required and obtained prior to the date hereof), (iii) as required by any Venue Agreement in respect of Permitted New Venues to the extent permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, consents required in respect of Permitted Key Man Conditions and Other Permitted Transfer Conditions, (iv) as required by securities laws generally or (v) as permitted by the Loan Documents.
(b) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed by Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Grantor, is correct and complete in all material respects as of the Effective Date. The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared by the Collateral Agent based upon the information provided to the Collateral Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 2(a) or 2(b) to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Collateral Agent after the Effective Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement), are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in the Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States applications for registration are pending that do not constitute Excluded Property) and United States registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States applications for registration are pending)) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary with respect to any such Article 9 Collateral in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements and amendments. A Patent Security Agreement in the form of Exhibit II-A hereto, a Trademark Security Agreement in the form of Exhibit II-B hereto, and a Copyright Security Agreement in the form of Exhibit II-C hereto (such agreements being collectively referred to herein as the IP Security Agreements ), in each case containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States applications for registration are pending that do not constitute Excluded Property) and United States registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States applications for registration are pending), as applicable, and executed by each Grantor owning any such Article 9 Collateral, have been or on the Effective Date shall be
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delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States Trademarks and United States Copyrights to the extent a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary with respect to any such Article 9 Collateral in the United States of America (other than (i) such filings and actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States Trademarks and United States Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof unless it constitutes Excluded Property) acquired or developed by any Grantor after the date hereof and (ii) the Uniform Commercial Code financing and continuation statements and amendments contemplated by this clause (b)).
(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 4.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of the IP Security Agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable. When all appropriate filings, recordings, registrations or notifications are made as may be required under applicable law to perfect the Security Interest and upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of such Article 9 Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement), the Security Interest shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than Permitted Liens.
(d) Schedule III sets forth, as of the Effective Date, a true and complete list, with respect to each Grantor, of (i) all Patents owned by such Grantor that have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Patents owned by such Grantor for which United States applications are pending, (ii) all Copyrights owned by such Grantor that have been registered with the United States Copyright Office and Copyrights owned by such Grantor for which United States registration applications are pending, (iii) all Trademarks owned by such Grantor that have been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Trademarks owned by such Grantor for which United States registration applications are pending and (iv) all Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses and Copyright Licenses material to the
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business of such Grantor pursuant to which a Grantor (as licensor) grants a license to a third party to use material Owned Intellectual Property on an exclusive basis for purposes of such third partys branding (and corresponding operation) of restaurants, nightclubs, bars and/or other similar establishments owned by such third party, in each case where applicable truly and completely in all material respects specifying the name of the registered owner, the mark, the registration or application number, the registration date (if already registered) or filing date, the status thereof and, if applicable, the licensee, licensor and date of license agreement. In the event any Security Agreement Supplement shall set forth any Owned Intellectual Property, Schedule III shall be deemed to be supplemented to include the reference to such Owned Intellectual Property, in the same form as such reference is set forth on such Security Agreement Supplement.
(e) Schedule IV sets forth, as of the Effective Date, a true and complete list, with respect to each Grantor, of each Commercial Tort Claim in respect of which a complaint or a counterclaim has been filed by such Grantor, seeking damages in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $5,000,000, including a summary description of such claim. In the event any Security Agreement Supplement shall set forth any Commercial Tort Claim, Schedule IV shall be deemed to be supplemented to include the reference to such Commercial Tort Claim (and the description thereof), in the same form as such reference and description are set forth on such Security Agreement Supplement.
(f) No Grantor has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable United States laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, (iii) any notice under the Assignment of Claims Act, or (iv) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for any of the foregoing related solely to Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4.03. Covenants. (a) Each Grantor agrees (i) to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement with the same force and effect, and to the same extent, as if each reference therein to the Borrower were a reference to such Grantor, (ii) promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in Section 5.10(a) of the Credit Agreement and (iii) to be bound by the provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09 and 9.17 of the Credit Agreement with the same force and effect, and to the same extent, as if such Grantor were a party to the Credit Agreement. Upon any Financial Officer of any Grantor obtaining knowledge thereof, such Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Grantor is damaged, destroyed, or subject to condemnation in any material respect.
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(b) [Reserved].
(c) Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to all material Article 9 Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent in all material Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(d) Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments, financing statements, agreements and documents and take all such other actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings and other documents) that may be required under any applicable law upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and Taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing and recording of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor will provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon a reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created pursuant to this Agreement.
