UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March 2021
Commission File Number: 001-35931
Constellium SE
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Washington Plaza
40-44, rue Washington
75008 Paris, France
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Yes ☐ No ☒
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
In connection with the filing of its Annual Report on Form 20-F, Constellium SE is hereby filing certain of its agreements as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 attached hereto, to be incorporated by reference therein.
Exhibit Index
The information contained in the exhibits attached to this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into any offering circular or registration statement (or into any prospectus that forms a part thereof) filed by Constellium SE with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CONSTELLIUM SE (Registrant) |
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March 16, 2021 | By: |
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Name: | Peter R. Matt | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Amendment No. 2), dated as of April 24, 2020, by and among Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Wise Alloys LLC) (Muscle Shoals), Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Ravenswood), Constellium Bowling Green LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Constellium-UACJ ABS LLC) (Bowling Green and together with Muscle Shoals and Ravenswood, the Borrowers and each, a Borrower), Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Wise Metals Group LLC) (Muscle Shoals Holdings), Constellium US Holdings I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Ravenswood Holdings), Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CPEC), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Wells Fargo), as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent), and the Lenders signatory hereto, amends that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2019 (the Existing Credit Agreement, and as amended hereby, the Credit Agreement), by and among the Borrowers, Muscle Shoals Holdings, Ravenswood Holdings, CPEC, Constellium International S.A.S. (the Parent Guarantor), acting as successor by merger to Constellium Holdco II B.V., the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to make certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent have so agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree to enter into this Amendment No. 2.
1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 of this
Amendment No. 2, the Existing Credit Agreement (including certain Schedules thereto) is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following
example: double-underlined text) as set forth in Exhibit
A hereto.
2. Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; Conditions Precedent to Amendments. The amendments set forth in Section 1 shall become effective as of the date (the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) on which all of the conditions precedent set forth on Schedule 1 hereto have been satisfied.
3. Post-Closing Obligations. The Borrowers shall and shall cause each of their applicable Subsidiaries to, satisfy the requirements set forth on Schedule 2 on or before the date thereon specified for such requirement, as such date may be extended in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent.
4. Miscellaneous.
(a) Headings. The various headings of this Amendment No. 2 are inserted for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment No. 2 and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment No. 2 or any provisions hereof.
(b) Counterparts. This Amendment No. 2, any documents executed in connection herewith and any notices delivered under this Amendment No. 2 or the Credit Agreement, may be executed by the parties hereto by means of (i) an electronic signature that complies with the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, or any other relevant and applicable electronic signatures law; (ii) an original manual signature; or (iii) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. Administrative Agent reserves the right, in its reasonable discretion, to accept, deny, or condition acceptance of any electronic signature on this Amendment No. 2 or on any notice delivered to Administrative Agent under this Amendment No.2. This Amendment No.2 and any notices delivered hereunder and under the other Loan Documents may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which when taken together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment No. 2 and any notices as set forth herein will be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of Amendment No. 2 or notice.
(c) Interpretation. No provision of this Amendment No. 2 shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any court or other governmental or judicial authority by reason of such partys having or being deemed to have structured, drafted or dictated such provision.
(d) Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party party hereto hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof and as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date:
(i) this Amendment No. 2 and the Credit Agreement constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms, subject to (1) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, (2) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (3) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing;
(ii) its execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment No. 2 and its performance of the Credit Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action, and do not and will not: (1) violate (a) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or bylaws of such Loan Party, (b) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (c) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which such Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (2) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 4(d)(ii), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect, or (3) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by any such Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens;
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(iii) as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects; and
(iv) after giving effect to this Amendment No. 2, (1) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) each representation and warranty of such Loan Party contained in the Credit Agreement and in each other Loan Document to which it is a party is true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein), except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date (in which event such representation or warranty is true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of such earlier date).
(e) Ratification. Each Loan Party hereby (i) ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, (ii) ratifies and reaffirms the grant of liens or security interests over its property pursuant to the Loan Documents and confirms that such liens and security interests continue to secure the ABL Finance Obligations, (iii) agrees that such ratification and reaffirmation is not a condition to the continued effectiveness of the Loan Documents and (iv) agrees that neither such ratification and reaffirmation, nor the Administrative Agents nor any Lenders solicitation of such ratification and reaffirmation, constitutes a course of dealing giving rise to any obligation or condition requiring a similar or any other ratification or reaffirmation from each party to the Credit Agreement with respect to any amendment, consent or waiver with respect to the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents.
(f) Governing Law. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION) SHALL GOVERN ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR RELATING TO, THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2.
(g) Effect. Upon the occurrence of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, each reference in the Existing Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the Existing Credit Agreement, thereunder, thereof, or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement. Except as expressly provided in this Amendment No. 2, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain the same. This Amendment No. 2 shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement.
(h) No Other Waiver. Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment No. 2, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment No. 2 shall not (a) limit, impair, constitute a waiver by, or otherwise affect any right, power or remedy of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) constitute a waiver of any provision in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or of any Default or Event of Default that may have occurred and be continuing or (c) alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.
(i) Administrative Agents Expenses. The Borrowers hereby agree to promptly reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses and customary administrative charges incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment No. 2.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment No. 2 as of the day and year first above written.
CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Terrence Woods |
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Name: Terrence Woods | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Terrence Woods |
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Name: Terrence Woods | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Ryan Wentling |
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Name: Ryan Wentling | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Derek Scantlin |
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Name: Derek Scantlin | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Mathieu Hiriart |
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Name: Mathieu Hiriart | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Rina E. Teran |
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Name: Rina E. Teran | ||
Title: Vice President and Secretary |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL | ||
ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Marc J. Breier |
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Name: Marc J. Breier | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven M. Siravo |
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Name: Steven M. Siravo | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/Michael Strobel |
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Name: Michael Strobel | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
By: |
/s/ Philip Tancorra |
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Name: Philip Tancorra | ||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Jacob Elder |
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Name: Jacob Elder | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ James Shender |
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Name: James Shender | ||
Title: Executive Director |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A., | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Quinn Heiden |
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Name: Quinn Heiden | ||
Title: Managing Director |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Craig Malloy |
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Name: Craig Malloy | ||
Title: Director |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
HSBC BANK USA, N.A., | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Frederic Fournier |
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Name: Frederic Fournier | ||
Title: Senior Vice President |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
CITIBANK, N.A., | ||
as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ Sumeet Singal |
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Name: Sumeet Singal | ||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS | ||
BRANCH, as Lender | ||
By: |
/s/ William ODaly |
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Name: William ODaly | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
By: |
/s/ D. Andrew Maletta |
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Name: D. Andrew Maletta | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
Signature Page to Amendment No. 2
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
EXHIBIT A
Attached.
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of February 20, 2019
andas amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of May 10, 20192019,
and
Amendment No. 2 dated April 24, 2020
among
CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S.,
as the Parent Guarantor,
CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC,
as a Borrower,
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC,
as a Borrower,
CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC,
as a Borrower,
CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC,
as a Loan Party,
CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC,
as a Loan Party,
CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC,
as a Loan Party,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Revolving Facility Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Revolving Facility Co-Syndication Agents
And
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., and
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
as Term Facility Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.02 |
Terms Generally |
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Section 1.03 |
Effectuation of Transactions |
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Section 1.04 |
Letter of Credit Amounts |
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Section 1.05 |
Amendment and Restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement |
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ARTICLE II THE CREDITS |
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Section 2.01 |
Revolving Facility Commitments |
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Section 2.02 |
Revolving Facility Loans and Revolving Facility Loan Borrowings |
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Section 2.03 |
Requests for Revolving Facility Borrowings |
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Section 2.04 |
Swing Line Loans |
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Section 2.05 |
Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.06 |
Funding of Borrowings |
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Section 2.07 |
Interest Elections |
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Section 2.08 |
Termination and Reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments |
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Section 2.09 |
Agreement to Repay Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.10 |
Repayment of Loans |
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Section 2.11 |
Prepayment of Revolving Facility Loans and Term Loans |
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Section 2.12 |
Fees |
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Section 2.13 |
Interest |
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Section 2.14 |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs |
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Section 2.15 |
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Section 2.16 |
Cash Collateral |
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Section 2.17 |
Defaulting Lenders |
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Section 2.18 |
Agent Advances |
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Section 2.19 |
Settlement |
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Section 2.20 |
Maintenance of Loan Account; Statement of Obligations |
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ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
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Section 3.01 |
Taxes |
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Section 3.02 |
Illegality |
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Section 3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates |
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Section 3.04 |
Increased Costs |
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Section 3.05 |
Compensation for Losses |
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Section 3.06 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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Section 3.07 |
Survival |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 4.01 |
Organization; Powers |
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Section 4.02 |
Authorization |
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Section 4.03 |
Enforceability |
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Section 4.04 |
Governmental Approvals |
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Section 4.05 |
Financial Statements |
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Section 4.06 |
No Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 4.07 |
Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases |
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Section 4.08 |
Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.09 |
Litigation; Compliance with Laws |
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Section 4.10 |
Federal Reserve Regulations |
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Section 4.11 |
Investment Company Act |
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Section 4.12 |
Use of Proceeds |
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Section 4.13 |
Taxes |
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Section 4.14 |
No Material Misstatements |
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Section 4.15 |
Employee Benefit Plans |
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Section 4.16 |
Environmental Matters |
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Section 4.17 |
Security Documents |
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Section 4.18 |
Location of Real Property and Leased Premises |
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Section 4.19 |
Solvency |
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Section 4.20 |
Labor Matters |
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Section 4.21 |
Insurance |
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Section 4.22 |
No Default |
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Section 4.23 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. |
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Section 4.24 |
Senior Debt |
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Section 4.25 |
Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanction Laws |
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Section 4.26 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
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Section 4.27 |
Borrowing Base Matters |
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Section 4.28 |
EEA Financial Institution |
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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS OF LENDING |
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Section 5.01 |
All Credit Events |
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Section 5.02 |
First Credit Event |
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ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 6.01 |
Existence; Businesses and Properties |
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Section 6.02 |
Insurance |
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Section 6.03 |
Taxes |
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Section 6.04 |
Financial Statements, Reports, etc. |
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Section 6.05 |
Litigation and Other Notices |
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Section 6.06 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 6.07 |
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections |
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Section 6.08 |
Use of Proceeds |
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Section 6.09 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws |
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Section 6.10 |
Further Assurances; Additional Security |
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Section 6.11 |
Appraisals and Field Examinations |
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Section 6.12 |
Collection of Accounts; Payments |
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Section 6.13 |
Collateral Reporting |
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Section 6.14 |
Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanction Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws |
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ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 7.01 |
Indebtedness |
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Section 7.02 |
Liens |
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Section 7.03 |
Sale and Lease Back Transactions |
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Section 7.04 |
Investments, Loans and Advances |
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Section 7.05 |
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions |
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Section 7.06 |
Dividends and Distributions |
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Section 7.07 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 7.08 |
Business of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries |
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Section 7.09 |
Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc. |
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Section 7.10 |
Margin Stock; Use of Proceeds |
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Section 7.11 |
Holdcos Covenants |
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Section 7.12 |
Financial Covenants |
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 8.01 |
Events of Default |
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Section 8.02 |
Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries |
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Section 8.03 |
Application of Funds |
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ARTICLE IX THE AGENCY PROVISIONS |
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Section 9.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
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Section 9.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
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Section 9.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
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Section 9.04 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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Section 9.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
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Section 9.06 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent |
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Section 9.07 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
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Section 9.08 |
No Other Duties, Etc. |
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Section 9.09 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 9.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
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Section 9.11 |
Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements |
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Section 9.12 |
Certain ERISA Matters |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.01 |
Amendments, Etc. |
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Section 10.02 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication |
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Section 10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement |
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Section 10.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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Section 10.05 |
Payments Set Aside |
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Section 10.06 |
Successors and Assigns |
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Section 10.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
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Section 10.08 |
Platform; Borrower Materials |
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Section 10.09 |
Right of Setoff |
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Section 10.10 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
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Section 10.11 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 10.12 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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Section 10.13 |
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Section 10.14 |
Replacement of Lenders |
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Section 10.15 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction Etc. |
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Section 10.16 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 10.17 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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Section 10.18 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents |
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Section 10.19 |
USA Patriot Act Notice |
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Section 10.20 |
Intercreditor Agreements |
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Section 10.21 |
Field Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer by Lenders |
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Section 10.22 |
Release of Liens and Guarantees |
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Section 10.23 |
Headings |
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Section 10.24 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of |
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Section 10.25 |
Power of Attorney |
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Section 10.26 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs |
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Table of Contents (cont.)
Exhibits: |
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Exhibit A |
Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
Exhibit B-1 |
Form of Solvency Certificate | |
Exhibit B-2 |
Form of Borrowing Base Certificate | |
Exhibit C-1 |
Form of Revolving Facility Borrowing Request | |
Exhibit C-2 |
Form of Swing Line Loan Notice | |
Exhibit C-3 |
Form of Letter of Credit Request | |
Exhibit C-4 |
Form of Term Loan Request | |
Exhibit D-1 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit D-2 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit D-3 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit D-4 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate | |
Schedules: |
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Schedule 1.01(a) |
Certain U.S. Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 1.01(b) |
Mortgaged Properties | |
Schedule 1.01(c) |
Immaterial Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 1.01(d) |
Qualified Receivables | |
Schedule 1.01(e) |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 1.01(f) |
Acceptable Appraisers | |
Schedule 1.01(g) |
Bowling Green Property Description | |
Schedule 1.01(h) |
Account Debtor Restrictions | |
Schedule 2.01 |
Revolving Facility Commitments | |
Schedule 2.15 |
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Schedule 4.01 |
Organization and Good Standing | |
Schedule 4.04 |
Governmental Approvals | |
Schedule 4.07(b) |
Leased Properties | |
Schedule 4.08(a) |
Subsidiaries | |
Schedule 4.08(b) |
Subscriptions | |
Schedule 4.13 |
Taxes | |
Schedule 4.16 |
Environmental Matters | |
Schedule 4.21 |
Insurance | |
Schedule 4.23 |
Intellectual Property | |
Schedule 5.02(b) |
Local Counsel | |
Schedule 6.10 |
Post-Closing Deliveries | |
Schedule 6.13 |
Collateral Reporting Information | |
Schedule 7.01 |
Indebtedness | |
Schedule 7.02(a) |
Liens | |
Schedule 7.04 |
Investments | |
Schedule 10.02 |
Notice Information |
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This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 20, 2019 (this Agreement), is entered into by and among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Wise Alloys LLC) (Muscle Shoals), CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Ravenswood together with Muscle Shoals, the Existing Borrowers), CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Constellium-UACJ ABS LLC) (Bowling Green), CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (f/k/a Wise Metals Group LLC) (Muscle Shoals Holdings), CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Ravenswood Holdings), CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CPEC), CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40- 44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418 (Parent Guarantor), acting as successor by merger to CONSTELLIUM HOLDCO II B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under Dutch law having its corporate seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders.
WHEREAS, the Existing Borrowers, Muscle Shoals Holdings, Ravenswood Holdings, Bowling Green, Parent Guarantor, the lenders party thereto and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent thereunder, are currently party to that Credit Agreement, dated as of June 21,
20172017, as
amended by Amendment No. 1, dated May 10, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have entered into this Agreement in order to, among other things,
(i) amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety; (ii) add Bowling Green as a Borrower under this Agreement; (iii) increase the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitment from $300,000,000 to
$350,000,000; and (iv) set forth the terms and conditions under which the Lenders will, from time to
time, make loans and extend other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of the Borrowers, and
(v) pursuant to Amendment No. 2, set forth the terms and conditions pursuant to which Borrowers may borrow up to $166,250,000 of Term Loans; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of the parties under the Existing Credit Agreement or be deemed to evidence or constitute full repayment of such obligations and liabilities, but that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and re-evidence the obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers outstanding thereunder, which shall be payable in accordance with the terms hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
ARTICLE IARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
AB Receivables means, collectively, Accounts for which the related Account Debtor is Anheuser-Busch and/or its Affiliates (other than Envases y Tapas Modelo, S. de R.L. de C.V.).
AB Receivables Financing means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by any of Muscle Shoals or its Subsidiaries pursuant to which Muscle Shoals or such Subsidiary (any such Subsidiary, the AB Receivables Subsidiary) may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to any other Person (other than the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents), or may grant a security interest in, any AB Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the AB Receivables Subsidiary, including all collateral securing such AB Receivables, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such AB Receivables, proceeds of such AB Receivables and other assets, in each case, which are customarily transferred in or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions or factoring transactions involving accounts receivable.
AB Receivables Subsidiary has the meaning set forth in the definition of AB Receivables Financing.
ABL Credit Obligations means, with respect to each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor, without duplication:
(a)
(i) in the case of each Borrower, all principal of,
premium, if any, and interest (including, without limitation, any interest which accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to such Borrower, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such
proceeding) on, any Loan or L/C Obligation under, or any Note issued pursuant to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(b) (ii) all fees, expenses, indemnification obligations and other amounts of whatever nature now or hereafter payable
by such Loan Party or Parent Guarantor (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to such Loan Party, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in
any such proceeding) pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(c) (iii) all expenses of the Administrative Agent as to which the Administrative Agent has a right to reimbursement by
such Loan Party or Parent Guarantor under Section 10.04(a) of this Agreement or under any other similar provision of any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any and all sums advanced by the Collateral Agent to preserve
the Collateral or preserve its security interests in the Collateral to the extent permitted under any Loan Document or applicable Law;
(d)
(iv) all amounts paid by any Indemnitee as to which such
Indemnitee has the right to reimbursement by such Loan Party or Parent Guarantor under Section 10.04(b) of this Agreement or under any other similar provision of any other Loan Document; and
(e)
(v) in the case of the Holdcos, each Borrower and each
Subsidiary Loan Party, all amounts now or hereafter payable by the Holdcos, such Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Party and all other obligations or liabilities (including all amounts charged to the Loan Account pursuant to this Agreement) now
existing or hereafter arising or incurred (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law with respect to any Borrower, the Holdcos or such Subsidiary Loan Party, whether
or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) on the part of the Holdcos, such Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Guaranty or any other Loan Document; together in each case with all renewals,
modifications, consolidations or extensions thereof; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the ABL
Credit Obligations guaranteed by Parent Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral Agreement shall not include the Term Loan A-2 Obligations.
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ABL Finance Obligations means, at any date, (i) all ABL Credit Obligations and (ii) all Swap Obligations of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary then owing under any Secured Hedge Agreement to any Hedge Bank and (iii) all obligations of any Borrower or any Material Subsidiary then owing under any Secured Cash Management Agreement to any Cash Management Bank.
ABL Priority Collateral
has the meaning given to the term in the IntercreditorAgreement.
Acceptable Appraiser means (a) any Person listed on Schedule 1.01(f) or (b) any other experienced and reputable appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Accepting Lenders has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
Account has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
Account Debtor has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
Accounts Availability Triggering Event shall occur at any time that (a) Availability is less than 12.5% of the Maximum CreditRevolving
Loan Limit for a period of five (5) consecutive Business Days or (b) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Once occurred, an Accounts Availability Triggering Event
shall be deemed to be continuing until such time as either (x) Availability exceeds 12.5% of the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan Limit for a period of at least 30 consecutive days or
(y) such Event of Default has been cured or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, as applicable.
Additional Mortgage has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.10(c).
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate means the quotient obtained (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) by dividing (A) the applicable Eurodollar Base Rate by (B) 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%).
Administrative Agent has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
Administrative Agent Fees has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).
Administrative Agents Account means the Deposit Account of the Administrative Agent identified on Schedule 10.02 to this Agreement (or such other Deposit Account of the Administrative Agent that has been designated as such, in writing, by the Administrative Agent to Borrowers and the Lenders).
Administrative Agents Office means the Administrative Agents address set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrowers and the Lenders.
Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
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Advance Agreement means
the Advance Extension Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2012, between Muscle Shoals and Rexam, as amended by the Amendment to Advance Extension Agreement dated as of December 11, 2013 and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented,
otherwise modified, extended, renewed, or replaced from time to time.
Affected Facility has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
Affected Financial Institution means (a) any EEA Financial Institution and (b) any UK Financial Institution.
Affiliate means, when used 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 Advance shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18.
Agreement means, on any date, this Agreement as originally in effect on the Effective Date and as thereafter amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time and in effect on such date.
Airbus means Airbus Group SE and its successors and assigns.
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date means May 10, 2019, after giving effect to the amendments to this Agreement contemplated by that certain Amendment No. 1 hereto among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent dated as of May 10, 2019.
Amendment No. 2 Effective Date means April 24, 2020, after giving effect to the amendments to this Agreement contemplated by that certain Amendment No. 2 hereto among the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent dated as of April 24, 2020.
Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter means that certain fee letter, dated as of April 24, 2020 among the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers.
Amendment Fee Letter means that certain fee letter dated as of May 10, 2019 among the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers.
Anheuser-Busch means Anheuser-Busch, LLC and its successors and assigns.
Anti-Money Laundering Laws means any and all laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its subsidiaries or Affiliates related to terrorism financing or money laundering, including any applicable provision of Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act) of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56) and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).
Applicable Accounting Rules means GAAP or IFRS, as applicable to the applicable Person in the applicable context; provided, that for purposes of the definitions of Indebtedness and Capital Lease Obligations, the determination whether a lease is a capital lease or an operating lease, the capitalized amount of any lease, and whether any obligations under such lease constitute a liability on the balance sheet of any person shall, in each case, be made on the basis of GAAP or IFRS (as applicable) as in effect on the Original Closing Date, without giving effect to any subsequent change in GAAP or IFRS (including, for the avoidance of doubt, IFRS 16).
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Applicable Margin means, with respect to
(a) Revolving Facility Loans, Agent
Advances, and Swing Line Loans, a percentage per annum
equal to the rate set forth below opposite the then-applicable Average Quarterly Excess AvailabilityLeverage Ratio for the calendarfiscal quarter immediately preceding the calendarfiscal quarter in which the date of determination falls:
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Pricing
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Leverage Ratio |
Applicable
Margin
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> 66.67% of the
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< 66.67% of the
Loan Limit but >
33.33% of the
Loan Limit |
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< 33.33% of the
Loan Limit |
>4.75:1.00 |
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Provided, that, the Applicable Margin, shall be established at Pricing Level III of the pricing grid above until the Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date. To the extent that Term Loans are outstanding on such date, and at all times thereafter that Term Loans remain outstanding, the Applicable Margin shall be determined based upon the Leverage Ratio portion of the pricing grid above, and shall be calculated once each fiscal quarter based on the financial statements delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.04(b) for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter based on the Leverage Ratio as of the end of such fiscal quarter and shall remain in effect until adjusted for the next fiscal quarter. Upon changes in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter shall become
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effective as to all applicable Revolving Facility Loans and Letter of Credit Fees on the first day of the next fiscal quarter following delivery of such financial statements except in the case of financial statements that are delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c) for any fiscal quarter that ends on the last day of a fiscal year, in which case such change shall become effective on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which such compliance certificate is required to be delivered. After the Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date and the repayment in full of the Term Loans, the Applicable Margin in respect of Revolving Facility Loans shall be determined based on the Average Quarterly Excess Availability portion of the foregoing pricing grid.
For the avoidance of doubt, (ai) Agent Advances and Swing Line Loans shall bear interest as Revolving
Facility Loans which are Base Rate Loans, and (bii) upon either changes in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in
the Average Quarterly Excess Availability or the Leverage Ratio, as applicable, as calculated in a compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c), for any
calendarfiscal quarter shall become effective as
to all applicable Revolving Facility Loans and Letter of Credit Fees on the first day of the next calendarfiscal quarter following delivery of such compliance certificate except
in the case of compliance certificates that are delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c) for any calendarfiscal quarter that ends on the last day of a fiscal year, in which case
such change shall become effective on the first day of the
calendarfiscal
quarter in which such compliance certificate is required to be delivered; provided, however, that if a compliance certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such
Section 6.04(c), then Pricing Level III shall apply from the first day of the next calendarfiscal quarter following the date on which such compliance certificate
was due through the date on which such compliance certificate is delivered, after which the pricing level corresponding to the Average Quarterly Excess Availability
or the Leverage Ratio, as applicable, set forth in such
compliance certificate shall apply; shall apply. Notwithstanding the calculation of the Applicable
Margin for any period as set forth above, if, as a result of any error in the calculation of the Average Quarterly Excess Availability
or Leverage Ratio, as applicable, for any quarter or for
any other reason, the Borrowers or the Lenders determine that
(provided, further, that, until the first day of the calendar quarter
following the delivery of the compliance certificate for the calendar quarter ending on March 31, 2019, Pricing Level I i1) the Average Quarterly Excess Availability or Leverage Ratio, as
applicable, as calculated for such quarter was
inaccurate and
(ii2) a proper calculation of the Average Quarterly Excess Availability or
Leverage Ratio, as applicable, for such quarter would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrowers shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders or the L/C Issuers, as the case may
beapplicable, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent
(or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C
Issuer), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under Section 2.13(c) or 2.05(h) or under Article VIII.; and
(b) Term Loans, a percentage per annum equal to (i) three (3.00%) percent, in the case of a Base Rate Loan which is a Term Loan (the Term Loan Base Rate Margin), and (ii) four (4.00%) percent in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan which is a Term Loan (the Term Loan LIBOR Rate Margin).
Application Event means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrowers to repay all of the ABL Finance Obligations in full on the Facility Maturity Date, and (b) an Event of Default and the election by Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 8.03(b) and (c) of this Agreement.
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Approved Fund means any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Asset Sale means any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary (including to a Divided LLC pursuant to a Division).
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and the Borrowers (in each case, if required by such assignment and acceptanceassumption), in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall
be approved by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lender and the Borrowers (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(iii).
Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(iv).
Availability means, at any time, (a) the lesser of the Maximum CreditRevolving
Loan Limit and the Borrowing Base in effect at such time minus (b) the aggregate Outstanding Amounts under the Revolving Facility.
Availability Period shall mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of (x) the Facility Maturity Date and (y) the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments.
Availability Triggering
Event shall occur at any time that (a) Availability is less than 12.5% of the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan Limit or (b) a Default or an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. Once occurred, an Availability Triggering Event shall be deemed to be continuing until such time as (A) in the case of an Availability Triggering Event described in clause (a), Availability exceeds 12.5% of the
Maximum
CreditRevolving Loan Limit for 30 consecutive days
or (B) in the case of an Availability Triggering Event described in clause (b), the applicable Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, as applicable.
Average Quarterly Excess Availability means, at any time, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of
(A) the average daily Availability during the immediately preceding quarter divided by (B) the average daily Maximum CreditRevolving Loan Limit for the immediately preceding quarter.
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEAAffected Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means, (a) 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, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act of 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
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Bank Product Obligations means the obligations owing to any Hedge Bank and Cash Management Bank described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the definition of ABL Finance Obligations.
Bank Product Reserves means, as of any date of determination, those Reserves that Administrative Agent deems necessary or appropriate to establish and maintain, in its Permitted Discretion in respect of Bank Product Obligations provided by Revolving Facility Lenders or their Affiliates (in their capacities as a Cash Management Bank or a Hedge Bank, as the case may be) then provided or outstanding based on the determination of the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, of the liabilities and obligations of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries in respect of such Bank Product Obligations.
Base Rate means, for any day, the greater of (a) zeroone
(0.001.00
%) per annum and (b) a rate per annum equal to the highest of (i) the Prime Rate for such day, (ii) the sum of 0.50% plus the Federal Funds Rate for such day and
(iii) the sum of the Eurodollar Base Rate for a one-month interest period (which rate shall be determined on a daily basis) plus 1.00%.
Base Rate Borrowing means
either a Borrowing comprised of Base Rate
LoansBase Rate Revolving Facility Borrowing or a Base Rate Term Loan Facility Borrowing.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
Base Rate Revolving Facility Borrowing means a Revolving Facility Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Loans.
Base Rate Term Loan Facility Borrowing means a Term Loan Facility Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Loans.
Beneficial Ownership Certification means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
Benefit Plan means any of (a) an employee benefit plan (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan.
Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Board of Directors means, as to any person, the board of directors or other governing body of such person, or if such person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity.
Borrowers means, collectively, Bowling Green, Ravenswood and Muscle Shoals. Unless the context otherwise requires, Borrower shall mean one or all of the foregoing Persons, jointly, severally, and collectively.
Borrower Materials has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.08.
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Borrowing means a group of Loans of a single Type under the Revolving Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect Revolving Facility Borrowing or a Term Loan Facility Borrowing.
Borrowing Base means, at any time, an amount equal to:
the result of
(a) (x) the sum of:
(i)
(i) 85.0% of the Net Amount of Eligible Accounts,
plus
(ii)
(ii) the lesser of:
(A)
(A) 80.0% of the lesser of the original cost or market
value of Eligible Inventory (valued at any date based on average cost method of accounting), and
(B) (B) 85.0% of the Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory, minus
(b)
(y) all Reserves which the Administrative Agent deems
necessary in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion to maintain with respect to any Loan Party, including Reserves for any amounts which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be obligated to pay in the future for the account of any Loan
Party.
The specified percentages set forth in this definition will not (except as otherwise specified herein) be reduced without the consent of each Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Any determination by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Borrowing Base shall be based on the Administrative Agents Permitted Discretion. The parties understand that the exclusionary criteria in the definitions of Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, any Reserves that may be imposed as provided herein, any deductions or other adjustments to determine lesser of cost or market value and Net Amount of Eligible Accounts and factors considered in the calculation of Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory have the effect of reducing the Borrowing Base, and, accordingly, whether or not any provisions hereof so state, all of the foregoing shall be determined without duplication so as not to result in multiple reductions in the Borrowing Base for the same facts or circumstances.
Borrowing Base Certificate means a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit B- 2 (or another form acceptable to the Administrative Agent) setting forth the calculation of the Borrowing Base, including a calculation of each component thereof (including, to the extent any Borrower has received notice of any such Reserve from the Administrative Agent, any of the Reserves included in such calculation pursuant to clause (y) of the definition of the Borrowing Base), all in such detail as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. All calculations of the Borrowing Base in connection with the preparation of any Borrowing Base Certificate shall be made by the Borrowers and certified to the Administrative Agent.
Borrowing Minimum means $1,000,000, except in the case of Swing Line Loans, in which case it means $250,000.
Borrowing Multiple means $250,000.
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Borrowing Request means a
request by a Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
Bowling Green Current Assets Access Agreement
means an agreement providing access and use rights to the Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral located at the Bowling Green Property described on Schedule 1.01(g), on terms substantially similar to Section 9 of the Secured
NotesRavenswood Intercreditor Agreement, or other
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Bowling Green Intercompany Indebtedness means the Indebtedness incurred by Bowling Green pursuant to each of the CF Credit Facility Agreement, the CF Intercompany Loan Agreement and the Ravenswood Holdings Intercompany Loan Agreement.
Bowling Green Property means all Real Property owned by Bowling Green and located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, including without limitation the property described on Schedule 1.01(g).
Bowling Green Real Estate Intercreditor Arrangements means an intercreditor agreement and any other documents, agreements or instruments
to be executed in connection therewith, subordinating, on terms substantially similar to the Secured Notes Intercreditor Agreement, or other terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agents Liens on all or
any portion of the Bowling Green Property securing the ABL Finance Obligations to the Liens permitted by Section 7.02.
Budget has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04(e).
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agents Office is located, except that if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, such day shall also be a London Banking Day.
Capital Expenditures means, for any person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules, are or should be included in additions to property, plant or equipment or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries shall not include:
(a) (i) expenditures to the extent they are made with proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of the Ultimate
Parent after the Closing Date or funds that would have constituted any Net Proceeds under the definition of the term Net Proceeds (but for the application of the first proviso thereof);
(b)
(ii) expenditures with proceeds of insurance settlements,
condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets,
equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries within 15 months of receipt of such proceeds (or,
if not made within such period of 15 months, are committed to be made during such period);
(c) (iii) interest capitalized during such period;
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(d)
(iv) expenditures that are accounted for as capital
expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding the Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof) and for which neither the Ultimate Parent nor any Subsidiary thereof has provided or is required to provide or
incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period);
(e)
(v) the book value of any asset owned by such person prior
to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually
having been made in such period; provided that (A) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made and (B) such
book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired;
(f) (vi) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists
of any combination of (A) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (B) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(g)
(vii) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business
Acquisition; or
(h)
(viii) the purchase of property, plant or equipment made or
contractually committed to be made within 15 months of the sale of any asset (other than inventory) to the extent purchased with the proceeds of such sale.
Capital Lease Obligations of any person means the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar 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 on a balance sheet of such person under Applicable Accounting Rules and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules.
CARES ActTitle I means Title I of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, as amended (including any successor thereto), and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
Cash Collateralize means to deposit
in a Controlled Account or to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the L/C Issuers or the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in
respect of L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuers shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, or to provide a customary back-to-back letter of credit in
support of, in each case pursuant to customary documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuers. Cash Collateral and Cash Collateralized have
meanings correlative to the foregoing, and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateralCash Collateral and other credit support.
Cash Management Agreement means any agreement to provide an overdraft line or other cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, automated clearinghouse transactions and other cash management arrangements.
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Cash Management Bank means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
CF Credit Facility Agreement means that certain Credit Facility Agreement dated as of January 10, 2019 between Bowling Green, as borrower, and Constellium Finance, as lender, evidencing an uncommitted revolving credit facility available to Bowling Green for advances up to a maximum principal amount at any one time of $ 20,000,000 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced, or otherwise modified from time to time in compliance with Section 7.09(b)(ii)).
CF Intercompany Loan Agreement means that certain Intragroup Loan Agreement dated as of January 10, 2019 between Bowling Green, as borrower, and Constellium Finance, as lender, evidencing a term loan to Bowling Green in an initial principal amount of $63,000,000 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced, or otherwise modified from time to time in compliance with Section 7.09(b)(ii)).
CFC means a controlled foreign corporation as defined in Section 957 of the Code.
Change in Control shall be deemed to occur if:
(a)
(i) at any time (A) Ultimate Parent shall fail to own,
directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Holdco, (B) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of Ultimate Parent shall at any time be
occupied by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the Board of Directors of Ultimate Parent nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated, (C) except as permitted pursuant to Section 7.11(y), the Constellium Holding Companies
(or any one or more of them) shall fail to collectively own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Borrower, (D) a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the
Board of Directors of any Holdco shall at any time be occupied by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the Board of Directors of such Holdco nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated, or (E) a change of
control (or similar event) shall occur under any Material Indebtedness; or
(b) (ii) any person or group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as
in effect on the Closing Date) (other than in the case of any Holdcos Equity Interests, Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 50% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in
Ultimate Parents Equity Interests or any Holdcos Equity Interests.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (ii) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (iii) 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 herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
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Closing Date means the first date on or after the Effective Date when all the conditions precedent in Section 5.02 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.
Coca-Cola means Coca-Cola Bottlers Sales and Services Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral means all the Collateral as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or any Subagent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to any Security Document.
Collateral Agent means the party acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties under the Security Documents. On the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent is the same person as the Administrative Agent. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term Administrative Agent as used herein shall include the Collateral Agent, notwithstanding various specific references to the Collateral Agent herein.
Collateral Agreement means the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Parent Guarantor and the Administrative Agent.
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement means the requirement, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, that:
(a)
(i) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have
received (A) from each Borrower and each Guarantor, a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person and (B) an Acknowledgment and Consent in the form attached to the Collateral Agreement,
executed and delivered by each issuer of Pledged Stock (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), if any, that is a Subsidiary of any Borrower (other than any Receivables Subsidiary) but is not a Loan Party;
(b)
(ii) on or before the Closing Date, (A) the Collateral
Agent shall have received, to the extent not previously received under the Existing Credit Agreement, a pledge of all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Borrower and (B) the Collateral Agent shall have received, to the extent
not previously received under the Existing Credit Agreement, all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(c)
(iii) on or before the Closing Date, (A) all
Indebtedness of each Borrower and each Subsidiary constituting Pledged Debt Securities (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) (other than (i) intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash
management operations of the Holdcos and their Subsidiaries or (ii) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) that is owing to any Loan Party shall have been pledged pursuant to the
Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), and (B) the Collateral Agent shall, if any such Indebtedness is evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument, have received, to the
extent not previously received under the Existing Credit Agreement, all such promissory notes or instruments, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, however, that on and after the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Industrial Revenue Bond shall no longer be required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and the Collateral Agent shall promptly return such Industrial Revenue Bond, together with any note
powers or instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank, to the Borrowers, and the Lenders hereby authorize such return and release of the Collateral Agents security interest therein;
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(d)
(iv) in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary
Loan Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party, provided, that, (i) Administrative Agent shall not accept delivery of any joinder to any Loan Document with respect to
any Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not a Loan Party, if such Subsidiary qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation unless such Subsidiary has delivered a Beneficial Ownership Certification in
relation to such Subsidiary and Administrative Agent and each Lender, has completed its Patriot Act searches, OFAC/PEP searches and customary individual background checks for such Subsidiary, the results of which shall be satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and each Lender; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall arise in respect of this
clause (d) if such Subsidiary Loan Party has executed the applicable supplement and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, delivered a Beneficial Ownership Certification and other information required for
such searches and checks as contemplated hereby;
(e) (v) after the Closing Date, (A) all the outstanding Equity Interests of (i) any person that becomes a
Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date (and which are owned by a Borrower) and (ii) subject to Section 6.10(g), any other Person that is acquired by a Borrower after the Closing Date (other than to the extent that a pledge of
such Equity Interest would violate applicable law or regulation) shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement; provided that (x) in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity Interests of any
FSHCO or first tier Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC (other than a first tier Foreign Subsidiary of a FSHCO) be pledged to secure ABL Credit Obligations, (y) in no event shall any of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a FSHCO or a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC be pledged to secure ABL Credit Obligations and (z) in no event shall the Equity Interests of any Receivables Subsidiary be pledged, and
(B) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(f)
(vi) except as otherwise contemplated by any Security
Document and subject to Section 5.02(d), all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create
the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been filed,
registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document, and all taxes, fees, charges and costs in
connection with the filing and recording of such Security Documents shall be incurred by the Borrowers;
(g) (vii) (1) the Collateral Agent shall have received (A) counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into
with respect to each Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing and, if such Mortgaged Property is an improved Real
Property, no later than 15 days prior to the execution and delivery of such Mortgage (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion), address and other identifying information with respect to such Mortgaged
Property reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (i) if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a special flood
hazard area (as may be established by a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such Mortgaged Property), no later than 5
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days prior to the execution and delivery of such Mortgage (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall determine in its sole discretion), evidence of a flood insurance policy (if such insurance is required by Law and commercially reasonably available) from a company and in an amount satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for the applicable portion of the premises, naming the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as mortgagee, or (ii) a certification from a registered engineer or land surveyor in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that none of the improvements on such Mortgaged Property is located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a special flood hazard area and (B) such other documents that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, including, but not limited to, any consents, agreements, opinions and confirmations of third parties, surveys, insurance policies, and appraisals (but without duplication of the documents described in clause (viii) below), as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property and (2) for the avoidance of doubt, no Real Property shall be taken as Collateral unless each Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has completed all flood due diligence, received copies of all flood insurance documentation and confirmed flood insurance compliance as required by the Flood Laws or as otherwise satisfactory to such Lender; provided, however, that the provisions of this paragraph (vii) shall not apply with respect to Real Property if the Collateral Agent shall reasonably determine that the costs of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest or adhering to the provisions of this paragraph (vii) are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby;
(h)
(viii) the Collateral Agent shall have received an American
Land Title Association Lenders Extend Coverage policy or policies or marked-up unconditional binder of title insurance, as applicable, paid for by the applicable Borrower, each policy in an amount not less than 100% or lesser percentage of the
fair market value of the applicable Mortgaged Property as reasonably determined by the Collateral Agent, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company approved by the Collateral Agent, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage in respect of the
Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any Liens and other title defects except Permitted Liens, together with such customary endorsements (including zoning
endorsements where reasonably appropriate and available), coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, including with respect to any such property located in a state in which a zoning endorsement is not available, a
zoning compliance letter from the applicable municipality in a form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;
(i) (ix) upon or prior to the delivery of the Mortgages, the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence of the
insurance required by the terms of the Mortgages;
(j)
(x) except as otherwise contemplated by any Security
Document, each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with (A) the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party and the granting
by it of the Liens thereunder and (B) the performance of its obligations thereunder; and
(k)
(xi) except as otherwise approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent, (i) each Subsidiary of any Borrower (other than any Receivables Subsidiary) that incurs Guarantees to support any Indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of $15,000,000 of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of
any Loan Party shall, within 30 days (or such longer time as the Administrative Agent may agree) after incurring such Guarantees, guaranty the ABL Finance Obligations and (ii) each such Person that grants Liens to support any Indebtedness for
borrowed money in an amount in excess of $15,000,000 of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party (including to secure Guarantees of such Person that support such Indebtedness) to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a security interest in, subject to the limitations set forth herein and in the Security Documents, all of such Persons property to secure the ABL Finance Obligations within 30 days (or such longer time as the Administrative
Agent may agree) after granting such Liens; and
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(l)
(xii) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall
have received (A) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.10, and (B(B) (i) Administrative Agent shall not accept delivery of any joinder to any Loan Document with respect to any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party that is not a Loan Party, if such Subsidiary qualifies as a legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation unless such Subsidiary has delivered a Beneficial Ownership Certification in
relation to such Subsidiary and Administrative Agent and each Lender has completed its Patriot Act searches, OFAC/PEP searches and customary individual background checks for such Subsidiary, the results of which shall be satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and each Lender ; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall arise in respect of this clause (l) if the applicable Loan Party has executed the applicable Security Document and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender, as the case may be, delivered a Beneficial Ownership Certification and other information required for such searches and checks as contemplated hereby; and (C) upon reasonable
request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 6.10.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the term Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be
subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents. The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the creation and perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other
deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any Guarantee by any Subsidiary (including extensions beyond the Effective Date or in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Effective Date)
where it reasonably determines that either (i) such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by this Agreement or the Security Documents or
(ii) such extension of time is otherwise reasonable, necessary or appropriate, and each Lender hereby consents to any such extensions of time. Without limitation
of the foregoing, in no event shall a Mortgage with respect to the Specified Mill Assets or Bowling Green Property be required; provided, that if at any time on or after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date Bowling Green shall grant a Lien on all
or any portion of the Bowling Green Property permitted under Section 7.02(b)(ii) or 7.02(u), (x) Bowling Green shall grant an Additional Mortgage in respect of the Bowling Green Property and take all of the other actions described in
Section 6.10(b) and (c) of the Credit Agreement with respect thereto (treating the Bowling Green Property as Real Property acquired by Bowling Green after the Closing Date) no later than the date that is 90 days after the granting of any
Lien on all or any portion of the Bowling Green Property permitted under Section 7.02(b)(ii) or 7.02(u) and (y) the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of Bowling Green, enter into the Bowling Green Real Estate Intercreditor
Arrangements with respect thereto.