(e) Subject to Section 5.06 of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor agrees to maintain, at its own cost and expense, proper books of record with respect to the Article 9 Collateral owned by it as is consistent with its current practices or in accordance with such prudent and standard practices customarily used in similar circumstances by companies with similar reputation in industries that are the same as or similar to those in which such Grantor is engaged and in the same or similar locations, but in any event to include proper books of account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions with respect to any part of the Article 9 Collateral.
(f) At its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due Taxes, assessments, charges, fees and Liens at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral that are not permitted by the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents within a reasonable period of time after the Collateral Agent has requested that it do so, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days after demand for any payment made in respect of such amounts that are due and payable or any reasonable expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization in accordance with Section 7.03 (and any such payment made or
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expense incurred shall be an additional Secured Obligation secured hereby); provided , however , that (i) the Grantors shall not be obligated to reimburse the Collateral Agent with respect to any Owned Intellectual Property which any Grantor has failed to maintain or pursue, or otherwise allowed to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, in accordance with the Loan Documents and (ii) nothing in this Section 4.03(f) shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to Taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.
(g) Each Grantor shall remain liable (as between itself and any relevant counterparty) to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
(h) [Reserved].
(i) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default, none of the Grantors will, without the Collateral Agents prior written consent, grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts or any Payment Intangibles included in the Article 9 Collateral with an individual value in excess of $250,000, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, compromises, settlements, releases, credits or discounts granted or made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with its current practices or in accordance with such prudent and standard practice used in industries that are the same as or similar to those in which such Grantor is engaged.
(j) Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and its designees) as such Grantors true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement, or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto and within a reasonable period of time after the Collateral Agent has requested that it do so, the Collateral Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Grantors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent deems reasonably advisable. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in
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connection with this paragraph, including reasonable and documented attorneys fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable within ten (10) Business Days after demand by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 4.04. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantors own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a) [Reserved] .
(b) [Reserved] .
(c) Investment Property . Without limiting each Grantors obligations under Article III, if any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agents request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the registered owner of the securities. If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary (other than in an Excluded Account), such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, at the Collateral Agents request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (i) cause such securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, as the case may be, to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Collateral Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements or to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Collateral Agent to such commodity intermediary, as the case may be, in each case without further consent of any Grantor, such nominee, or any other Person, or (ii) in the case of Financial Assets or other Investment Property held through a securities intermediary, arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the entitlement holder with respect to such Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Collateral Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property. The Collateral Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Collateral Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal rights, would occur. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any Financial Assets or other Investment Property credited to a securities account for which the Collateral Agent is the securities intermediary, unless otherwise requested by the Collateral Agent.
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(d) [Reserved] .
(e) Letter-of-Credit Rights . If any Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit now or hereafter issued in favor of such Grantor with a face amount greater than $250,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and shall, at the request and option of the Collateral Agent, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with the Collateral Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit are to be paid to the applicable Grantor unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral. (a) Each Grantor agrees that it will not take any action or omit to take any action (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from taking any action or omitting to take any action) whereby any Patent owned by such Grantor and material to the conduct of the business of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties may become invalidated or dedicated to the public (except (i) as a result of expiration of such Patent at the end of its statutory term, (ii) to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement or (iii) as would not, as deemed by a Grantor in its reasonable business judgment and substantially consistent with past practice, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business of the Grantors).
(b) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, or except as would not, as deemed by a Grantor in its reasonable business judgment and substantially consistent with past practice, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business of the Grantors, each Grantor will, for each Trademark owned by any Loan Party which is material to the conduct of the business of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties, (i) maintain the level of the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark at a level at least substantially consistent with the quality of such products and services as of the date hereof and take reasonable steps necessary to insure that licensees of such Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality with respect to the same products and services, (ii) display such Trademark, if registered, with notice of Federal or foreign registration to the extent necessary to establish and preserve its rights under applicable law, (iii) not knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of such Trademark in violation of any trademark, patent, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property right owned or controlled by a third party and (iv) not adopt or use any other mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall obtain a perfected security interest in such other mark pursuant to this Agreement and any applicable filings.
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(c) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, or except as would not, as deemed by a Grantor in its reasonable business judgment and substantially consistent with past practice, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business of the Grantors, each Grantor will, for each work covered by a Copyright owned by any Loan Party which is material to the conduct of the business of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (if any), use commercially reasonable efforts to use appropriate copyright notice as necessary to establish and preserve its rights under applicable copyright laws as part of its commercial publishing, reproduction, display and distribution thereof.
(d) Each Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright listed on Schedule III that is material to the conduct of the business of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties may become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development (including as part of the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any court or similar office of any country) regarding such Grantors ownership of any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same.