Commitments means
(a) with respect to any Lender, such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment (including any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment)or its Term Loan Commitment, as the context requires, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolving Facility Commitments
or their Term Loan Commitments, as the context requires, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lenders name under the applicable heading on Schedule 2.01 to this Agreement, in respect of Revolving Facility Commitments,
and Schedule 2.15, in the case of Term Loan Commitments or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender under this Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments
made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06 of this Agreement, and in the case of Term Loan and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, its Swing Line Commitment.
Commitment
Fee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).
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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 Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, equal to EBITDA plus, to the extent reducing EBITDA, or minus, to the extent increasing EBITDA the sum, without duplication, of amounts for:
(a) Unrealized non-cash gains or losses from the re-measurement of monetary assets and liabilities, and
(b) Income taxes on items excluded from Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clauses (a), (e), (f), and (g) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(a)
(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its
Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, noncash interest payments, the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, and net
payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Swap Obligations (but excluding unrealized mark-to-market gains and losses attributable to such Swap Obligations, amortization of deferred financing fees and expensing of any bridge or other
financing fees), and excluding interest expense attributable to the Factoring Facilities or any Qualified Receivables Financing or other factoring arrangements (to the extent accounted for as interest expense under Applicable Accounting Rules),
amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge commitment or other financing fees); plus
(b)
(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and
its Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus
(c) (3) preferred stock dividends paid in cash in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Ultimate Parent held by persons
other than the Ultimate Parent or a Subsidiary; plus
(d)
(4) Commissions based on draws, discounts and yield (but
excluding other fees and charges, including commitment fees) incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries; minus
(e)
(5) interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Ultimate Parent to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that:
(a) (1) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income, expenses or charges, in
each case, other than those which could be categorized under clause (4) of the definition of EBITDA (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including, without limitation,
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any expenses related to any reconstruction of fixed assets and any fees, expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Investment permitted hereunder, acquisition, disposition, receivables financing, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, incurrence, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (in each case, whether or not successful), in each case, shall be excluded;
(b)
(2) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any
non-cash charges, in each case resulting from purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition that is consummated after the Closing Date shall be excluded;
(c)
(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;
(d) (4) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and
any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;
(e)
(5) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and
expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers) shall be excluded;
(f)
(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and
expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Swap Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(g)
(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is
not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to
the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
(h) (8) [Reserved];
(i)
(9) any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-offs
resulting from the application of Applicable Accounting Rules and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to Applicable Accounting Rules shall be excluded;
(j)
(10) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock
option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, grants and sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries shall be excluded;
(k)
(11) any (a) severance or relocation costs or
expenses, (b) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (c) the costs and expenses related to employment of terminated employees, (d) [Reserved] or (e) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock
appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Closing Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;
(l)
(12) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted
in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;
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(m)
(13) (a)(i) the non-cash portion of straight
line rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of straight line rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and
expenses resulting from fair value accounting shall be excluded;
(n) (14) unrealized gains and losses relating to hedging transactions and mark-to-market of Indebtedness denominated in
foreign currencies shall be excluded;
(o)
(15) solely for the purpose of calculating Restricted
Payments, the difference, if positive, of the Consolidated Taxes of the Ultimate Parent calculated in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules and the actual Consolidated Taxes paid in cash by the Ultimate Parent during any reference period shall
be included;
(p)
(16) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation
allowances shall be excluded;
(q)
(17) an adjustment (which may be a negative number) shall
be made to the extent that Net Income was calculated on an average cost basis with respect to inventory, in order to reflect the additional Net Income (or the reduction to Net Income) which would have been recognized using an approximation of last
in first out inventory accounting; and
(r)
(18) any loss on sale of receivables and related assets in
a Factoring Facility or other Qualified Receivables Financing shall be excluded.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization, accretion and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules, but excluding any such charge which consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period.
Consolidated Taxes means provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes.
Consolidated Total Assets means, as of any date, the total assets of the Borrowers and their consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers as of such date.
Consolidated Total Debt means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all Indebtedness of Ultimate Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or, if higher, the par value or stated face amount of all such Indebtedness (other than zero coupon Indebtedness) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, reduced by the aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents on such balance sheet of the Ultimate Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries up to 300,000,000.
Constellium Entities means, collectively, Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries other than the Holdcos and the Borrowers.
Constellium Holding Company means, any of Ravenswood Holdings, Muscle Shoals Holdings and CPEC or, in each case, any permitted successor thereto.
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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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Controlled Account means each Deposit Account that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that such Deposit Account holds Cash Collateral, the L/C Issuers.
Co-Syndication Agents means with respect to the Revolving Facility, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in its capacity as a co-syndication agent.
COVID-19 Relief Laws mean CARES Act- Title I and all other similar Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect together with all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented to address the economic effects of the Coronavirus.
CPEC has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
Credit Event has the meaning assigned to such term in Article V.
Credit Facility means collectively, the Revolving Facility and Term Loan Facility.
Crown means Crown Holdings, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, and its successors and assigns.
Debtor Relief Laws means the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Default means any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(c).
Defaulting Lender means any Lender that (i) has failed (A) to fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (B) to pay to the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans or Agent Advances) within two Business Days of the date when due, (ii) has notified the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied),
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(iii) has generally defaulted on its funding obligations under other loan agreements or credit agreements or other similar financing agreements, (iv) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iv) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and such Borrower), or (v) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (A) become insolvent, or become generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or made a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (B) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (C) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (D) 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. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (i) through (v) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers and, to the extent permitted by law, each L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
Delaware LLC means any limited liability company organized or formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Deposit Account means a deposit account (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) and also means and includes all demand, time, savings, passbook or similar accounts maintained by a Loan Party with a bank or other financial institution, whether or not evidenced by an instrument, all cash and other funds held therein and all passbooks related thereto and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing, evidencing or deposited into such deposit accounts.
Deposit Account Control Agreement means a deposit account control agreement among the Collateral Agent, any Borrower or other Loan Party maintaining a Deposit Account at any bank or financial institution (an Account Bank) and such Account Bank, which agreement shall be on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by such Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
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Disqualified Stock means, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by their terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which such Equity Interests are convertible or for which they are redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other ABL Credit Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (ii) are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (iii) provide for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (iv) are or become convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the earlier of (x) the Facility Maturity Date and (y) the date on which the Loans and all other ABL Credit Obligations that are accrued and payable are repaid in full and the Commitments are terminated; provided, however, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Equity Interests are issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrowers or their respective Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the applicable Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employees termination, death or disability; provided, further, however, that any class of Equity Interests of such person that by its terms authorizes such person to satisfy its obligations by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
Divided LLC means any Delaware LLC which has been formed as a consequence of a Division (excluding any dividing Delaware LLC that survives a Division).
Division means the statutory division of any Delaware LLC into two or more Delaware LLCs pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Dollars or $means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary or a subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(a).
EBITDA means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:
(a)
(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus
(b)
(2) Consolidated Interest Expense; plus
(c)
(3) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus
(d)
(4) business optimization expenses and other restructuring
charges or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, plant closures, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract
termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges); provided that the aggregate amount of business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or expenses added pursuant to this clause (4) shall not exceed
the greater of (i) 20.0 million and (ii) 10% of EBITDA for such period;
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lessminus, without duplication,
(e)
(5) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for
such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Date means the date this Agreement becomes effective in accordance with Section 10.11.
Eligible Accounts means all Accounts of each Borrower reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate (but, with respect to each such Account, solely to the extent of the unpaid portion of the obligations stated on the respective Account invoices issued to a customer of such Borrower with respect to inventory sold and shipped or services performed in the ordinary course of business, in each case net of any credits, rebates or offsets owed by such Borrower to the respective customer, and any unapplied cash), except any Account with respect to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies:
(a)
(a) Accounts of Account Debtors set forth on Schedule
1.01(h);
(b)
(b) with respect to which any of the representations,
warranties, covenants, and agreements contained in Section 4.05 of the Collateral Agreement are not or have ceased to be correct or have been breached;
(c)
(c) with respect to which Account (or any other Account due
from such Account Debtor), in whole or in part, a check, promissory note, draft, trade acceptance, or other instrument for the payment of money has been received, presented for payment, and returned uncollected for any reason;
(d)
(d) (i) as to which such Borrower is not able to bring
suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process or (ii) which represents a progress billing; provided that for the purposes hereof, progress billing means any invoice for goods sold
or leased or services rendered under a contract or agreement pursuant to which the Account Debtors obligation to pay such invoice is conditioned upon completion of any further performance under the contract or agreement or is subject to the
equitable lien of a surety bond issuer;
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(e)
(e) with respect to which any one or more of the following
events has occurred to the Account Debtor on such Account: (i) death or judicial declaration of incompetency of an Account Debtor who is an individual; (ii) the filing by or against the Account Debtor of a request or petition for
liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as a bankrupt, winding-up, or other relief under any Debtor Relief Law; (iii) the making of any general assignment by the Account Debtor for the benefit of creditors;
(iv) the appointment of a receiver or trustee for the Account Debtor or for any of the assets of the Account Debtor, including, without limitation, the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, as defined in the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code; (v) the institution by or against the Account Debtor of any other type of insolvency proceeding (under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, another Debtor Relief Law or otherwise) or of any formal or informal proceeding for the
dissolution or liquidation of, settlement of claims against, or winding up of affairs of, the Account Debtor; (vi) the sale, assignment, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Account Debtor; (vii) the nonpayment generally
by the Account Debtor of its debts as they become due; or (viii) the cessation of the business of the Account Debtor as a going concern;
(f)
(f) if fifty percent (50.0%) or more of the aggregate
Dollar amount of outstanding Accounts owed at such time by the Account Debtor thereon is classified as ineligible under clause (a) preceding;
(g)
(g) owed by an Account Debtor which: (i) does not
maintain its chief executive office in the United States or Canada; (ii) is not organized under the laws of the United States or Canada or any political subdivision, state, or province thereof; or (iii) is the government of any foreign
country or sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof; except to the extent that (x) such Account is insured by
the Export-Import Bank of the United States or other credit insurer acceptable to the Administrative Agent or secured or payable by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to form, amount and issuer in its reasonable
discretion or (y) such Account is an Eligible Foreign Account; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of such Eligible Foreign Accounts exceeds $30,000,000 at any time, such excess shall be excluded;
(h)
(h) Intercompany Accounts or other Accounts owed by an
Account Debtor which is an Affiliate or employee of any Borrower or Subsidiary;
(i) (i) except as agreed by the Administrative Agent as provided in clause (g) preceding or clause
(l) following regarding political subdivisions of the United States of America but not the U.S. federal government, with respect to which either the perfection, enforceability, or validity of the Collateral Agents Lien in such
Account, or the Collateral Agents right or ability to obtain direct payment to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of such Account, is governed by any federal, state, or local statutory requirements other than those of the UCC;
(j)
(j) owed by an Account Debtor to which a Loan Party or any
of their respective Subsidiaries is indebted in any way, or which is subject to any right of set-off or recoupment by the Account Debtor, unless the Account Debtor has entered into an agreement that the Collateral Agent has accepted in writing in
its reasonable discretion to waive set-off rights; or if the Account Debtor thereon has disputed liability or made any claim with respect to any other Account due from such Account Debtor; but in each such case only to the extent of such
indebtedness, set-off, recoupment, dispute, or claim;
(k)
(k) with respect to which such Borrower at the time of
determination deems such Account as uncollectible;
(l)
(l) owed by the United States of America, any state or
county thereof or any municipality or other political subdivision, department, agency, public corporation or other instrumentality of any of the foregoing (unless such Borrower complies with any applicable assignment of claims act restricting the
assignment thereof with respect to such obligation if the Collateral Agent reasonably determines that its Lien therein is not or cannot be otherwise perfected);
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(m)
(m) which represents a sale on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed
sale, sale and return, sale on approval, consignment, or other repurchase or return basis or other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor is conditional;
(n)
(n) which is evidenced by a promissory note or other
instrument, by judgment or by chattel paper;
(o)
(o) (i) at any time that the senior, unsecured,
non-credit enhanced long term Indebtedness of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV receives a rating less than BBB- from S&P, less than BBB- from Fitch or less than Baa3 from Moodys, with respect to the AB Receivables, such Accounts exceed a
percentage of the aggregate Eligible Accounts determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion and (ii) when aggregated with all other Accounts (other than AB Receivables) owing by an Account Debtor, such Accounts exceed 25%
of the aggregate Eligible Accounts;
(p)
(p) in the Administrative Agents Permitted Discretion
upon thirty (30) days prior notice to the Borrowers, with respect to which the Account Debtor is located in any state requiring the filing of a Notice of Business Activities Report or similar report in order to permit the
applicable Borrower to seek judicial enforcement in such state of payment of such Account, unless such Borrower has qualified to do business in such state or has filed a Notice of Business Activities Report or equivalent report for the
then current year;
(q)
(q) which arises out of a sale of goods or performance of
services not made in the ordinary course of such Borrowers business, including sales of equipment and bulk sales;
(r) (r) with respect to which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and delivered to, or have
been rejected or objected to, by the Account Debtor or the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed by such Borrower, and, if applicable, accepted by the Account Debtor, or the Account Debtor revokes its acceptance of such goods
or services, but, in each case, only to the extent of the portion of such Account applicable to goods or services in question;
(s) (s) which arises out of an enforceable contract or order which, by its terms, validly forbids, restricts, or makes
void or unenforceable the granting of a Lien by such Borrower to the Collateral Agent with respect to such Account;
(t) (t) which is not subject to a first priority and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, or which is subject to any other Lien other than (i) Liens securing Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred and secured pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and that are subject to the applicable
Intercreditor Agreements (or any additional intercreditor agreements, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), providing that such Liens are subordinated in right of priority to the Liens securing the ABL Finance Obligations and
(ii) Permitted Liens arising by operation of law as described in clauses (d), (e) and (k) of the definition thereof;
(u)
(u) which is an Account owed to a Borrower acquired in a
Permitted Business Acquisition under this Agreement, unless either (i) the Administrative Agent has been given the opportunity for a reasonable period (which shall not be required to be longer than thirty (30) days and which shall, at the
request of such Borrower, be completed prior to the consummation of such Permitted Business Acquisition; provided that the Administrative Agent shall have been given, for a period of at least thirty (30) days prior to such consummation,
all information and access to the properties, records,
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files and books of account of such Borrower as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary) to complete such due diligence as the Administrative Agent deems, in the exercise of Permitted Discretion, to be necessary in the circumstances, or (ii) at the time of such Permitted Business Acquisition, the sum of the Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory of such Borrower then being acquired is less than $5,000,000;
(v)
(v) prior to the
Incremental Facility Effective Date, any AB Receivables (other than AB Receivables for which an Eligible Foreign Account Debtor is the Account Debtor);
(w)
(w) any Qualified Receivables subject to a Qualified
Receivables Financing;
(x)
(x) with respect to which an invoice has not been sent to
the applicable Account Debtor;
(y)
(y) that arise with respect to goods that are sold on a
cash-on-delivery basis;
(z)
(z) that are payable in any currency other than Dollars;
and
(aa)
(aa) that are not true and correct statements of bona fide
indebtedness incurred in the amount of such Account for merchandise sold to or services rendered and accepted by the applicable Account Debtor.
If any Account at any time ceases to be an Eligible Account, then such Account shall promptly be excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base; provided, however, that if any Account ceases to be an Eligible Account because of the adjustment of or imposition of new exclusionary criteria pursuant to the succeeding paragraph, the Administrative Agent will not require exclusion of such Account from the Borrowing Base until fifteen (15) days following the date on which the Administrative Agent gives notice to the Borrowers of such ineligibility, except for calculations of the Borrowing Base for purposes of Section 5.01(c)(ii)(B), in which case such exclusion shall be immediate.
The Administrative Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any of the exclusionary criteria set forth above and to establish new criteria, in its Permitted Discretion (based on an analysis of material facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by the Administrative Agent, after the Closing Date), subject to the approval of Supermajority Revolving Facility Lenders in the case of adjustments or new criteria which have the effect of making more credit available than would have been available based upon the criteria in effect on the Closing Date.
Eligible Equipment shall mean the Equipment identified in, and subject to, the appraisal dated as of April 18, 2020 by Great American Appraisal and Valuation Services, L.L.C., received by Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and any other Equipment acquired after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and identified in, and subject to, any appraisal received by to Administrative Agent thereafter pursuant to, and in accordance with Section 6.11, which satisfies the criteria below as determined by Administrative Agent. In general, Equipment shall be Eligible Equipment if:
(a) such Equipment is located in-place at a location in the United States of America and is included in an appraisal of Equipment received by Administrative Agent in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11;
(b) such Equipment is in working order, repair, running and marketable condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted);
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(c) such Equipment is subject to the first priority, valid and perfected security interest of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and is not subject to a Lien (including any lease but excluding the Equipment located at the Bowling Green Property to the extent the lessor thereof has granted to the Administrative Agent a security interest in such Equipment) in favor of any other Person unless such Lien (i) is the subject of an Intercreditor Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, including pursuant to which such Lien is subordinated to the Lien in favor of Administrative Agent, (ii) such Lien is a subordinate Lien arising by operation of Law, or (ii) the NOLV of such Equipment used for purposes of this Agreement is reduced by the amount of the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such other Lien;
(e) such Equipment is not worn-out, obsolete, damaged or defective Equipment and such Equipment is used or usable in the ordinary course of Borrowers business as presently conducted; and
(f) such Equipment is not computer hardware.
Eligible Foreign Account means an Account of any Borrower with respect to which an Eligible Foreign Account Debtor is the Account Debtor and that would constitute an Eligible Account but for clause (g) of the definition of Eligible Accounts, so long as such Account satisfies each of the following criteria: (i) such Account is at all times billed and payable in Dollars, (ii) all payments in respect of such Account are made by such Eligible Foreign Account Debtor to the applicable Borrower in the United States or to an account located in the United States that is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement (subject to the post-closing timing requirement specified in Section 6.10(h) of this Agreement) and (iii) such Account is subject to a first priority valid and perfected security interest of the Administrative Agent in the United States; provided that such Borrower shall, promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent such agreements, documents and instruments as may be required by the Administrative Agent to perfect the security interest of the Administrative Agent in such Account in accordance with the applicable laws of the jurisdiction of formation of such Eligible Foreign Account Debtor and take, or cause to be taken, such other and further actions as the Administrative Agent may request to enable the Administrative Agent, as secured party with respect thereto, to collect such Account under the applicable laws of such jurisdiction of formation.
Eligible Foreign Account Debtors means Persons designated by the Administrative Agent as Eligible Foreign Account Debtors from time to time in its Permitted Discretion, which Persons shall initially be (i) the foreign Affiliates of Coca-Cola, (ii) the foreign Affiliates of Rexam and Ball Corporation, (iii) the foreign Affiliates of Crown (including NAFCEL), (iv) ThyssenKrupp AG and its foreign Affiliates, (v) Anheuser-Busch and its foreign Affiliates that are not subject to an AB Receivables Financing and (vi) Airbus and its foreign Affiliates for so long as the senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced long term Indebtedness of Airbus receives a rating greater than or equal to BBB- from S&P, greater than or equal to BBB- from Fitch and greater than or equal to Baa3 from Moodys. For purposes of clarity, the Administrative Agent may from time to time in its Permitted Discretion remove such designation with respect to any Person that was previously designated as an Eligible Foreign Account Debtor, after which time such Person shall no longer constitute an Eligible Foreign Account Debtor (unless the Administrative Agent subsequently redesignates such Person as an Eligible Foreign Account Debtor in its Permitted Discretion).
Eligible Inventory means all Inventory of each Borrower reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, except any Inventory with respect to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies:
(a) (a) Inventory that is not owned by any Borrower;
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(b)
(b) Inventory that is not subject to the Collateral
Agents Liens, or is subject to any other Lien, other than (i) Liens securing Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred and secured pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and that are subject to the applicable Intercreditor Agreements
(or an additional intercreditor agreement, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) providing that such Liens are subordinated in right of priority to the Liens securing the ABL Finance Obligations and (ii) Permitted Liens arising
by operation of law as described in clauses (d), (e), (k) and (r) of the definition thereof; provided that, unless such Permitted Liens (A) are junior in priority to the Collateral Agents Liens
(other than statutory landlords Liens to the extent provided otherwise by a requirement of applicable Law) and (B) do not impair directly or indirectly the ability of the Collateral Agent to realize on or obtain the full benefit of the
Collateral, the Administrative Agent may, in the exercise of Permitted Discretion, establish a Reserve against Availability with respect to any Inventory subject to such Permitted Liens in an amount not to exceed (on an aggregate basis for all
Inventory from time to time subject to such Permitted Liens) (1) in the case of Inventory subject to Liens described in clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Liens, the greater of (x) an amount equal to the amount which
would have to be paid to such Lien claimant in order to obtain a release of such Liens, and (y) with respect to landlords liens, an amount equal to sixty (60) days rent for the properties or facilities on or at which the
applicable Inventory is located, (2) in the case of Inventory subject to Liens described in clause (d) or (r) of the definition of Permitted Liens, the amount of such Taxes, fees, assessments, duties or other charges,
and (3) in the case of Inventory subject to Liens described in clause (k) of the definition of Permitted Liens, the amount specified in such judgments or notices;
(c)
(c) Inventory that does not consist of finished goods or
raw materials (except that work-in-process shall constitute Eligible Inventory, other than any cost relating to a conversion of work-in-process to finished Inventory);
(d)
(d) Inventory that consists of chemicals, supplies, spare
parts, packing and shipping materials, or advertising or marketing materials (including samples), other than coatings and lubricants which shall constitute Eligible Inventory;
(e)
(e) Inventory that is not in good condition, is
unmerchantable or fails to meet all material standards imposed by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such goods, its use, or sale;
(f)
(f) Inventory that is not currently either usable or
salable in the normal course of any Borrowers business;
(g) (g) Inventory that is not located within the United States, other than (x) Eligible In-Transit Inventory not
exceeding $25,000,000, and (y) Inventory in which the Collateral Agents Liens are continuously perfected pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;
(h)
(h) if such Inventory is located in a public warehouse or
in possession of a bailee or in a facility leased by such Borrower; provided that such Inventory will be Eligible Inventory if the warehouseman, the bailee, or the lessor has delivered to the Collateral Agent, if requested by the Collateral
Agent, a subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (or if such Borrower is unable to obtain any such subordination or such Borrower has notified the Administrative Agent of such warehouse, bailment
or lease and such subordination has not been requested, such Inventory shall be Eligible Inventory but the Administrative Agent may, in the exercise of Permitted Discretion, establish a Reserve with respect to any Inventory so located or possessed
in an amount not to exceed (on an aggregate basis for all Inventory from time to time so located or possessed) (A) in the case of Inventory located in a public warehouse or leased facility, the greater of
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(x) an amount equal to the amount which would have to be paid to such claimant in order to obtain a release of any Permitted Lien held by such claimant, or (y) an amount equal to sixty (60) days rent or storage fee for the warehouses or facilities on or at which the applicable Inventory is located and (B) in the case of Inventory otherwise in the possession of a bailee, the amount necessary to complete any work being performed on such Inventory and/or to obtain a surrender of the Inventory to the possession of such Borrower or the Collateral Agent);
(i)
(i) if such Inventory contains or bears any Intellectual
Property Rights licensed to such Borrower by any third party, the Collateral Agent shall not be reasonably satisfied that it may sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory in accordance with Article VIII without infringing the rights of the
licensor of such Intellectual Property Rights or violating any contract with such licensor (and without payment of any royalties other than any royalties due with respect to the sale or disposition of such Inventory pursuant to the existing license
agreement), and, if the Collateral Agent deems it necessary, such Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a consent or sublicense agreement from such licensor in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;
(j)
(j) Inventory that is owned by a Borrower acquired in a
Permitted Business Acquisition under this Agreement, unless either (i) the Administrative Agent has been given the opportunity for a reasonable period (which shall not be required to be longer than thirty (30) days and which shall, at the
request of such Borrower, be completed prior to the consummation of such Permitted Business Acquisition provided that the Administrative Agent shall have been given, for a period of at least thirty (30) days prior to such consummation, all
information and access to the properties, records, files, and books of account of such Borrower as the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary for such completion) to complete such due diligence as it deems, in the exercise of Permitted
Discretion, to be necessary in the circumstances, or (ii) at the time of such Permitted Business Acquisition, the sum of the Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory of such Borrower then being acquired is less than $5,000,000;
(k)
(k) Inventory that is unsalable, but solely to the extent
the book value of such Inventory exceeds its scrap value;
(l)
(l) Inventory is located at any site if the aggregate book
value of Inventory at any such location is less than $100,000;
(m) (m) Inventory subject to any licensing, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any third parties which
would require any consent of any third party for the sale or disposition of that Inventory (which consent has not been obtained) or the payment of any monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition (to the extent of such monies);
(n)
(n) Inventory that consists of packing or shipping
materials, or manufacturing supplies;
(o)
(o) Inventory that consists of tooling or replacement
parts;
(p)
(p) Inventory that consists of display items;
(q)
(q) Inventory that consists of goods which have been
returned by the buyer; provided that, Inventory shall not be excluded from Eligible Inventory pursuant to this clause if such Inventory has been inspected and re-valued by the applicable Borrower upon return and is able to be resold or reused
in the ordinary course of business;
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(r)
(r) Inventory that consists of Hazardous Materials or goods
that can be transported or sold only with licenses that are not readily available; or
(s) (s) Inventory that is not covered by casualty insurance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
If any Inventory at any time ceases to be Eligible Inventory, such Inventory shall promptly be excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base; provided that if any Inventory ceases to be Eligible Inventory because of the adjustment of or imposition of new exclusionary criteria pursuant to the succeeding paragraph, the Administrative Agent will not require exclusion of such Inventory from the Borrowing Base until fifteen (15) days following the date on which the Administrative Agent gives notice to the Borrowers of such ineligibility, except for calculations of the Borrowing Base for purposes of Section 5.01(c)(ii)(B), in which case such exclusion shall be immediate.
The Administrative Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any of the exclusionary criteria set forth above and to establish new criteria, in its Permitted Discretion (based on an analysis of material facts or events first occurring, or first discovered by the Administrative Agent, after the Closing Date), subject to the approval of the Supermajority Revolving Facility Lenders in the case of adjustments or new criteria which have the effect of making more credit available than would be available based upon the criteria in effect on the Closing Date.
Eligible In-Transit Inventory means all raw materials and finished goods Inventory owned by a Borrower, which Inventory is in transit to the United States or to an Eligible Foreign Account Debtor and (a) for which title and risk of loss has been transferred to or remains with such Borrower, (b) is fully insured as required by Section 6.02, (c) is subject to a first priority perfected security interest in and lien upon such goods in favor of the Collateral Agent (except for any possessory lien upon such goods in the possession of a freight carrier or shipping company securing only the freight charges for the transportation of such goods) pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and (d) is evidenced or deliverable pursuant to documents that have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, as reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent from time to time.
Embargoed Person means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by any Governmental Authority of the United States of America, including without limitation, OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or by Her Majestys Treasury or the European Union, (b) any Person located, operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) the government or an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country or (d) any Person owned or Controlled by any Persons or agencies described in any of the preceding clauses (a) through (c).
Engagement Letter means that certain Engagement Letter dated as of May 15, 2017 by and among Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC and the Existing Borrowers.
environmentEnvironment
means ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna,
the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
Environmental Laws means all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to occupational health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials).
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Environmental Liabilities means all Liabilities (including costs of natural resource damages and costs and expenses of investigation and feasibility studies, including the cost of environmental consultants and the cost of attorneys fees) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party as a result of, or related to, any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law or otherwise, arising under any Environmental Law or in connection with any environmental, health or safety condition or with any Release and resulting from the ownership, lease, sublease or other operation or occupation of property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, whether on, prior or after the date hereof.
Equipment means equipment (as that term is defined in the UCC).
Equity Interests of any person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Holdcos, the Borrowers or a Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, 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.
ERISA Event means (i) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan, other than in respect of an event for which advance notice is waived under applicable regulations; (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standards of Sections 412 and 430 of the Code and Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA; (iii) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in at risk status (as defined in Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (iv) 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, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (v) the incurrence by the Holdcos, a Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA; (vi) the receipt by the Holdcos, a Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (vii) a determination that any Multiemployer Plan is, or is reasonably expected to be, in critical or endangered status under Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (viii) the incurrence by the Holdcos, a Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (ix) the receipt by the Holdcos, a Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Holdcos, a Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; or (x) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
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Eurodollar Base Rate means the greater of (a) 1.00% or (b) the rate per annum as published by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any successor page or, if unavailable, other commercially available source as the Administrative Agent may designate from time to time) as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term, and in an amount, comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial Eurodollar Rate Loan or as a continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan) by a Borrower in accordance with this Agreement (and, if any such published rate is below zero, then the rate shall be deemed to be zero). Each determination of the Eurodollar Base Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent and shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing means a Revolving Facility Borrowing or a Term Loan Facility Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Eurodollar Rate Loan means, at any date, a Loan which bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage means for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any other entity succeeding to the functions currently performed thereby) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to Eurocurrency liabilities). The Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
Event of Default has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or
deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (A) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws
of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (B) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) U.S. withholding Taxes
imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of any Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (A) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment
(other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 10.1410.04) or (B) such Lender changes its Lending Office, except in
each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(ii) or Section 3.01(cb), amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to
such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its Lending Office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with
Section
3.01(ec
) or Section 3.06(a) and (iv) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
Exempt Deposit Accounts means (i) Deposit Accounts the balance of which consists exclusively of (A) withheld income taxes and federal, state or local employment taxes in such amounts as are required in the reasonable judgment of the applicable Borrower to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service or state or local government agencies with respect to employees of any of the Loan Parties; or (B) amounts required to be paid over to an employee benefit plan pursuant to DOL Reg. Sec. 2510.3-102 on
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behalf of or for the benefit of employees of one or more Loan Parties, (ii) all segregated Deposit Accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) taxes accounts, payroll accounts, trust or similar accounts and (iii) other non-concentration accounts containing less than $1,000,000 individually and in the aggregate for all such other non-concentration accounts.
Existing Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.
Existing Factoring Agreement means that certain Recourse Factoring Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2017, between Bowling Green and Wells Fargo, in its capacity as purchaser thereunder.
Existing Letters of Credit means, collectively or individually as the context may require, the letters of credit outstanding as of the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Agreement.
Facility Maturity Date means the earlier of (i) June 21, 2022 and (ii) 90 days prior to the maturity date of
the Secured Notes Obligations; any Indebtedness (other than Loans) of any Borrower or any
Borrowers Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000,000 (but excluding for this purpose the Indebtedness of Borrowers pursuant to their guarantees of the existing unsecured notes issued by Constellium SE).provided, that the foregoing clause (ii) shall not be applicable in the event that the Secured Notes
Obligations are repaid in full, the maturity date is extended to a date that is at least 90 days after the date set forth in clause (i) of this definition or the outstanding principal balance thereof has been permanently reduced prior to such
90th day to an amount which does not exceed $ 50,000,000.
Facility Termination Date means the date on which (A) the Commitments have terminated, (B) all ABL Credit Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) have been paid in full, (C) all ABL Finance Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Rate Contracts that the Administrative Agent has theretofore been notified in writing by the holder of such Obligation are then due and payable, have been paid in full in cash and (D) all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements, including cash collateralization or backstopping, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers shall have been made).
Factoring Facilities means the receivables purchase facilities granted to certain Subsidiaries of Ultimate Parent pursuant to (a) the agreement dated as of December 3, 2015 between GE Factofrance S.A.S. as purchaser, Constellium Issoire S.A.S., Constellium Neuf Brisach S.A.S. and Constellium Extrusions France S.A.S. as sellers, Parent Guarantor and Constellium Switzerland AG, (b) the agreement dated as of May 27, 2016 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Rolled Products Singen GmbH as seller, (c) the agreement dated as of March 26, 2014 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Singen GmbH as seller, (d) the agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Extrusions Deutschland GmbH as seller, (e) the agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Valais AG as seller, (f) the agreement dated as of June 26, 2015 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Extrusions Decin S.R.O. as seller, (g) the agreement dated as of December 15, 2015 between Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as purchaser and Constellium Automotive USA, LLC as seller, in each case, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original parties or otherwise), restructured, or otherwise modified from time to time. On July 20, 2016, the Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel purchased the Equipment Finance and Receivable Finance businesses of GE. Pursuant to this transaction, GE Factofrance S.A.S. was renamed Factofrance and GE Capital Bank AG was renamed Targo Commercial Financing AG.
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FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of the foregoing.
FCPA means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any dayperiod, the greater of (a) zero (0.00%) per annum and
(b) thea
fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to, for each day
during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; , or, if such provided that, (i)dayrate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business
Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and, (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole
multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Wells Fargo onaverage of the quotations for such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agentreceived by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it (and, if any such rate is below zero, then the rate
determined pursuant to this definition shall be deemed to be zero).
Fee Letter means that certain Fee Letter dated as of the Closing Date by and among the Administrative Agent, Bowling Green, Ravenswood and Muscle Shoals.
Fees
means, collectively, the Revolving Facility Commitment Fees, the Incremental Facility Commitment Fees, the Incremental Facility Exercise Fees, the Letter of Credit Fees, the L/C Issuer Fees, the Administrative Agent Fees and, the Term Loan Facility Fees, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter
and,
the Amendment Fee Letter, the Amendment No. 2 Fee
Letter.
Final Term Loan Funding Date means the earlier of (a) the date that the Term Loan Commitments have been reduced to zero and (b) the Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date.
Financial Covenant Triggering Event shall occur at any time that Availability is less than
10% of the Maximum Credit; 10.0% of the Revolving Loan Limit and shall continue for the period until Availability has been greater than such amount
for a period of at least 30 consecutive days; provided that (a) ifprovided that if
such Availability
shortfall is less than such amount solely
as the result of a
contractionreduction in the amount of the Borrowing Base (as
opposed to an increase of the outstanding Revolving
Facility Loans or Letters of Credit Exposure), no Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to the breach of Section 7.12 unless such Availability
shortfall continuesis less than the
required amount for a period of five
(5) consecutive Business Days
(and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Credit Event shall be permitted
in any event no Loans will be made or Letters of Credit issued or increased or extended during such 5
Business Day period); and (b) a Default with respect to the breach of Section 7.12, if applicable, will
occur immediately upon the occurrence ofprovided further that any such Availability shortfallbeing less than the specified
amount and shall continue during such 5 Business Day period unless waived or cured during such period.
Financial Officer of any person means the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, or Controller of such person.
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Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means the ratio of (i) EBITDA of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.04(a) or (b) hereof minus the income taxes paid in cash by the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries and included in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period minus Unfinanced Capital Expenditures of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries during such period to (ii) the sum of (A) scheduled principal payments required to be made during such period in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the Term Loans plus (B) the Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding amortization of any original issue discount, interest paid in kind or added to principal and other noncash interest) of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent paid in cash for such period.
Flood Laws
means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,Reform Act of
1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of
1973, and related laws, rules and regulations, including any amendments or successor
provisions1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of
2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Foreign Lender means a Lender or L/C Issuer that is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (i) with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations arising in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (ii) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof.
FSHCO means any Subsidiary of the Borrowers all or substantially all of the assets of which are Equity Interests (or Equity Interests and Indebtedness) in one or more CFCs and/or one or more FSHCOs, so long as such Subsidiary (i) does not conduct any material amount of business or activity other than the ownership of such Equity Interests or Indebtedness and (ii) does not incur, and is not otherwise liable for, any Indebtedness or other liabilities.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Closing Date. For purposes herein, the term consolidated means such Person consolidated with the Subsidiaries and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment.
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Governmental Authority means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body, including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank.
Guarantee of or by any person (the guarantor) means (i) 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 (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or- pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (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, (D) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (E) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit, bank guarantee or other letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (ii) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.
guarantor has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term Guarantee.
Guarantor means any of the Borrowers, the Holdcos and the Subsidiary Loan Parties, and Guarantors means two or more of them, collectively.
Guaranty means, collectively, the guaranty made by the Guarantors under the Collateral Agreement in favor of the Secured
Parties, together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section6.10; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Collateral Agreement, the ABL Finance
Obligations guaranteed by Parent Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral Agreement shall not include the Term Loan A-2 Obligations.
6.10.
Hazardous Materials means all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
Hedge Bank means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Contract permitted under Article VII, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.
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Holdcos means, collectively or individually as the context may require, (a) the Parent Guarantor, and (b) with respect to each Borrower, any Constellium Holding Company that owns directly any of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Borrower.
Honor Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c)(i).
IFRS means the accounting and financial reporting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
Immaterial Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrowers most recently ended, (i) did not have assets with a value in excess of 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 2.5% of total revenues of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date and (ii) when taken together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date, did not have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date. Each Immaterial Subsidiary as of the Closing Date shall be set forth in Schedule 1.01(c).
Incremental Amount means
$200,000,000.
Incremental Facility Commitment Fee has the meaning assigned to such term inSection 2.12(d).
Incremental Facility Effective
Date has the meaning assigned to such term in Section2.15.
Incremental Facility Exercise
Fee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section2.15.
Incremental Revolving Facility
means the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders.
Incremental Revolving Facility
Lender means a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment.
Incremental Revolving Facility
Commitment means, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to increase its Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 2.15. The amount of
each Lenders Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Part I of Schedule 2.15 and the amount of each Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment on and after the Incremental Facility Effective Date is
set forth on Part II of Schedule 2.15, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders
Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments on the Closing Date is $200,000,000.
Incremental Revolving Facility
Percentage means, with respect to any Incremental Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of the total Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments represented by such Lenders Incremental Revolving Facility
Commitment.