(e) Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, or with respect to registrations and applications that would not, as deemed by a Grantor in its reasonable business judgment and substantially consistent with past practice, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business of the Grantors, each Grantor will take reasonable steps that are consistent with its current practice (i) in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States of America or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each material application relating to the Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights owned by such Grantor and material to the conduct of its business (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and (ii) to maintain each issued Patent owned by such Grantor and each registration of the Trademarks and Copyrights owned by such Grantor, in each case, that is material to the conduct of any Grantors business.
(f) In the event that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Owned Intellectual Property material to the conduct of any Grantors business has been or is about to be infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party in a material respect, such Grantor shall, if consistent with good business judgment and upon becoming aware of the same, promptly take reasonable actions to stop such infringement, misappropriation or dilution as are appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Article 9 Collateral, including, but not limited to, the initiation of a suit for injunctive relief and to recover damages, as appropriate.
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(g) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall, upon request of the Collateral Agent, use its best efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License under which such Grantor is a licensee to effect the assignment of all such Grantors right, title and interest thereunder to the Collateral Agent or its designee.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.01. Remedies Upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Collateral Agent on demand at a place and time to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties, and it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Owned Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Grantors to the Collateral Agent, or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be obtained), and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral ( provided , that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to such occupancy) and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party with respect to the Obligations under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law ( provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to such exercise to the extent required by the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral securing the Obligations at a public or private sale or at any brokers board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized to take the actions set forth in Sections 5.03, 5.04 and 5.05. Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal that such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
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The Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Grantors ten (10) Business Days prior written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agents intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a brokers board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or a portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or a portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. In the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Collateral Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at such sale or other disposition. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
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SECTION 5.02. Application of Proceeds. The Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection, sale, foreclosure or other realization upon any Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, in the order set forth in Section 7.03 of the Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, monies or balances in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof. The Grantors shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Secured Obligations, including any reasonable and documented attorneys fees and other expenses incurred by Collateral Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the proceeds of any collection, sale, foreclosure or realization upon any Collateral of any Grantor, including any collateral consisting of cash, shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Grantor and shall instead be applied to other secured obligations.
SECTION 5.03. Grant of License To Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor hereby grants, so long as any Secured Obligations shall not have been paid in full in cash, to the Collateral Agent, to the extent such Grantor has the right to do so and on an as is and as available basis (without representation, warranty or guarantee of any kind), a limited, nonexclusive license (until the termination or cure of such Event of Default and exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sublicense (on a non-exclusive basis) any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Owned Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the right to prosecute and maintain all such Owned Intellectual Property and the right to sue for infringement of such Owned Intellectual Property, in each instance, subject to any pre-existing licenses or other agreements granting rights to third parties with respect to any such Owned Intellectual Property, provided that, solely as it pertains to any such licenses or agreements entered into after the Effective Date, the same were permitted under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided , however , that all of the foregoing rights of the Collateral Agent to use, license or sublicense such Owned Intellectual Property, shall expire immediately upon the termination (including by cure) of all Events of Default and shall be exercised by the Collateral Agent solely during the continuance of an Event of Default and nothing in this Section 5.03 or any other provision contained herein shall require the Grantors to grant any license that is (x) prohibited by any rule of law or (y) prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of, any license or agreement entered into with another Person (other than any other Restricted Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Restricted Party) concerning such
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Owned Intellectual Property, provided that, solely as it pertains to any such licenses or agreements entered into after the Effective Date, the same were permitted under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided , further , that such licenses granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks. Each Grantor further agrees, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default so long as any Secured Obligations shall not have been paid in full in cash, to reasonably cooperate with the Collateral Agent in any attempt to prosecute or maintain the Owned Intellectual Property or sue for infringement of the Owned Intellectual Property. The use of such license by the Collateral Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, only upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default so long as any Secured Obligations shall not have been paid in full in cash; provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Collateral Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.
SECTION 5.04. Securities Act. In view of the position of the Grantors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933 as now or hereafter in effect or any similar statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (the Securities Act of 1933 and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the Federal Securities Laws ) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Grantor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the Collateral Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Collateral, and shall be authorized to, limit the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral for their own account for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale may assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Pledged Collateral so sold. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, blue sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a limited number of potential purchasers (including a single potential purchaser) to effect such sale. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that
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the Collateral Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a limited number of potential purchasers (or a single purchaser) were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Collateral Agent sells.
ARTICLE VI
Indemnity, Subrogation, Contribution and Subordination
SECTION 6.01. Indemnity and Subrogation. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6.03), each of Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower agrees that (a) in the event a payment in respect of any Secured Obligation shall be made by any Guarantor (other than Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower) under this Agreement, Intermediate Holdings and the 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 (b) in the event any assets of any Grantor (other than Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower) shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part any Secured Obligation, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrower shall indemnify such Grantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
SECTION 6.02. Contribution and Subrogation. Each Guarantor and Grantor other than Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower (each such Guarantor or Grantor being called a Contributing Party ) agrees (subject to Section 6.03) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor other than Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower hereunder in respect of any Secured Obligation or assets of any other Grantor other than Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Secured Obligation and such other Guarantor or Grantor (the Claiming Party ) shall not have been fully indemnified by Intermediate Holdings or the Borrower as provided in Section 6.01, such Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets (the Indemnified Amount ), as the case may be, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of such Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Contributing Parties on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Contributing Party becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.13, the date of the supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Contributing Party). Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall (subject to Section 6.03) be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party under Section 6.01 to the extent of such payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Claiming Partys right to indemnification hereunder arises from a payment or sale of Collateral made to satisfy Secured Obligations
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constituting Swap Obligations, only those Contributing Parties for whom such Swap Obligations do not constitute Excluded Swap Obligations shall indemnify such Claiming Party, with the fraction set forth in the second preceding sentence being modified as appropriate to provide for indemnification of the entire Indemnified Amount.
SECTION 6.03. Subordination. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors and Grantors under Sections 6.01 and 6.02 and all other rights of the Guarantors and Grantors of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made). No failure on the part of the Borrower or any other Guarantor or Grantor to make the payments required by Sections 6.01 and 6.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor or Grantor with respect to its obligations hereunder to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor and Grantor shall remain liable for the full amount of such obligations of such Guarantor or Grantor hereunder.
(b) Each Guarantor and Grantor hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary obligations owed by it to, or to it by, any other Guarantor, Grantor or any other Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made).
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 7.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given in the manner provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Loan Party (other than the Borrower) shall be given to it in care of the Borrower in the manner provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent 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 Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
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instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Collateral Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement; provided that the Collateral Agent may, without the consent of any Secured Party, consent to a departure by any Loan Party from any covenant of such Loan Party set forth herein or in any other Security Document to the extent such departure is not inconsistent with any limitation on the authority of the Collateral Agent set forth in the Credit Agreement.
(c) This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Loan Party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Loan Party without the approval of any other Loan Party and without affecting the obligations of any other Loan Party hereunder.
SECTION 7.03. Collateral Agent s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The Guarantors and the Grantors jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its fees and expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.03(a) of the Credit Agreement as if each reference therein to the Borrower were a reference to the Guarantors and Grantors.
(b) The Guarantors and Grantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee as provided in Section 9.03(b) of the Credit Agreement as if each reference to the Borrower therein were a reference to the Guarantors and Grantors.
(c) Any amounts payable hereunder, including as provided in Section 7.03(a) or 7.03(b), shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. All amounts due under Section 7.03(a) or 7.03(b) shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Grantor shall assert, or permit any of its subsidiaries to assert, and each Grantor hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (i) for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or (ii) on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
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(e) BY ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE GUARANTEES AND SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED HEREBY, EACH SECURED PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND AGREES TO BE BOUND BY SUCH PROVISIONS AS FULLY AS IF THEY WERE SET FORTH HEREIN.
SECTION 7.04. 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 Collateral Agent and the Lenders and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any other Person and notwithstanding that the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any other Person may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any Loan Document is executed and delivered or any credit is extended under the Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under the Credit Agreement is outstanding and unpaid (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made) and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Section 7.03 shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 7.05. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns. 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 shall become effective as to any Loan Party when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Loan Party shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Loan Party and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Loan Party, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Loan Party shall be null and void), except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
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SECTION 7.06. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement 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 hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.07. Right of Set-Off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Affiliate of such Lender, is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) or other amounts at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, or by such an Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any of and all the obligations then due of such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of such Loan Parties are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such Indebtedness. The rights of each Lender and each Affiliate of such Lender under this Section 7.07 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or Affiliate may have.
SECTION 7.08. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(b) Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought by it or any of its Affiliates shall be brought, and shall be heard and determined, exclusively in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Collateral Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or any of its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(c) Each of the Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that 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 7.08. Each of the Loan Parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 7.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.09.
SECTION 7.10. 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 7.11. Security Interest Absolute. To the extent permitted by applicable law, all rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment to or waiver of, or any consent to any departure from, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral securing, or any release or amendment to or waiver of, or any consent to any departure from, any guarantee of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement.
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SECTION 7.12. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement, the Guarantees made herein, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall, subject to Section 2.04, automatically terminate and be automatically released when all the Obligations (other than contingent obligations for indemnification, expense reimbursement, tax gross up or yield protection as to which no claim has been made) have been paid in full in cash and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement.