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Indebtedness of any person means, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (iv) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services, to the extent that the same would be required to be shown as a long term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules, (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (vi) all net payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Contracts, (vii) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and bank guarantees, (viii) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers acceptances, (ix) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (viii) above and (x) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset or (D) earn-out obligations, except to the extent such obligations constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof.
Indemnified Taxes means (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (i) above, Other Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(b).
Industrial Revenue Bond means the industrial revenue bond identified on Schedule 7.04 hereto.
Information has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.07.
Information Memorandum means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May 2017, as modified or supplemented prior to the Original Closing Date.
Intellectual Property Rights has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.23.
Intercompany Accounts means all obligations and liabilities, however arising, which are due to any Loan Party from, which are due from any Loan Party to, or which otherwise arise from any transaction by any Loan Party with, any Affiliate of such Loan Party.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement means that certain Intercompany Subordination Agreement dated as of the Closing Date made by Constellium Finance in favor of the Administrative Agent.
Intercreditor Agreement means, collectively or
individually as the context may require, the PBGC Intercreditor Agreement, the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor Agreement, the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement, the Bowling Green Real Estate Intercreditor Arrangements,and each other intercreditor agreement, including each Secured Debt
Intercreditor Agreement, and each other intercreditor agreement entered into by the Administrative
Agent and any Loan Party in connection with the Loan Documents.
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Interest Election Request means a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.
Interest Payment Date means (i) with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a different Type and (ii) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, the first day of each April, July, October and January.
Interest Period means, as to any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the
last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1,
2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 12 months, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all relevant Lenders consent to such interest
periodInterest
Period), as a Borrower may elect, or the date any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing is converted to a Base Rate Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 or repaid or prepaid in accordance
with Section 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11; provided, however, that 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. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding
the last day of such Interest Period.
Inventory has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
Investment has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.04.
ISP means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the International Standby Practices 1998 published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
Issuer Documents means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer and the applicable Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
Joint Bookrunners means (a) in respect of the Revolving Facility, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in their capacities as joint bookrunners, and (b) in respect of the Term Facility, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in their capacities as joint bookrunners.
Joint Lead Arrangers means (a) in respect of the Revolving Facility, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in their capacities as joint lead arrangers, and (b) in respect of the Term Facility, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers.
Junior Financing means (x) Indebtedness which by its terms is subordinated in right or payment to the ABL Credit Obligations and which Indebtedness is incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(k) and (y) the Bowling Green Intercompany Indebtedness, and, in each case, any subordinated Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, any preferred Equity Interests and any Disqualified Stock.
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L/C Advance means, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, such Lenders funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage.
L/C Borrowing means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Facility Borrowing.
L/C Credit Extension means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
L/C Issuer means (i) Wells Fargo in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit under Section 2.05(b) and its successor or successors in such capacity and (ii) any other Lender which the Borrowers shall have designated (with such Lenders consent) as an L/C Issuer by notice to the Administrative Agent (including any Lender designated as such as a replacement for any L/C Issuer who is at the time of such appointment a Defaulting Lender) that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
L/C Issuer Fees has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(i).
L/C Obligations means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.04. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
Laws means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directives, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of Law.
Lender means each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption in accordance with Section 10.06), as well as any person that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 10.06; and shall include, as the context may require, the Swing Line Lender in such capacity.
Lending Office means with respect to any Lender and for each Type of Loan, the Lending Office of such Lender (or of an Affiliate of such Lender) designated for such Type of Loan in such Lenders Administrative Questionnaire or in any applicable Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder or such other office of such Lender (or of an Affiliate of such Lender) as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers as the office by which its Loans of such Type are to be made and maintained.
Letter of Credit means any letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon the honoring of a presentation thereunder, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Existing Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit (including a trade letter of credit in support of trade obligations of a Borrower and its Subsidiaries) or a standby letter of credit.
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Letter of Credit Request means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
Letter of Credit Expiration Date means the day that is five days prior to the Facility Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
Letter of Credit Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(h).
Letter of Credit Sublimit means an amount equal to $35,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.
Leverage Ratio means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such day to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four (4) Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, (i) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset or (ii) 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, provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Loan Account has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.20 of this Agreement.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement and any Note issued under Section 2.09(e) , and solely for the purposes of Sections 5.02 and 8.01 hereof, the Engagement Letter, the Fee Letter, the Amendment Fee Letter, and the Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter.
Loan Modification Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
Loan Modification Offer has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
Loan Parties means, collectively or individually as the context may require, the Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor), the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
Loans means the Revolving Facility Loans, Term Loans, and the Swing Line Loans.
Local Time means New York City time.
London Banking Day means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
Margin Stock has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or condition of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than resulting from any event, development or circumstance related to the COVID-19 pandemic that was disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, or otherwise publicly disclosed, in each case, on or prior to April 10, 2020), or the validity or enforceability of any of the material Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.
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Material Indebtedness means Indebtedness (other than Loans) of any one or more of (i) Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary thereof (other than the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 and (ii) any Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $15,000,000.
Material Subsidiary means any Subsidiary other than an Immaterial Subsidiary.
Maximum Credit means, at
any time, the total Revolving Facility Commitments in effect at such time. For the avoidance of doubt, the total Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments shall not be included in the Maximum Credit unless and until the Incremental Revolving
Facility is exercised and becomes effective in accordance with Section 2.15.
Maximum Rate has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.10.
Minimum Borrower EBITDA Contribution means, for any period, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the combined EBITDA of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for such period to (y) the consolidated EBITDA of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period.
Minimum Collateral Amount means, at any time, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided to reduce or eliminate Fronting Exposure during the existence of a Defaulting Lender, an amount equal to 103% of the Fronting Exposure of an L/C Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, (ii) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(iii), an amount equal to 103% of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, and (iii) otherwise, an amount determined by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in their sole discretion.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgaged Properties means the Real Properties owned in fee simple by the Loan Parties and encumbered by a Mortgage that are set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) and each additional Real Property encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to Section 6.10.
Mortgages means, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, each in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Borrower, the Holdcos or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions, or otherwise has any outstanding liability.
Muscle Shoals Holdings has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
Muscle Shoals Intercreditor
Agreement means that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 11, 2013 among Wells Fargo, in its capacity thereunder as ABL agent, the Secured Notes Collateral Agent, and Rexam, and acknowledged and agreed to by
Muscle Shoals and the other grantors from time to time party thereto.
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NAFCEL means National Factory for Can Ends Ltd., a limited liability company formed under the laws of Saudi Arabia.
Net Amount of Eligible Accounts means, at any time, the gross amount of Eligible Accounts less sales, excise, or similar taxes, and less returns, discounts, claims, credits, and allowances of any nature at any time issued, owing, granted, outstanding, available, or claimed (in each case without duplication, whether of the exclusionary criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts, of any Reserve, or otherwise).
Net Income means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
NOLV means, as of any date of determination, with respect to Eligible Equipment of any Person, the value of such Eligible Equipment that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Eligible Equipment in-place, net of all associated costs and expenses of such liquidation, as determined based upon the most recent appraisal of Equipment received by Administrative Agent from an Acceptable Appraiser in accordance with Section 6.11, provided, that, if such appraisal does not provide the costs and expenses of such liquidation on an item by item basis, then costs and expenses of liquidation for each item of Eligible Equipment will be such amount as determined by Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Net Proceeds means 100% of the cash proceeds
actually received by any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (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 and
including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale (other than those pursuant to Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h),
(i), (j), (m), (n) or (o)), net of (A) attorneys fees, accountants fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer
Taxes, deed or mortgage recording Taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the
Loan Documents) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (B) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, and (C) the amount of any reasonable
reserve established in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any Taxes deducted pursuant to clause (A) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets
and (y) retained by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations
(however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided
that, if no Event of Default exists and the applicable Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Borrower to the Administrative
Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth such Borrowers intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of such
Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to make investments in Permitted Business Acquisitions, in each case within 15 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 15 months of
such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 15-month period but within such 15-month period are contractually committed to be used, then, upon
the termination of such contract, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso); no proceeds of an Asset Sale (other than an
Asset Sale of any Eligible
provided, further, that
(x)
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Equipment)
realized in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such proceeds shall exceed $5,000,000, and (y) no proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds in any fiscal
year until10,000,000 in the aggregate amount of all such proceeds in
such in any fiscal year shall exceed $10,000,000.. For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees,
commissions and other costs and expenses payable to a Borrower or any Affiliate of a Borrower shall be disregarded.
Non-Consenting Lender has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
Non-Defaulting Lender means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
Non-Extension Notice Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(iii).
Non-Reinstatement Deadline has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(iv).
Note has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
OFAC means, the U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Orderly Liquidation Value means an amount equal to the most recently determined Orderly Liquidation Value Factor multiplied by the book value of all Eligible Inventory of the Borrowers.
Orderly Liquidation Value Factor means, with respect to Eligible Inventory of the Borrowers, the net orderly liquidation value thereof (expressed as a percentage of book value) as determined by an Acceptable Appraiser in accordance with Section 6.11, net of all associated costs and expenses of such liquidation.
Original Closing Date means June 21, 2017.
Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of such Recipient engaging or having engaged in a trade or business in the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or any other present or former connection between such Recipient and such jurisdiction; provided that no such Recipient shall be deemed to be engaged in a trade or business in, or to have any other connection with, any jurisdiction solely as a result of such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 10.14.
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 3.06). Other Taxes shall not include any Taxes imposed on, or measured by reference to, gross income, net income or gain.
Outstanding Amount means, (i) with respect to Revolving Facility Loans , and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Revolving Facility Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any
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reimbursements by the applicable Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date, and (iii) with respect to Term Loans, on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date.
Parent Entity means any direct or indirect parent of Parent Guarantor.
Parent Guarantor has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
Participant has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(d).
Participant Register has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(d).
Payment Conditions means, with respect to and after giving effect to any proposed Payment Event on a Pro Forma Basisbasis, (1) prior to the Incremental Facility Effective Date, either (a) (i) Availability is not less than 15% of
the Maximum Credit and (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is not less than 1.0 to 1.0 or (b) Availability is not less than 20% of the Maximum Credit and (2) on and after the Incremental Facility Effective Date, either (a)a) either (i) Availability is not less than 12.5% of the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan
Limit and (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is not less than 1.01.00 to 1.01.00 or (b) Availability is not
lessequal to or greater than 15% of the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan
Limit, and, in each case, to the extent that Availability is less than 5% more than the minimum Availability required under the relevant preceding clause, the applicable Borrower shall
have given prior written notice of such Payment Event to the Administrative Agent (for example, in the case of the preceding clause (1)(a)(ib), prior written notice shall be required if Availability is less than 20% of
the Maximum Credit). Revolving Loan
Limit).
Payment Event means a Permitted Business Acquisition, a designation of a Subsidiary or a Subsidiary Redesignation pursuant to the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(u), any Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.04(i), any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 7.06(f) or any prepayment of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.09(b)(i)(D) or (E).
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
PBGC Intercreditor Agreement means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 16, 20122012, among PBGC, Wells Fargo, as successor in interest to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity thereunder as ABL collateral agent, and acknowledged and agreed to by Ravenswood.
PBGC Lien means the Lien granted by Ravenswood to the PBGC pursuant to that certain Settlement Agreement, dated as of January 26, 2001, by and between the PBGC and Ravenswood, as in effect on the date hereof.
Perfection Certificate means the Perfection Certificate dated as of the Effective Date with respect to the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Permitted Amendment has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
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Permitted Business Acquisition means any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors qualifying shares) in (or that results in a Borrower or its Subsidiaries owning all or substantially all the Equity Interests in), or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), but only if: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) with respect to any such acquisition or investment with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) in excess of $10,000,000, the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01; and (v) to the extent required by Section 6.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by a Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, shall be merged into such Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or become upon consummation of such acquisition a Subsidiary Loan Party.
Permitted Discretion means the reasonable credit judgment of the Administrative Agent exercised in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment, and, as it relates to the establishment of Reserves or the adjustment or imposition of exclusionary criteria, is based upon its consideration of any factor, including, without limitation, any factor that (a) it reasonably believes could adversely affect the quantity, quality, mix or value of Collateral (including any applicable Laws that may inhibit collection of an Account), the enforceability or priority of the Liens on the Collateral or the amount that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders could receive in liquidation of any Collateral; (b) suggests that any collateral report or financial information delivered by any Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect; (c) materially increases the likelihood of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding involving a Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor; or (d) creates or could reasonably be expected to result in a Default or Event of Default. In exercising such judgment, the Administrative Agent may consider any factors that could increase the credit risk of lending to any Borrower on the security of the Collateral.
Permitted Investments means:
(a)
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America or
any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years;
(b)
(ii) bank deposits, checking accounts, time deposit
accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any
foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250,000,000 and whose long term debt, or whose parent holding companys long term debt, is rated A (or such similar
equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(c)
(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above;
(d)
(iv) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year
after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of any Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a
rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moodys, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P;
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(e)
(v) securities with maturities of two years or less from
the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Moodys;
(f)
(vi) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines
restrict 95% of such funds investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (i) through (v) above;
(g)
(vii) money market funds that (A) comply with the
criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (B) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moodys and (C) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;
(h)
(viii) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and
money market deposits (in each case with or from a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above) in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.50% of the total assets of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, as of the end of the Borrowers most recently completed fiscal year; and
(i) (ix) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (i) through (viii) above
denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in
connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.
Permitted Liens has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to Refinance), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses), (ii) the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the earlier of (x) the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (y) 90 days after the Facility Maturity Date, (iii) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Credit Obligations, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such ABL Credit Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (iv) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors (other than entities that are not the Borrowers or Subsidiaries thereof), or greater guarantees or security (other than from entities that are not the Borrowers or Subsidiaries thereof), than the Indebtedness being Refinanced (provided that (x) Indebtedness (A) of any Loan Party may be Refinanced to add or substitute as an obligor another Loan Party that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B) of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may be Refinanced to add or substitute as an obligor another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (y) other guarantees and security may be added to the extent then independently permitted under Article VII) and (v) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by any collateral owned by Ravenswood Holdings, Muscle Shoals Holdings, CPEC, the Borrowers or a Subsidiary of the Borrowers (whether equally and ratably with, or junior to, the Secured Parties or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing
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Indebtedness may be secured by such collateral (including in respect of working capital facilities of Foreign Subsidiaries otherwise permitted under this Agreement only, any collateral pursuant to after acquired property clauses to the extent any such collateral secured the Indebtedness being Refinanced) on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided, further, that, with respect to a Refinancing of subordinated Indebtedness permitted to be incurred herein, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall (x) be subordinated to the guarantee by the Holdcos and the Subsidiary Loan Parties of the Revolving Facility, and (y) be otherwise on terms not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced.
Person and person mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan, as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA, (ii) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by the Holdcos, any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, or (iii) in respect of which the Holdcos, any Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an employer as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Platform has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.08.
Pledged Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
Primary Payment Accounts has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.12.
Prime Rate means, for any day, the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its prime rate, with the understanding that the prime rate is one of Wells Fargos base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate (and, if any such announced rate is below zero, then the Prime Rate shall be deemed to be zero).
Pro Forma Basis means, for purposes of making any computation hereunder, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the applicable calculation date (each, for purposes of this definition, a pro forma event) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrowers or any Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the applicable computation shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, is continued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
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Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of this term Pro Forma Basis shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Borrowers, to reflect operating expense reductions, other operating improvements, synergies or such operational changes or restructurings described above reasonably expected to result from the applicable pro forma event in the 18-month period following the consummation of the pro forma event.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the applicable calculation date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Swap Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrowers may designate.
Pro Rata Share means, as of any date of determination:
(a)
with respect to a
LenderRevolving Facility
Lenders obligation to make all or a portion of the Revolving Facility Loans, with respect to such Lenders right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect to the Revolving Facility Loans, and with respect to all
other computations and other matters related to the Revolving Facility Commitments or the Revolving Facility Loans, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the sum of the
amounts of such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment, if any (whether or not exercised or effective
pursuant to and the denominator of which is the sum of the amounts of all of the Lenders Revolving Facility Commitments Section 2.15)and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, or if no Revolving Facility Commitments are outstanding, a fraction (expressed
as a percentage), the numerator of which is the principal amount of
ABL Revolving
Facility Credit ObligationsExposure owed to such Lender and the denominator of which is the
aggregate principal amount of the
ABLRevolving
Facility Credit Obligations owed to theExposure for all Revolving Facility Lenders, in each case giving effect
to a Lenders participation in Letters of Credit, Swing Line Loans and Agent Advances.,
(b) with respect to a Term Loan Lenders obligation to make all or a portion of the Term Loans, with respect to such Lenders right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect to the Term Loans, and with respect to all other computations and other matters related to the Term Loan Commitments or the Term Loans, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the sum of the amount of such Lenders unfunded Term Loan Commitment, if any (which are not exercised and otherwise effective pursuant to Section 2.15) plus the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans owed to such Lender and the denominator of which is the sum of the amounts of all of the Lenders unfunded Term Loan Commitments, and the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans owed to all Lenders or if no Commitments are outstanding, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the principal amount of Term Loan Exposure owed to such Lender and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan Exposure owed to the Lenders, and
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(c) with respect to all other matters and for all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising under Section 10.04), the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and Term Loan Exposure of such Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, in any such case as the applicable percentage may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to Section 10.06.
Projections means any projections and any forward looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries with respect to the 2019 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter through 2023 furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Holdcos, the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries on January 28, 2019 and February 5, 2019.
PTE means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Qualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interests other than Disqualified Stock.
Qualified Receivables means, collectively, Accounts for which the related Account Debtor is the entity set forth on Schedule 1.01(d) and/or its Affiliates; provided that, solely for purposes of Sections 7.02(ee) and 7.05(o), Qualified Receivables shall include related assets that are customarily transferred in or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions or factoring transactions involving accounts receivable.
Qualified Receivables Financing means (A) the Receivables Financing pursuant to the Factoring Facilities (including
any increase in the amount thereof); (B) prior to the Incremental Facility Effective Date, the AB Receivables Financing and (C and (B) any
Receivables Financing that meets the following conditions:
(a)
(1) the Ultimate Parent or the applicable Subsidiary
thereof shall have determined in good faith that such Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Ultimate Parent or the applicable
Subsidiary thereof in question;
(b)
(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets are
made at fair market value;
(c)
(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and
other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Ultimate Parent or the applicable Subsidiary thereof) and may include Standard Undertakings;
(d)
(4) if requested by the Administrative Agent, the lender or
purchaser in connection with such Qualified Receivables Financing shall have entered into an intercreditor agreement with the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, relating to payments
received in respect of the Qualified Receivables; and
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(e)
(5) payments received in respect of Qualified Receivables
that constitute Collateral shall be deposited in accounts and otherwise handled in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Ravenswood Holdings has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
Ravenswood Holdings Intercompany Loan Agreement means that certain Intragroup Loan Agreement dated as of January 10, 2019 between Bowling Green, as borrower, and Ravenswood Holdings, as lender, evidencing a term loan to Bowling Green in an initial principal amount of $142,521,221.25 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced, or otherwise modified from time to time in compliance with Section 7.09(b)(ii)).
Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Original Closing Date, among Ravenswood, Ravenswood Holdings, Wells Fargo, in its capacity thereunder as ABL agent, and the Secured Notes Collateral Agent.
Real Property means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.
Receivables Financing means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Ultimate Parent or its respective Subsidiaries pursuant to which Ultimate Parent or any such Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to any other Person, or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of such Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets, in each case, which are customarily transferred in or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions or factoring transactions involving accounts receivable.
Receivables Subsidiary means the AB Receivables Subsidiary and any Specified Receivables Subsidiary.
Recipient means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder.
Refinance has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, and Refinanced has a meaning correlative thereto.
Refinancing means the refinancing of loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreements to occur on the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Register has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.06(c).
Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
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Related Parties means, with respect to any specified person, such persons Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, representatives, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such persons Affiliates.
Release means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the environment. Released has a meaning correlative to the foregoing.
Remaining Present Value means, as of any date with respect to any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was entered into.
Replacement Rate Conforming Changes means, with respect to any proposed Replacement Rate, any conforming changes to the definition of Applicable Margin, Eurodollar Base Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption of such Replacement Rate and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such Replacement Rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines is necessary in connection with this Agreement).
Report has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.21.
Reportable Event means any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in Section 4043(a) of ERISA has been waived under applicable regulations, with respect to a Plan.
Required Lenders means, at any time,
(1) at any time that there are three or more Lenders under this Agreement, at least two Lenders that are not Affiliates of each other and (2) Lenders having
(i) Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) outstanding, (ii) L/C Obligations outstanding (with the aggregate amount of each Lenders risk participation and funded participation in funded L/C Obligations being deemed held by
such Lender), (iii) Swing Line Loans outstanding (with the aggregate amount of each Lenders risk participation and funded participation in funded Swing Line Loans being deemed held by such Lender), and (iv) Revolving
Facility Commitments, that taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all (A) Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) outstanding, (B) L/C Obligations outstanding, (C) Swing Line Loans outstanding, and (D) Revolving
Facility Commitments at such time. The Loans of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any
time.the Required Revolving Facility Lenders and the Required Term Loan Lenders.
Required Revolving Facility Lenders means, at any time, Lenders having or holding more than fifty (50%) of the sum of the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of all Lenders, provided, that, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Revolving Facility Lenders, and (ii) at any time there are three (3) or more Revolving Facility Lenders, Required Revolving Facility Lenders must include at least two (2) Revolving Facility Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).
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Required Term Loan Lenders means, at any time, Lenders having or holding more than fifty (50%) of the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, provided, that, (i) the Term Loan Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Term Loan Lenders, and (ii) at any time there are three (3) or more Term Loan Lenders, Required Term Loan Lenders must include at least two (2) Term Loan Lenders (who are not Affiliates of one another).
Reserves means all reserves against the Borrowing Base that the
Administrative Agent has, in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion, established from time to time upon, provided, that, Administrative Agent shall give written notice to the
Borrowers in the case of any new categories of reserves that may be established after the Closing Date or
changes in methodology for a then existing reserve (except after a (i) Event of Default or (ii) for changes to any Reserves resulting solely by virtue of mathematical calculations of the amount of the Reserve in accordance with the
methodology of calculation previously utilized (such as, but not limited to a rent Reserve), or (iii) for changes to Reserves or establishment of additional Reserves if a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or it would be reasonably likely
that a Material Adverse Effect to the Lenders would occur were such Reserve not changed or established) and shall include the right of Administrative Agent to establish (A) a Reserve after written notice to Borrowers in the event that at any
time the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans exceeds 50% of the NOLV of Eligible Equipment in place as set forth in the then most recent appraisal received by Administrative Agent from an Acceptable Appraiser in accordance
with Section 6.11 and (B) Bank Product Reserves.
Resolution Authority means any EEA Resolution Authority, or with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
Responsible Officer of any person means any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.
Restricted Payments has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.06.
Revolving Facility means the Revolving Facility Commitments (including any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments) and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the
Revolving Facility Lenders.
Revolving Facility Base Rate Margin has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
Revolving Facility Borrowing means a
Borrowing
comprisedgroup of Revolving Facility Loans of a single Type under the Revolving Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, as to
which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Revolving Facility Borrowing Request means a request by a Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Revolving Facility Commitment means, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving
Facility Lender to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder, as
such commitment may be (i) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (ii) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 10.06, and (iii) increased as provided under
Section 2.15 and set forth on
Schedule 2.15.10.06. The amount of each Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment as
of the Amendment
No.
12 Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Revolving Facility Commitments on the Amendment No. 12 Effective Date is $400,000,000.
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Revolving Facility Commitment Fee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving
Facility Loans outstanding at such time, (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time and (c) the aggregate principal amount of L/C Obligations outstanding at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the product of
(xi) such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage and (yii) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of all Revolving
Facility Lenders, collectively, at such time.
Revolving Facility Lender means a Lender (including an Incremental Revolving Facility Lender) with a Revolving Facility Commitment and/or with outstanding Revolving Facility Loans.
Revolving Facility LIBOR Rate Margin has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
Revolving Facility Loan means a Loan made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01.
Revolving Loan Priority Collateral means all Collateral other than Term Loan Priority Collateral.
Revolving Loan Limit means, at any time, the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments in effect at such time.
Revolving Facility Percentage means, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments represented by such Lenders Revolving
Facility Commitment, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.15 and Section
2.17. If the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments
pursuant to Section 10.06.
Rexam means Rexam Beverage Can Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.
Rexam
Financing Documents means, collectively, the Advance Agreement, the Security Agreement (as defined in the Advance Agreement) and all other agreements, documents and instruments executed and/or delivered by any Loan
Party or any of their respective Affiliates in connection therewith or related thereto.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Group, Inc.
Sanction has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.25(b).
Sale and Lease Back Transaction has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03.
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Secured Cash Management Agreement means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower that is a Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank.
Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.20.
Secured Hedge Agreement means any Swap Contract that is entered into by and between any Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower that is a Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.
Secured Notes Collateral Agent means Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, in its capacity (a) with respect to the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement, as notes collateral
agent under the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement and (b) with respect to the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor Agreement, as successor noteholder collateral agent under the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor Agreement.
Secured Notes Documents
means, collectively, the Notes Documents as defined in the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement and the Noteholder Documents as defined in the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor Agreement.
Secured Notes Intercreditor
Agreement means, collectively, the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement and the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor Agreement.
Secured Notes
Obligations means, collectively, the Notes Obligations as defined in the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement and the Noteholder Obligations as defined in the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor
Agreement.
Secured Notes Priority Collateral means, collectively, the Notes Priority Collateral as defined in the Ravenswood
Intercreditor Agreement and the Noteholder Priority Collateral as defined in the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor Agreement.
Secured Notes Secured
Parties means, collectively, the Notes Secured Parties as defined in the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement and the Noteholder Secured Parties as defined in the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor
Agreement.
Secured Parties means the Secured Parties as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Documents means the Mortgages, the Collateral Agreement and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 6.10.
Specified Mill Assets has the meaning set forth in the Muscle Shoals
IntercreditorAgreement.
Specified Person has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.25(b).
Specified Receivables Subsidiary means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Borrower which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing or sale of such Qualified Receivables of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the applicable Borrower as a Specified Receivables Subsidiary and:
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(a)
(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations
(contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary of a Borrower (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Undertakings),
(ii) is recourse to or obligates the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary of a Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary of a Borrower,
directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Undertakings;
(b) (b) with which neither the Borrowers nor any other Subsidiary of a Borrower has any material contract, agreement,
arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the applicable Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrowers or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the
applicable Borrower; and
(c)
(c) to which neither the Borrowers nor any other Subsidiary
of a Borrower has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entitys financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
Standard Letter of Credit Practice means, for any L/C Issuer, any domestic or foreign law or letter of credit practices applicable in the city in which such L/C Issuer issued the applicable Letter of Credit or, for its branch or correspondent, such laws and practices applicable in the city in which it has advised, confirmed or negotiated such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, in each case, (a) which letter of credit practices are of banks that regularly issue letters of credit in the particular city, and (b) which laws or letter of credit practices are required or permitted under ISP or UCP, as chosen in the applicable Letter of Credit.
Standard Undertakings means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of a Borrower that are determined by the Borrowers in good faith to be customary for a Receivables Financing, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of assets of a Subsidiary.
subsidiary means, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the parent), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (i) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, controlled or held, or (ii) that is, at the time any determination is made, 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.
Subsidiary means, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of a Borrower, provided that (except for purposes of Sections 4.09, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 6.03, 6.09 and 8.01(k), and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein) an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.
Subsidiary Loan Party means (i) each Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary of any Borrower (which itself is not a Borrower), whether existing on the Closing Date or formed or acquired thereafter that, in each case, guarantees any other Indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $15,000,000 of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party, and (ii) each other Subsidiary of any Borrower (which itself is not a Borrower) that, in the sole discretion of such Borrower, becomes a party to the Collateral Agreement (or a comparable agreement mutually agreed, each in their sole discretion, by such Borrower and the Administrative Agent) after the Closing Date; provided, however, that in no event shall a Receivables Subsidiary be a Subsidiary Loan Party.
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Subsidiary Redesignation has the meaning provided in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained in this Section 1.01.
Supermajority Revolving Facility Lenders means, at any time, (1) at any time
thatLenders having or holding more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the sum of the
aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of all Lenders, provided, that, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in the determination of the Required Revolving Facility Lenders, and
(ii) at any time there are three (3) or more Revolving Facility Lenders under this Agreement, Required Supermajority Revolving Facility Lenders must
include at least two (2) Revolving Facility Lenders that are not Affiliates of each other and (2) Lenders having (i) Loans (other than Swing Line Loans)
outstanding, (ii) L/C Obligations outstanding (with the aggregate amount of each Lenders risk participation and funded participation in funded L/C Obligations being deemed held by such Lender), (iii) Swing Line Loans
outstanding (with the aggregate amount of each Lenders risk participation and funded participation in funded Swing Line Loans being deemed held by such Lender), and (iv) Revolving Facility Commitments, that taken together,
represent more than 66.67% of the sum of all (A) Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) outstanding, (B) L/C Obligations outstanding, (C) Swing Line Loans outstanding, and (D) Revolving Facility Commitments at such time. The
Loans(who are not Affiliates of one another).
Supermajority
Term Loan Lenders means, at any time, Lenders having or holding more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, provided, that, the Term Loan Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Supermajority Lenders at any timethe determination of the Required Term Loan Lenders.
Swap Contract means (i) 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 (ii) 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 (i) 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 Holdcos, the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and (ii) no contract for the purchase of natural gas of which any Loan Party intends to take delivery from a counterparty in the business of supplying natural gas, shall be a Swap Contract.
Swap Obligations of any Person means all obligations (including, without limitation, any amounts which accrue after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to such Person, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim under any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law) of such Person in respect of any Swap Contract.
Swap Termination Value means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (i) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (ii) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (i), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
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Swing Line Borrowing means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
Swing Line Commitment means the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.04, to make Swing Line Loans to the Borrowers.
Swing Line Lender means Wells Fargo in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
Swing Line Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
Swing Line Loan Notice means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
Swing Line Sublimit means $35,000,000. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.
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 or penalties applicable thereto.
Term Loan means, collectively, Term Loans A-1 and Term Loans A-2.
Term Loan Amount means $166,250,000.
Term Loan A-2 Obligations means all ABL Credit Obligations arising in respect of Term Loans A-2, including all principal, interest and fees owing in respect thereof.
Term Loan Commitment means, with respect to each Term Loan Lender, its Term Loan Commitment, and, with respect to all Lenders, their Term Loan Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts are set forth beside such Lenders name under the applicable heading on Schedule 2.15 to this Agreement or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a Term Loan Lender under this Agreement, as such amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06 of this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Term Loan Commitments on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date is $166,250,000.
Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date means November 1, 2020.
Term Loan Facility means the Term Loan Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Term Loan Lenders.
Term Loan Facility Borrowing means a group of term loans of a single Type under the Term Loan Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
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Term Loan Exposure means, with respect to any Term Loan Lender, as of any date of determination (a) prior to the Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date, the sum of (i) the unused amount of such Term Loan Lenders Term Loan Commitment plus (ii) the outstanding amount of all Term Loans made by such Term Loan Lender, and (b) after the Term Loan Commitment Expiration Date, the outstanding aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans made by such Term Loan Lender.
Term Loan Facility Fee has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(d).
Term Loan Facility Percentage means with respect to any Term Loan Lender, (i) prior to the Final Term Loan Funding Date, the percentage of aggregate Unutilized Term Loan Commitments represented by such Lenders Term Loan Commitment and (ii) if the Term Loan Commitments have terminated or expired, the fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans owed to such Lender and the denominator of which is aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans owed to all Term Loan Lenders.
Term Loan Funding Date means the date on which Administrative Agent determines that all of the conditions set forth in Section 2.15(f) have been satisfied.
Term Loan Lender means a Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or that has funded any Term Loan hereunder.
Term Loan LIBOR Rate Margin has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
Term Loan Priority Collateral means (i) the equipment of Borrowers, (ii) the Mortgaged Properties, and (iii) all collateral security and guarantees with respect to any Term Loan Priority Collateral and all cash, money, instruments, securities, financial assets and deposit accounts directly received as proceeds of any Term Loan Priority Collateral.
Term Loan Request means a request by a Borrower for Term Loans in accordance with the terms of Section 2.15(f) and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4 or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Term Loans A-1 means all of the term loans made pursuant to Section 2.15 of this Agreement by the Term Loan Lenders identified on Schedule 2.15 as Term Loan A-1 Lenders.
Term Loans A-2 means all of the term loans made pursuant to Section 2.15 of this Agreement by the Term Loan Lenders identified on Schedule 2.15 as Term Loan A-2 Lenders.
Transactions means, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Loan Documents, including (i) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the initial borrowings hereunder; (ii) the repurchase under and termination of, or refinancing (or discharge) of Indebtedness under, the Existing Factoring Agreement, and (iii) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.
Type means, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term Rate shall include the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate and the Base Rate.
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UCP means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
UK Financial Institution means any BRRD Undertaking (as defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain financial affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
UK Resolution Authority means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
Ultimate Parent means Constellium
N.VSE, a Societas
Europea, domiciled in Paris, France.
Unfinanced Capital Expenditures means Capital Expenditures not paid with the proceeds of Indebtedness (other than with the proceeds of Revolving Facility Loans) or with the proceeds of the sale of Equity Interests of Ultimate Parent.
Unfunded Pension Liability means the amount by which the present value of a Plans obligations (based on the assumptions used for purposes of the Applicable Accounting Rules), as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceeds the fair market value of the Plans assets.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
Unreimbursed Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c)(i).
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (i) any subsidiary of a Borrower identified on Schedule 1.01(e) and (ii) any subsidiary of a Borrower that is itself not a Borrower and is designated by such Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided that a Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and 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 (as well as all other such designations theretofore consummated after the first day of such reference period), the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied, (C) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 7.04(i), and any prior or concurrent Investments in such Subsidiary by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been made under Section 7.04(i), (D) without duplication of clause (C) above, any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 7.04(i), and (E) such Subsidiary shall have been designated an unrestricted subsidiary (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants and defaults) under any applicable Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereby and all applicable Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing and all applicable Disqualified Stock. A Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a Subsidiary Redesignation); provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such Subsidiary Redesignation (as well as all other Subsidiary Redesignations theretofore consummated after the first day of such reference period), the
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Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied, and (iii) the applicable Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower, certifying to the best of such officers knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) and (ii), inclusive, and containing the calculations and information demonstrating compliance with the preceding clause (i).
Unutilized Revolving
Commitments means, at any time, the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan Limit at such time minus the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Facility Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the aggregate principal amount of L/C Obligations outstanding at such time.
Unutilized Term Loan Commitments means, at any time, prior to the Final Term Loan Funding Date, the Term Loan Amount minus the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding at such time.
U.S. Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
U.S. Person means any Person that is a United States person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(c
)(ii)(B)(3).
e
Wells Fargo means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and its successors and assigns.
Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary of any person means a subsidiary of such person that is both a Domestic Subsidiary and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiary of any person means a subsidiary of such person that is both a Foreign Subsidiary and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any person means a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person.
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 1 of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Write- Down and Conversion Powers
means,
(a) 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, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority
under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities
or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right hand had been exercised under it to or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers
under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
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Section 1.02 Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both 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. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements hereof and thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent that the Borrowers request, or the Administrative Agent requests or the Required Lenders request, an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in the Applicable Accounting Rules or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision, regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in the Applicable Accounting Rules or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of the Applicable Accounting Rules 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.
Section 1.03 Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties of the Holdcos and the Borrowers contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
Section 1.04 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar stated amount of such Letter of Credit at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
Section 1.05 Amendment and Restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement. The parties to this Agreement agree that, on the Effective Date, the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby are amended, superseded and restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to be, and shall not constitute, a novation. All Swing Line Loans and Revolving Facility Loans made, and all ABL Finance Obligations, incurred, under the Existing Credit Agreement which are outstanding on the Effective Date shall continue as Swing Line Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and ABL Finance Obligations, respectively, under (and shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, upon the effectiveness of the amendment and restatement contemplated hereby on the Effective Date:
(c)
(i) all references in the Loan Documents (as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) to the Administrative Agent, the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall be deemed to refer to the Administrative Agent, this Agreement and the Loan Documents;
(i)
(ii) the Revolving Facility Commitments (as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall be redesignated as Revolving Facility Commitments hereunder as set forth on Schedule 2.01; and
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(ii)
(iii) the Existing Letters of Credit which remain
outstanding on the Closing Date shall continue as Letters of Credit under (and shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement.
ARTICLE IIARTICLE
II
THE CREDITS
Section 2.01
Revolving Facility Commitments. Prior to the Effective
Date, certain Loans were made to the Existing Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement (such outstanding Revolving Facility Loans, the Existing Revolving Facility Loans and such outstanding Swing
Line Loans, the Existing Swing Line Loans and together with the Existing Revolving Facility Loans, the Existing Loans). As of the Effective Date and prior to the funding of any Loans hereunder on the
Effective Date, the outstanding principal balance of the Existing Revolving Facility Loans is $160,518,198.76 and the outstanding principal balance of the Existing Swing Line Loans is $0. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, each Borrower and each of the Lenders agree that on the Effective Date the Existing Revolving Facility Loans shall be re-evidenced as Revolving Facility Loans under this Agreement and the Existing Swing Line Loans shall be re-evidenced as
Swing Line Loans under this Agreement and the terms of the Existing Loans shall be restated in their entirety and shall be evidenced by this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein each Revolving Facility Lender severally and
not jointly agrees to make Revolving Facility Loans to the Borrowers in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such
Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment; provided, however, that, after giving effect to any Revolving Facility Borrowing, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the lesser of the Maximum CreditRevolving
Loan Limit and the Borrowing Base, (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment and
(iii) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of Revolving Facility Loans made to Bowling Green shall not exceed the greater of (a) $75,000,000 and (b) the portion of the Borrowing Base pertaining to the assets (net of Reserves) of
Bowling Green. Within the limits of each Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, each Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.11 and
reborrow under this Section 2.01. Revolving Facility Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
Section 2.02 Revolving Facility Loans and Revolving Facility Loan Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Facility Loan shall be made as part of a Revolving Facility Borrowing consisting of Revolving Facility Loans under the Revolving Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the Revolving Facility (or in the case of Swing Line Loans, in accordance with their respective Swing Line Commitments); provided, however, that Revolving Facility Loans shall be made by Revolving Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages on the date such Revolving Facility Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Lender to make any Revolving Facility Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Revolving Facility Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lenders failure to make Revolving Facility Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 3.03, each Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans as a Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Borrowing. Each Lender at its option may make any Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay such Revolving Facility Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 3.01 or 3.04 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.
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(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, such Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. At the time that each Base Rate Borrowing is made, such Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that a Base Rate Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement in respect of Letters of Credit as contemplated by Section 2.05(c). Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Revolving Facility 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 15 Eurodollar Rate Borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Facility.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Revolving Facility Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Facility Maturity Date.
Section 2.03 Requests for Revolving Facility Borrowings. To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request in writing by delivery of a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request (which may be delivered through Administrative Agents electronic platform or portal) (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Revolving Facility Borrowing or (b) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Revolving Facility Borrowing; provided that any such notice of a Base Rate Borrowing to finance the reimbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit as contemplated by Section 2.05(c) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Revolving Facility Borrowing. All Revolving Facility Borrowing Requests which are not made on-line via Administrative Agents electronic platform or portal shall be subject to (and unless Administrative Agent elects otherwise in the exercise of its sole discretion, such Revolving Facility Borrowings shall not be made until the completion of) a customary authentication process by the Administrative Agent (with results reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) prior to the funding of any such requested Revolving Facility Loan. Each such Revolving Facility Revolving Facility Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the name of the applicable Borrower;
(ii) the aggregate amount of (A) the requested Revolving Facility Borrowing and (B) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure (after giving effect to the requested Revolving Facility Borrowing);
(iii) the date of such Revolving Facility Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether such Revolving Facility Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing;
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(v) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period; and
(vi) the location and number of such Borrowers account to which funds are to be disbursed.
If such Borrower fails to specify a Type of Revolving Facility Loan in a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request or if such Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the Revolving Facility Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, then such Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. Promptly following receipt of a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative 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.