(b) The Guarantees made herein, the Security Interest and the other security interests granted hereby shall also terminate and be released (in whole or in part) at the time or times and in the manner set forth in Section 8.07(c) or (d) of the Credit Agreement. In the event of any such termination or release, Schedules II, III and IV to this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified to remove the Collateral with respect to which the Security Interest and the other security interests granted hereby have been so released.
(c) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 7.12, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Partys expense, all documents, and take all such further actions, that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 7.12 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, each Swap Counterparty, by the acceptance of the benefits under this Agreement, hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the obligations of Intermediate Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Swap Agreement shall be secured pursuant to this Agreement only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and (ii) any release of Collateral effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of any Swap Counterparty.
SECTION 7.13. Additional Subsidiaries. Pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower are required to enter in this Agreement after the Effective Date. Upon the execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and any such Subsidiary of a Security Agreement Supplement, such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Loan Party, a Guarantor and a Grantor hereunder, with the same force and effect as if originally named as such herein. The execution and delivery of any Security Agreement Supplement shall not require the consent of any other Loan Party. The rights and obligations of each Loan Party hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Subsidiary Loan Party as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 7.14. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary to accomplish
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the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and, to the extent required by applicable law, notice by the Collateral Agent to the Grantors of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agents name or in the name of any Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the monies due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. Anything in this Section 7.14 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.14 unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their Related Parties shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment).
SECTION 7.15. Certain Acknowledgments and Agreements. Each Subsidiary Loan Party hereby acknowledges the provisions of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement and agrees to be bound by such provisions with the same force and effect, and to the same extent, as if such Subsidiary Loan Party were a party to the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC, | ||||
by | /s/ Noah Tepperberg | |||
Name: Noah Tepperberg | ||||
Title: Co-President | ||||
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE
HOLDINGS LLC, |
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by | /s/ Noah Tepperberg | |||
Name: Noah Tepperberg | ||||
Title: Co-President |
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11TH STREET HOSPITALITY LLC 289 HOSPITALITY, LLC 55TH STREET HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, LLC ALA HOSPITALITY LLC ASIA CHICAGO MANAGEMENT LLC ASIA FIVE EIGHT LLC ASIA LAS VEGAS LLC ASIA LOS ANGELES LLC ASIA ONE SIX LLC AVENUE HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC B&E LOS ANGELES LLC BAYSIDE HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC BD STANHOPE, LLC BOWERY HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATES LLC BUDDHA BEACH LLC BUDDHA ENTERTAINMENT LLC CHELSEA HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATES LLC CHELSEA HOSPITALITY PARTNERS, LLC DEARBORN VENTURES LLC GUAPO BODEGA LAS VEGAS LLC GUAPO BODEGA LLC LOWER EAST SIDE HOSPITALITY LLC MADISON ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATES LLC MARQUEE BRAND HOLDINGS, LLC MIAMI HOSPITALITY IP GROUP, LLC MIAMI HOSPITALITY OPERATING GROUP, LLC NINTH AVENUE HOSPITALITY LLC RMC LICENSING LLC, |
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by | /s/ Noah Tepperberg | |
Name: Noah Tepperberg | ||
Title: Co-President |
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RMNJ LICENSING LLC ROOF DECK AUSTRALIA, LLC ROOF DECK ENTERTAINMENT LLC RPC LICENSING LLC SEVENTH AVENUE HOSPITALITY LLC STAY IN YOUR LANE HOLDINGS, LLC STRATEGIC DREAM LOUNGE, LLC STRATEGIC DREAM MIDTOWN BL, LLC STRATEGIC DREAM MIDTOWN LL, LLC STRATEGIC DREAM MIDTOWN RT, LLC STRATEGIC DREAM RESTAURANT, LLC STRATEGIC DREAM ROOFTOP, LLC STRIP VIEW ENTERTAINMENT LLC SUITE SIXTEEN, LLC TAO GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC TAO LICENSING LLC TAO PARK HOSPITALITY, LLC TG 29 HOSPITALITY, LLC TG HOSPITALITY LICENSING, LLC TG HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC TSPW MANAGERS LA, LLC VIP EVENT MANAGEMENT LLC WPTS, LLC WPTS RESTAURANT, LLC, |
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by | /s/ Noah Tepperberg | |
Name: Noah Tepperberg | ||
Title: Co-President |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Collateral Agent, |
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by | /s/ Anthony Galea | |
Name: Anthony Galea | ||
Title: Executive Director |
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