Section 2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements
of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may make loans (each such loan, a Swing Line Loan) to a Borrower in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit; provided, however, that, (x) after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the
lesser of the Maximum
CreditRevolving Loan Limit and the Borrowing Base
at such time, and (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Lender (including the Swing Line Lender) shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment, (y) the applicable Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any
Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan and (z) the Swing Line Lender may choose not to make any Swing Line Loan if it has, or by making of such Swing Line Loan may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits, and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, each Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.11, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest only at
the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Facility Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line
Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage multiplied by the principal amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the applicable Borrowers irrevocable written notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be delivered electronically. Each such notice must be in the form of a Swing Line Loan Notice and be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the requested borrowing date or such later time on the requested borrowing date as may be approved by the Swing Line Lender in its sole discretion, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Facility Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed
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Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied or waived (and one or more such conditions are not in fact satisfied or waived), then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m., Local Time, on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to such Borrower in immediately available funds either by (i) crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to the Swing Line Lender by such Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole discretion may request, on behalf of any Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Facility Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 and 2.03, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to sufficient Availability, the unutilized portion of the Revolving Facility and the conditions set forth in Section 5.01. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish such Borrower with a copy of the applicable Revolving Facility Borrowing Request promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall transfer an amount equal to its Revolving Facility Percentage of the amount specified in such Revolving Facility Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender to the Administrative Agents Account not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day specified in such Revolving Facility Borrowing Request, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Facility Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to such Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Facility Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Facility Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Facility Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Revolving Facility Loan included in the relevant Revolving Facility Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(iv) Each Revolving Facility Lenders obligation to make Revolving Facility Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Facility Lenders obligation to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.01.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Facility Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Facility Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(i)
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in
respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line
Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Facility Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount
is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of
the ABL Credit Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the applicable Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Facility Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Revolving Facility Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The applicable Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
(g) Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.04, the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Line Loan at a time when any Revolving Facility Lender is a Defaulting Lender, unless the Swing Line Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it to eliminate its Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16) with respect to any Defaulting Lenders risk participations in, and all other obligations in respect of, Swing Line Loans, including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of all Swing Line Loans outstanding or to be outstanding hereunder.
Section 2.05 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
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(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees,
in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Facility Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue
Letters of Credit for the account of any Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or (solely in the case of standby Letters of Credit) extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and
(2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Facility Lenders severally and not jointly agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of any Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings
thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the lesser of the Maximum CreditRevolving
Loan Limit and the Borrowing Base at such time, (y) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment, and (z) the
Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by a Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by such Borrower that the L/C Credit
Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each L/C Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, issue a Letter of Credit that
supports an obligation of a Borrower in respect of (x) a lease of real property or (y) an employment contract. 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 any Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. As of the Closing Date, the Existing
Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued under (and shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement.
(ii) No L/C Issuer shall issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur, (1) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension or, (2) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit, more than 180 days after the date of issuance, unless, in each case, the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) unless such L/C Issuer has otherwise agreed, the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided that if any such Letter of Credit is outstanding on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, the applicable Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit.
(iii) No L/C Issuer shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
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(B) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate in any material respect one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally and customary for other issuers of letters of credit;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
(D) the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or
(E) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the applicable Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuers actual or reasonably determined potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which the L/C Issuer has actual or reasonably determined potential Fronting Exposure.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
(vi) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(vii) It is agreed that, in the case of the issuance of any commercial or trade Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit shall in no event provide for time drafts or bankers acceptances, unless a proper Reserve has been established with respect thereto.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the applicable Borrower delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Request may be sent by fax or by electronic transmission using the system provided by the applicable L/C Issuer or by any other means acceptable to such L/C Issuer and shall be subject to customary authentication procedures by such L/C Issuer with results reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Request must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, at least two Business Days
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(or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other customary matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other customary matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, such Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other customary documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from the applicable Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not then be satisfied or waived, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of such Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuers usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Facility Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If any Borrower so requests in any applicable standby Letter of Credit Request, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a standby Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit); provided that (x) any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the Non-Extension Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued and (y) such prior notice shall be deemed to have been given by the L/C Issuer on the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 10.06(f). Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, the applicable Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (unless the applicable L/C Issuer has otherwise agreed, in which case such expiry date may be later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, and if any such Letter of Credit is outstanding on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, such Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit); provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.05(a) or otherwise), or (B) one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.01 is not then satisfied or waived.
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(iv) If any Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a standby Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, such Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the Non-Reinstatement Deadline), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) that the Administrative Agent has reasonably determined not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or such Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.01 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.
(v) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Business Day (each such date, an Honor Date) following the date upon which such Borrower receives such notice from the L/C Issuer of a payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit, such Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If such Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Administrative Agent who shall promptly notify each Revolving Facility Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the Unreimbursed Amount), and the amount of such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. In such event, such Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Facility Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.01 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Facility Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 (other than the delivery of a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request).
(ii) Each Revolving Facility Lender shall, upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i), make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the L/C Issuer at the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders, in an amount equal to its Revolving Facility Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.05(c)(iii), each Revolving Facility Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the applicable Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
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(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Facility Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Facility Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.05.
(iv) Until each Revolving Facility Lender funds its Revolving Facility Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lenders Revolving Facility Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Facility Lenders obligation to make Revolving Facility Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.05(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Facility Lenders obligation to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Article V (other than delivery by a Borrower of a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of any Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Facility Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of any L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Revolving Facility Loan included in the relevant Revolving Facility Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Facility Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.05(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Facility Lender such Lenders L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.05(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the applicable Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
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(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Facility Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the ABL Credit Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of each Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, any Issuer Document or any other Loan Document, or any term or provisions therein or herein;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the applicable L/C Issuer
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shall be liable to any Lender for: (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Facility Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude such Borrowers pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.05(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the applicable Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to such Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower which such Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuers willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. The L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
(g) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the applicable Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to any Borrower for, and the L/C Issuers rights and remedies against any Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and TradeInternational Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
(h) Letter of Credit Fees. Each Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility
Lender, in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage, a Letter of Credit fee (the Letter of Credit Fee) (i) for each commercial Letter of Credit issued at the request of such Borrower equal to the ApplicableRevolving
Facility LIBOR Rate Margin for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings effective for each day during any quarter times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and (ii) for each standby Letter of Credit issued at the request of such Borrower equal to the
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings effective for each day during any quarter times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of
Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.04. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the first Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing
with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date
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and thereafter on demand, (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears on the basis of a year of 360 days and (iii) 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 quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges to L/C Issuers. Each Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit issued at the request of such Borrower, at the rate of 0.125 % per annum (or such lesser amount to any respective L/C Issuer as such Borrower may agree in writing with such L/C Issuer), computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit, and payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment of a commercial Letter of Credit increasing the amount of such Letter of Credit issued at the request of such Borrower, at a rate separately agreed between such Borrower and the L/C Issuer, computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, and (iii) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit issued at the request of such Borrower, at the rate of 0.125% per annum (or such lesser amount to any respective L/C Issuer as such Borrower may agree in writing with such L/C Issuer), computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, and payable upon each Credit Event with respect thereto. In addition, each Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit requested by such Borrower as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable. The fees in this paragraph are referred to collectively as L/C Issuer Fees.
(j) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of its Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of such Borrower, and that such Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(l) Reporting. Each L/C Issuer will report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on the first Business Day of each week, the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit issued by it and outstanding as of the last Business Day of the preceding week, (ii) on or prior to each Business Day on which such L/C Issuer expects to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension and the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and such L/C Issuer shall advise the Administrative Agent on such Business Day whether such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension occurred and whether the amount thereof changed), (iii) on each Business Day on which such L/C Issuer makes any L/C Borrowing, the date and amount of such L/C Borrowing and (iv) on any Business Day on which the applicable Borrower fails to reimburse an L/C Borrowing required to be reimbursed to such L/C Issuer on such day, the date and amount of such failure.
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(m) Standard of Care. Each L/C Issuer shall be deemed to have acted with due diligence and reasonable care if such L/C Issuers conduct is in accordance with Standard Letter of Credit Practice or in accordance with this Agreement.
(n) Power of Attorney. Each Borrower irrevocably appoints the L/C Issuer of any commercial Letter of Credit as its attorney-in-fact and authorizes such L/C Issuer, without notice to Borrowers, to take such reasonable actions to execute and deliver ancillary documents and letters customary in the letter of credit business that may include but are not limited to advisements, indemnities, checks, bills of exchange and issuance documents. The power of attorney granted by the Borrowers is limited solely to such actions related to the issuance, confirmation or amendment of any commercial Letter of Credit and to ancillary documents or letters customary in the letter of credit business. This appointment is coupled with an interest.
Section 2.06 Funding of Borrowings.
(a)
(a) Each Revolving Facility Lender shall make each Revolving Facility Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 p.m., Local Time, to the Administrative Agents Account; provided that Swing Line
Revolving Facility Loans shall be made as provided in
Section 2.04. The Administrative Agent will make such Revolving Facility Revolving Facility Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of such Borrower as specified in the Revolving Facility Borrowing Request; provided that Base Rate Revolving
Facility
LoansBorrowings and Swing Line Borrowings made to
finance the reimbursement in respect of Letters of Credit and Swing Line Revolving Facility Loans shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line
Revolving Facility Lender, as applicable.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Revolving Facility Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Revolving Facility Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Revolving Facility Lenders share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Revolving Facility Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Revolving Facility Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Revolving Facility Lender and such Borrower severally and not jointly agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Revolving Facility Lender, the greater of (A) the Federal Funds Rate and (B) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Revolving Facility Loans at such time. If such Revolving Facility Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Revolving Facility Lenders Revolving Facility Loan included in such Borrowing. In the event such Borrower pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall reduce the principal amount of such Borrowing (but exclusive of any accrued and unpaid interest thereon).
Section 2.07 Interest Elections.
(a)
(a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Revolving Facility Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Revolving Facility Borrowing Request or, if no Interest Period
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is specified in such Revolving Facility Borrowing Request, an initial Interest Period of one months duration. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The applicable Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Revolving Facility Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Revolving Facility Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swing Line Borrowings which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election in writing (which may be delivered electronically) by the time that a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable.
(c) Each Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the name of the applicable Borrower and the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Rate 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.
(v) If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lenders portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Rate 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 converted to a Base Rate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrowers, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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Section 2.08 Termination and Reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments. (a)
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate on the Facility Maturity Date.
(b) The Borrowers may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Incremental the Revolving Facility
Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Incremental Revolving Facility
Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments)
and), (ii) the Borrowers shall not terminate
or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments if,
after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure would exceed the Maximum CreditRevolving
Loan Limit, and (iii) it is after the Final Term Loan Funding Date and no Term Loans are outstanding.
(c) The Borrowers shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or permanently reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments under paragraph
(b) of this Section 2.08 at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments and/or the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments delivered by the Borrowers
may state that such notice is conditioned upon the happening or non-happening of one or more events, including, without limitation, the effectiveness of other credit facilities, receivables financing facilities or the consummation of a Change in Control, in which case such notice may be
revoked by the Borrowers (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments
shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
Section 2.09 Agreement to Repay
Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a)
(a)
The Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan of
such Lender on the Facility Maturity Date
and,
(ii) to the Swing Line Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swing Line Loan on the Facility Maturity
Date., and
(iii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Loan Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender on the Facility Maturity Date. The Borrowers are
jointly and severally liable for all ABL Credit Obligations.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lenders share thereof.
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(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section 2.09 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a Note). In such event, each 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) in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to such Borrower. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.06) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
Section 2.10 Repayment of Loans.
(a)
(a) To the extent not previously paid, outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Facility Maturity Date.
(b) Prior to any repayment of any Revolving Facility Loans, the Borrowers shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings under the Revolving Facility to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which may be delivered electronically) of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, (i) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, one Business Day before the scheduled date of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a Borrowing shall be applied to the Revolving Facility Loans included in the repaid Borrowing such that each Revolving Facility Lender receives its ratable share of such repayment (based upon the respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of the Revolving Facility Lenders at the time of such repayment). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding sentence, prior to any repayment of a Swing Line Loan hereunder, the Borrowers shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which may be delivered electronically) of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the scheduled date of such repayment. Repayments of Eurodollar Rate Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05.
Section 2.11
Prepayment of Revolving Facility Loans and Term Loans. (a)
(a) |
Optional Prepayments. |
(i)
The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any
Revolving Facility Loan in whole or in part, without
premium or penalty (but subject to Section 3.05), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior
notice in accordance with Section 2.10(b), which notice shall be irrevocable except to the extent conditioned on the occurrence of one or more events, including, without limitation, a change of control or a refinancing of all or any
portion of the
RevolvingCredit
Facility.
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(ii) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to Administrative Agent, to prepay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 3.05), in an aggregate principal amount of not less than $5,000,000 and increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(c), which notice shall be irrevocable except to the extent conditioned on the occurrence of one or more events, including, without limitation, a change of control or a refinancing of all or any portion of the Credit Facility, provided, that, with respect to, and after giving effect to, any such proposed prepayment of any principal amount of the Term Loans, on a Pro Forma basis, either (A) Availability is not less than 10.0% of Revolving Loan Limit and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is not less than 1.00 to 1.00 or (B) Availability is equal to or greater than 12.5% of the Revolving Loan Limit. Each such prepayment shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal due (and including breakage or similar costs, if any) on the outstanding Term Loans as directed by Borrowers (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Facility Maturity Date shall constitute an installment).
(b) |
Mandatory Prepayments. |
(i)
(b) In the event and on each occasion that the total
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeds the lesser of
(iA) the Maximum
CreditRevolving Loan Limit and (iiB) the Borrowing Base in effect at such time (including any reduction of the Borrowing Base as a result of the receipt of Net Proceeds from a sale or other disposition of inventory or receivables outside the
ordinary course of business as specified in clause (iii) of the last paragraph of Section 7.05),; the Borrowers shall immediately prepay Revolving Facility Borrowings
or Swing Line Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, deposit Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.16) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(ii)
(c) In the event and on each occasion that the L/C
Obligations exceed
(iA) the Letter of Credit Sublimit or (iiB) the lesser of the Maximum CreditRevolving
Loan Limit and the Borrowing Base in effect at such time (including any reduction of the Borrowing Base as a result of the receipt of Net Proceeds from a sale or other disposition of inventory or
receivables outside the ordinary course of business as specified in clause (iii) of the last paragraph of Section 7.05), the Borrowers shall immediately deposit Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.16 in an
amount equal to such excess.
(iii)
(d) In the event and on each occasion that the Swing Line
Loans exceed
(iA) the Swing Line Sublimit or
(iiB
) the lesser of the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan Limit and the Borrowing Base in effect at such time
(including any reduction of the Borrowing Base as a result of the receipt of Net Proceeds from a sale or other disposition of inventory or receivables outside the ordinary course of business as specified in clause (iii) of the last
paragraph of Section 7.05), the Borrowers shall immediately prepay Swing Line Borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(iv) Subject to clause (v) below, in the event and on each occasion of the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, of such Loan Party or Subsidiary, Borrowers shall promptly after such receipt, but in any event within five (5) Business Days after the receipt thereof), prepay the outstanding principal amount of the ABL Credit Obligations in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds received by such Person in connection with such sales or other dispositions; provided that, if no (A) Event of Default exists, (B) the monies are held in a Deposit Account in which Administrative Agent has a perfected first-priority security interest, and (C) the applicable Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth such Borrowers intention to use any portion of such proceeds up to an amount not exceeding $100,000,000 in any fiscal
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year, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to make investments in Permitted Business Acquisitions, in each case within 180 days of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 180 days of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 180 day period but within such 180 day period are contractually committed to be used, then, upon the termination of such contract, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso). Nothing contained in this Section 2.11(b)(iv) shall permit any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than in accordance with Section 7.05.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, mandatory prepayments pursuant to clause (iv) above as to assets (a) constituting Eligible Equipment shall only be required to prepay ABL Credit Obligations if either (A) the fair market value of such Equipment exceeds $7,500,000 in any one case or $35,000,000 in the aggregate in any 12 month period or (B) after giving effect to such asset disposition or such casualty, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans is greater than 50% of the NOLV of the remaining Eligible Equipment in place as set forth in the most recent appraisal in form, scope and methodology and by an Acceptable Appraiser received by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.11 in accordance with this Agreement and (b) constituting Revolving Loan Priority Collateral shall only be required to prepay ABL Credit Obligations to the extent Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeds the Loan Cap, including after giving effect to any reduction of the Borrowing Base as a result of the receipt of Net Proceeds from a sale or other disposition of inventory or receivables outside the ordinary course of business or from casualty event. Nothing contained in this Section 2.11(b)(v) shall limit any rights or remedies of the Collateral Agent upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Accounts Availability Triggering Event in accordance with Section 6.12.
(vi) In the event and on each occasion of the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section7.01 (other than any Permitted Refinancing of the Credit Facility)), Borrowers shall immediately prepay the outstanding principal amount of the ABL Credit Obligations in an amount equal to 100% of the net proceeds received by such Person in connection with such incurrence. Nothing contained in this Section 2.11(b)(vi) shall permit any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to incur any Indebtedness other than in accordance with Section 7.01.
(vii) In the event and on each occasion of the issuance by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of any Equity Interests upon the occurrence and during the continuance an Accounts Availability Triggering Event, (other than (A) in the event that any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries forms any Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof, the issuance by such Subsidiary of Equity Interests to such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, (B) the issuance of Equity Interests by any Borrower or its Subsidiaries to any Person that is an equity holder of any Borrower or its Subsidiary prior to such issuance (a Subject Holder) so long as such Subject Holder did not acquire any Equity Interests of such Borrower or its Subsidiary so as to become a Subject Holder concurrently with, or in contemplation of, the issuance of such Equity Interests to such Subject Holder, (C) the issuance of Equity Interests of any Borrower or its Subsidiary to directors, officers or employees of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock option plans (or other employee incentive plans or other compensation arrangements) approved by the Board of Directors, (D) any other issuance of Equity Interests otherwise permitted by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of Section 7.06 and (E) the issuance of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary of a Borrower to its parent or member in connection with the contribution by such parent or member to such Subsidiary of the proceeds of an issuance described in clauses (A) (E) above), Borrowers shall immediately prepay the outstanding principal amount of the ABL Finance Obligations in an amount equal to 100% of the net proceeds received by such Person in connection with such issuance. Nothing contained in this Section 2.11(b)(vii) shall permit any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to issue any Equity Interests otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
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(c) Application of Payments.
(i) Each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(vi) and (vii) shall, (1) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans until paid in full, and second, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage, and (2) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 8.03(b) and (c).
(ii) Each prepayment in respect of Net Proceeds in respect of Term Loan Priority Collateral pursuant to Sections 2.11(b)(iv) and (v), shall (A) so long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied, first, to the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan until paid in full, second, to the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans, until paid in full, and third, to Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then outstanding Letter of Credit Usage, and (B) if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth in Section 8.03(c). Each such prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal of the Term Loan in the inverse order of maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Facility Maturity Date shall constitute an installment).
(iii) Each such prepayment of the Term Loan made pursuant to clauses 2.11(c) shall be applied against the remaining installments of principal of the Term Loan in the inverse order of maturity (for the avoidance of doubt, any amount that is due and payable on the Facility Maturity Date shall constitute an installment). Each such prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans made pursuant to clause 2.11(c) shall not result in a permanent reduction of the Revolving Facility.
Section 2.12
Fees. (a)
(a)
The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender (other than Defaulting Lenders), in accordance with each such Lenders Revolving Facility
Percentage, a quarterly commitment fee (the Revolving Facility Commitment Fee) equal to the product of (i) the average daily Unutilized
Revolving Commitments during each calendarfiscal quarter (or, with respect to the following clause (ii)(B)(1), during the period specified therein), multiplied by (ii) (A) 0.25% per annum (with respect to each such period during
which (x) the average daily Unutilized Revolving
Commitments during i) such period divided by
(y) the average daily Revolving Facility Commitments for such period is less than 50%) or (B) 0.375% per annum (with respect to (1) the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the last day of the first full
fiscal quarter after the Closing Date and (2) thereafter, each such period during which (x) the average daily Unutilized
Revolving Commitments during such period divided by
(y) the average daily Revolving Facility Commitments for such period is greater than or equal to 50%), in each case subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.17. For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line
Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the aggregate Commitments for purposes of determining the
Revolving Facility Commitment Fee. The Revolving Facility Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during the
Availability Period, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the first calendar day of each April, July, October and January, commencing
with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period. The
Revolving Facility Commitment Fee shall be calculated
quarterly in arrears, 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).
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(b) The Borrowers from time to time agree to pay such Letter of Credit Fees and L/C Issuer Fees as specified in Section 2.05.
(c) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, the agency fees set forth in the Engagement Letter, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times specified therein (the Administrative Agent Fees).
(d) The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving FacilityTerm
Loan Lender (other than Defaulting Lenders) having commitmentsTerm Loan Commitments in respect of the Incremental RevolvingTerm
Loan Facility, in accordance with each such Lenders Incremental RevolvingTerm Loan Facility Percentage, a quarterlymonthly commitment fee (the IncrementalTerm Loan Facility Commitment Fee) equal to the product of (i) the total Incremental Revolving
FacilityUnutilized Term Loan Commitments
multiplied by
(ii)
0.250.50% per annum. The IncrementalTerm
Loan Facility Commitment Fee shall accrue at all
times prior to the effectiveness of the Incremental Revolving
Facilityand including the Final Term Loan Funding Date, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable
quarterlymonthly
in arrears on the first calendar day of each April, July, October and Januarymonth commencing with the first such date to occur after the ClosingAmendment No. 2
Effective Date, and on the effective date of the Incremental RevolvingTerm Loan Facility. The IncrementalTerm
Loan Facility Commitment Fee shall be
calculated
quarterlymonthly in arrears, 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).
(e) The Borrowers agree to pay such Incremental Facility
Exercise Fees as specified in Section 2.15, at the time specified therein.
(e)
(f) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date the fees set forth in the Fee
Letter.
(f)
(g) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for
distribution, if and as applicable, among the Lenders, except that L/C Issuer Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable L/C Issuers. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.
(g) The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with the arrangements between them) the fees set forth in the Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter on the dates and in the amounts set forth therein.
Section 2.13 Interest. (a)
(a)
(i) The Revolving Facility Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing (including
each Swing Line Loan) shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate LoansRevolving Facility Base Rate Margin, and (ii) the Term Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at
the Base Rate plus the Term Loan Base Rate Margin.
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(b)
(i) The Revolving Facility Loans comprising each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing
shall bear interest at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Revolving
Facility Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate
LoansRevolving Facility LIBOR Rate Margin, and (ii) The Revolving Facility Loans comprising each
Eurodollar Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Term Loan Facility Borrowing plus the Term Loan LIBOR Rate Margin.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder has not been paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate (the Default Rate) per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.0% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.13 or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.0% plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 10.01.
(d) Accrued interest on each
Revolving Facility Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on
each Interest Payment Date for such Revolving Facility
Loan, (ii) upon termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments and (iii) on the Facility Maturity Date; provided that (iA) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this
Section 2.13 shall be payable on demand,
(iiB
) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Revolving
Facility Loan (other than a prepayment of a Base Rate Revolving Facility Loan or a Swing Line 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 (iiiC) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor,
accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) Accrued interest on each Term Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Term Loan commencing with the first Interest Payment Date after such Term Loan is made, and (ii) on the Facility Maturity Date; provided that (A) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2.13 shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Term Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (C) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Rate Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(f) (e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by
reference to the Base Rate (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Adjusted Eurodollar 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 Base Rate, Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or Eurodollar Base Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.
Section 2.14 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. (a)
(a) Unless otherwise specified, the applicable Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of L/C Obligations, or of amounts payable under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agents Account, except payments to be made directly to the
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applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 may be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. The receipt of any payment item by the Administrative Agent shall not be required to be considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately available funds made to the Administrative Agents Account or unless and until such payment item is honored when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment, then Borrowers shall be deemed not to have made such payment. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under the Loan Documents shall be made in Dollars. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from any Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed L/C Obligations, interest and fees then due from such Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, (ii) second, towards payment of principal of Swing Line Loans and unreimbursed L/C Obligations then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed L/C Obligations then due to such parties and (iii) third, towards payment of principal of Revolving Facility Loans then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal 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 (i) ABL Credit Obligations due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (x) the amount of such ABL Credit Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (y) the aggregate amount of the ABL Credit Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the ABL Credit Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time or (ii) ABL Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (x) the amount of such ABL Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (y) the aggregate amount of the ABL Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Parties at such time) of payment on account of the ABL Credit Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (A) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (B) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and sub-participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of ABL Credit Obligations then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be, provided that:
(d)
(i) if any such participations or sub-participations are
purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or sub-participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
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(e)
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed
to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the
application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.16 or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or sub-participations in L/C Obligations or
Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant.
(f) Each Borrower consents to this Section 2.14(c) 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 any Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
(g)
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from the applicable Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of
the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed
to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(h)
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available
to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of
Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In
such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such
corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the
case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar
fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If such Borrower and such Lender shall pay
such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the
applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by a Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender
that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
Section 2.15 Incremental
CommitmentsTerm Loans. .Upon the satisfaction
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(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein each Term Loan Lender severally and not jointly agrees to make
term loans to the Borrowers in Dollars from time to time, on any Business Day prior to and including the Final Term Loan Funding Date, subject to satisfaction (or waiver by all such Lenders having Term Loan Commitments of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 5.01 and in accordance with the procedures in Section 2.15(f), upon written request by the Borrowers; provided, that, in addition, after giving effect to the making of any Term Loan, each of the following conditions (such date of satisfaction, the
Incremental Facility Effective
Date), the total Revolving Facility Commitments shall be increased by an amount equal to the Incremental Amount:is satisfied: (i) after the making of such Term Loan, the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders shall not exceed
the Term Loan Amount, (ii) the Term Loan Exposure of any Term Loan Lender shall not exceed such Lenders original Term Loan Commitment, (iii) such Term Loans may be made on no more than three (3) occasions on or prior to the Term
Loan Commitment Expiration Date. Once repaid, whether such repayment is voluntary or required, no portion of the any Term Loans may be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein. Each Term Loan
shall be made as part of a request received pursuant to Section 2.15(f) consisting of Term Loans under the Term Loan Facility and of the same Type made by the Term Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Term Loan Commitments;
provided, however, that Term Loans shall be made by Term Loan Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Term Loan Facility Percentages on the date such Term Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Term Loan Lender to make any Term
Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Term Loan Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Term Loan Commitments of the Term Loan Lenders are several and no Term Loan Lender shall be responsible for any other Term
Loan Lenders failure to make Term Loans as required.
(b) Term Loans will be repaid in consecutive equal quarterly installments of principal, commencing January 1, 2021, with each installment of principal (other than the final installment) in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding on the Final Term Loan Funding Date (and after giving effect to any Term Loans made on such date) divided by 21, with the first installment payable on such date and each installment thereafter payable on the first day of each fiscal quarter, with the final installment to be in the then remaining aggregate principal balance of the Term Loans (and including principal, accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts) due on the earlier of the Facility Maturity Date or the termination of the Credit Facility.
(c) Subject to Section 3.03, each request of Borrower made to the Administrative Agent for Term Loans shall be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans as a Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Term Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay such Term Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 3.01 or 3.04 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.
(d) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term Loan denominated as Eurodollar Rate Loan, such Term Loan shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the $5,000,000 and multiples of $1,000,000. At the time that each Base Rate Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate minimum of $5,000,000 and multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided that Term Loans 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 three (3) Term Loans which Eurodollar Rate Borrowings outstanding under the Term Loan Facility.
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Term Loan if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Facility Maturity Date.
(f) To request a Term Loan Facility Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request in writing by delivery of a Term Loan Request (which may be delivered through Administrative Agents electronic platform or portal) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the requested borrowing date. All Term Loan Requests which are not made on-line via Administrative Agents electronic platform or portal shall be subject to (and unless Administrative Agent elects otherwise in the exercise of its sole discretion, such Borrowings shall not be made until the completion of) a customary authentication process by the Administrative Agent (with results reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) prior to the funding of any such requested Term Loan. Each such Term Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or shall result after giving effect to the Incremental Revolving Facility;the name of the applicable Borrower;
(ii) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Incremental Revolving Facility Lender (other than Defaulting Lenders) having Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, ratably in accordance with each such Lenders Incremental Revolving Facility Percentage, an
accordion fee (the Incremental Facility Exercise Fee) equal to the product of (i) the total Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments multiplied by (ii) 0.125% per
annum;aggregate amount of (A) the requested Term Loans (the principal amount of Term Loans
requested may not be less than $50,000,000 in the aggregate) and (B) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure (after giving effect to the requested Term Loans);
(iii) the termination of the AB Receivables Financing and
the payment in full or provision for payment in full of all obligations owing to the purchasers under the AB Receivables Financing, in each case in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;date of such Term Loans are to be made, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) the Administrative Agent shall maintain a
senior perfected security interest in substantially all of the AB Receivables owned by Muscle Shoals;
andwhether such Term Loans are to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing;
(v) the
Administrative Agent shall have received a written notice signed by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower, notifying the Administrative Agent of the Borrowers election to exercise the Incremental Revolving Facility and certifying as to the
matters set forth in this Section
2.15.in
the case of a Eurodollar Rate Loans, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term Interest Period; and
On the Incremental Facility Effective Date,
(i) each relevant Incremental Revolving Facility Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being
required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lenders portion of the outstanding Revolving Facility Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Pro Rata
Share of such outstanding Revolving Facility Loans, and (ii) the Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Facility Loans as of the Incremental Facility Effective Date (with such reborrowing to consist of
the Types of Revolving Facility Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the applicable Borrower, in accordance with
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the requirements of Section 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the applicable Borrower pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.05 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Revolving Facility Loans, other Credit Events or any
other financial accommodations advanced in excess of the total Revolving Facility Commitments as in effect immediately prior to the Incremental Facility Effective Date shall be secured by any Real Property unless and until the flood diligence
required by Sections 6.02 and 10.01 has been completed in a manner satisfactory to each Lender, as confirmed by written notice from each such Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers after the Incremental Facility Effective
Date.
(vi) the location and number of such Borrowers account to which funds are to be disbursed.
If such Borrower fails to specify a Type of Term Loan in a Term Loan Request or if such Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the Term Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, then such Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one months duration. Promptly following receipt of a Term Loan Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Term Loan Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenders Term Loan to be made as part of the request.
Section 2.16 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. If (i) an L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, (iii) the Borrowers shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 8.01, or (iv) there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, the Borrowers shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. Each Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to subsection (c) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrowers will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in one or more Controlled Accounts held with Wells Fargo. The Borrowers shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
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(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.16 or Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.17 or Section 8.01 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.
(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Loan Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable L/C Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
Section 2.17 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders and Section 10.01.
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees, indemnity payments or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.16; fourth, as the Borrowers may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, to be held in a deposit account and released pro-rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lenders potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.16; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers or the Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender against
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such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to any Borrower as a result of any final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by such Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans are held by the Lenders pro-rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.17(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive
any Commitment Fee or any Incremental any Revolving Facility
Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and no Borrower shall be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Revolving Facility Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.16.
(C) With respect to any fee payable under Section 2.12(a) or any Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the applicable Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to the applicable L/C Issuers and Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lenders Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv) Reallocation of Revolving Facility Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 5.01 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the applicable Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, such Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Facility Commitment. Subject to Section 10.24, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lenders increased exposure following such reallocation.
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(v) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the applicable Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lenders Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.16.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If each Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and one or more applicable L/C Issuers, in their sole discretion, agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro-rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Facility Percentages (carried out to the ninth decimal place) (without giving effect to Section 2.17(a)(iv), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of any Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
Section 2.18 Agent Advances.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in the provisos contained in this Section 2.18, the Administrative Agent is hereby
authorized by the Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Administrative Agents sole discretion, (A) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) at any time that any of the other applicable conditions
precedent set forth in Article V have not been satisfied, to make Revolving Facility Loans to the Borrowers on behalf of the Lenders which the Administrative Agent, (1) in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable to
preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (2) in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Revolving Facility Loans and other ABL Credit
Obligations, or (3) in its reasonable business judgment, deems necessary or desirable to pay any other amount chargeable to the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including costs, fees, and expenses as described in
Section 10.04 (any of the advances described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) being hereinafter referred to as Protective Advances; any of the advances described in the foregoing clause (3) being
hereinafter referred to as Overadvances, and such Overadvances together with any Protective Advances, collectively, Agent Advances); provided that (x) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure (except
for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for interest, fees, or other expenses of the Lenders) after giving effect to any Agent Advance shall not exceed the
Maximum
CreditRevolving Loan Limit and (y) Agent
Advances outstanding and unpaid at no time will exceed 10% of the Borrowing Base then in effect in the aggregate; provided, further, that the Required
Revolving Facility Lenders may revoke the Administrative
Agents authorization contained in this Section 2.18 to make additional Overadvances at any time after any Overadvances have been outstanding for thirty (30) consecutive days, any such revocation to be in writing and to become
effective upon the Administrative Agents receipt thereof provided further that no Protective Advances shall be revocable.
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(b) The Agent Advances shall be repayable on demand and secured by the Collateral Agents Liens in and to the Collateral, shall constitute Revolving Facility Loans and ABL Credit Obligations hereunder, and shall bear interest at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans from time to time. The Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender in writing of each Agent Advance; provided that any delay or failure of the Administrative Agent in providing any such notice to any Lender shall not result in any liability or constitute the breach of any duty or obligation of the Administrative Agent hereunder.
Section 2.19 Settlement. Except as may be specifically provided otherwise herein, it is agreed that each Lenders funded portion of the Revolving Facility Loans is intended by the Lenders to be equal at all times to such Lenders applicable Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Revolving Facility Loans of such Type. Notwithstanding such agreement, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, and the Lenders agree (which agreement shall not be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Borrower) that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among them as to the Revolving Facility Loans, including the Swing Line Loans and the Agent Advances, shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the following provisions:
(a)
(i) The Administrative Agent shall request settlement (a
Settlement) with the Lenders on at least a weekly basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by the Administrative Agent, (A) on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, with respect to each outstanding Swing Line Loan,
(B) for itself, with respect to each Agent Advance, and (C) with respect to collections received, in each case, by notifying the Lenders of such requested Settlement by fax, telephone, or other means of written electronic communication, no
later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of such requested Settlement (the Settlement Date). Each Revolving Facility Lender (other than the Swing Line Lender, in the case of Swing Line Loans, and the Administrative Agent, in
the case of Agent Advances) shall transfer the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans and Agent Advances with respect to which Settlement is requested to the Administrative
Agents Account not later than 3:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Settlement Date applicable thereto, which may occur before or after the occurrence or during the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default and whether or not the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in Article V have then been satisfied. Such amounts made available to the Administrative Agent shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable Swing Line Loan or Agent Advance and, together with the
portion of such Swing Line Loan or Agent Advance representing the Swing Line Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Revolving Facility Loans of the Lenders, respectively. If any such amount is not made available to the Administrative
Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date applicable thereto, the Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Swing Line Lender with respect to each outstanding Swing Line Loan and for itself with respect to each Agent Advance, be entitled to
recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate for the first three (3) days from and after the Settlement Date and thereafter at the interest rate then applicable to Revolving Facility
Loans that are Base Rate Loans.
(b)
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, not more than one
(1) Business Day after demand is made by the Administrative Agent (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default and regardless of whether the Administrative Agent has requested a Settlement with respect to a Swing
Line Loan or Agent Advance), each Lender (A) shall irrevocably and unconditionally purchase and receive from the Swing Line Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation
in such Swing Line Loan or Agent Advance equal to such Lenders Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan or Agent Advance and (B) if Settlement has not previously occurred with respect to such Swing Line Loans or Agent Advances, upon demand
by the Swing Line Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall pay to the Swing Line Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, as the purchase price of such participation an amount equal to one-hundred percent (100%) of
such Lenders Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loans or Agent Advances. If such amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from
such Lender together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate for the first three (3) days from and after such demand and thereafter at the interest rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans.
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(c)
(iii) From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender
purchases an undivided interest and participation in any Swing Line Loan or Agent Advance pursuant to clause (ii) preceding, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender such Lenders Pro Rata Share of all
payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Swing Line Loan or Agent Advance.
(d)
(iv) Between Settlement Dates, to the extent no Agent
Advances are outstanding, the Administrative Agent may pay over to the Swing Line Lender any payments received by the Administrative Agent, which in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Revolving
Facility Loans, for application to the Swing Line Lenders Revolving Facility Loans including Swing Line Loans. If, as of any Settlement Date, collections received since the then immediately preceding Settlement Date have been applied to the
Swing Line Lenders Revolving Facility Loans (other than to Swing Line Loans or Agent Advances in which a Lender has not yet funded its purchase of a participation, as provided for in the previous sentence), the Swing Line Lender shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the accounts of the Lenders, to be applied to the outstanding Revolving Facility Loans of such Lenders, an amount such that each Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have, as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata
Share of the Revolving Facility Loans. During the period between Settlement Dates, the Swing Line Lender with respect to Swing Line Loans, the Administrative Agent with respect to Agent Advances, and each Lender with respect to the Revolving
Facility Loans other than Swing Line Loans and Agent Advances, shall be entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the actual average daily amount of funds employed by the Swing Line Lender, the
Administrative Agent, and the Lenders.
(e)
(v) Unless the Administrative Agent has received written
notice from a Lender to the contrary, the Administrative Agent may assume that the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article V have been satisfied and the requested Borrowing will not exceed Availability on any date for funding a
Revolving Facility Loan or Swing Line Loan. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Revolving Facility Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not
made available to the applicable Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like
funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
Section 2.20 Maintenance of Loan Account; Statement of Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of the Borrowers (the Loan Account) on which Borrowers will be charged with all Revolving Facility Loans (including Agent Advances and Swing Line Loans) made by Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, or the Lenders to Borrowers or for Borrowers account, the Letters of Credit issued or arranged by the L/C Issuer for Borrowers account, and with all other ABL Credit Obligations that are payment obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, including, accrued interest, fees and expenses. In accordance with Section 2.14(a), the Loan Account will be credited with all payments received by the Administrative Agent from Borrowers or for Borrowers account. The Administrative Agent shall make available to Borrowers monthly statements regarding the Loan Account, including the principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans, interest accrued hereunder, fees accrued or charged hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and a summary itemization of all charges and expenses accrued hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and each such statement, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrowers and the Lenders unless, within 30 days after the Administrative Agent first makes such a statement available to Borrowers, Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in such statement.
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ARTICLE
IIIARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
Section 3.01 Taxes.
(a) |
Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes. |
(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor under any Loan Document shall be made
without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Laws. If any applicable Laws (as determined in the good faith discretion of the Administrative Agent, Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor) require the deduction or
withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Administrative Agent, a Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor, then the Administrative Agent, such Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding, upon the
basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (eSection 3.01(a)(ii) below.
(ii) If any Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or the Administrative Agent shall be required by any applicable Laws to withhold or deduct any
Taxes from any payment under any Loan Documents, then (A) such Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by such Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or the Administrative
Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (eSection 3.01(c) below, (B) such Loan Party, the Parent
Guarantor or the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the applicable Law and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account
of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions for Indemnified Taxes (including deductions
for Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01(iia)) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum
it would have received had no such withholding or deduction of Indemnified Taxes been made.
(iii) (b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (aSection
3.01(a)(i) and Section 3.01(a)(ii) above, the Loan Parties or the Parent Guarantor shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the
option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(b) (c) Tax Indemnifications.
(i) Without duplication of any additional amounts paid pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or
(b), each of the Loan Parties and the Parent Guarantor shall, and does hereby, jointly and
severally indemnify each Recipient, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 Business 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 3.01) 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 of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrowers by a Lender or an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(ii) Each Lender and L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make
payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender or L/C Issuer (but only to the extent that any Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor has not
already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties or the Parent Guarantor to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent against any Taxes attributable to such Lenders
failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender or L/C Issuer, in each case,
that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender or L/C Issuer by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause
Section 3.01(b)(ii).
(iii) (d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by a Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be,
after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, such Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative
Agent shall deliver to such Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(c) (e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender and L/C Issuer 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 Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the
Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, each Lender and L/C Issuer, if reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent,
shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender or L/C Issuer
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
3.01(ec)(ii)(A), Section 3.01(c)(ii)(B), Section 3.01(c)(ii)(C) and Section 3.01(c)(ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders, L/C Issuers or Swing Line Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender or L/C
Issuer to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or L/C Issuer.
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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) each Lender or L/C Issuer that is a U.S. Person (or, if such Lender or L/C Issuer is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is owned by a U.S. Person) shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender or L/C Issuer becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender or L/C Issuer or such U.S. Person, as applicable, 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 Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Person treated as its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) relying on 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, duly completed and 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, duly completed and 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 business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
(2) duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI with respect to such Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, with respect to the Person treated as its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes);
(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Person treated as its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) relying on 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 any 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) duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable; or
(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Person treated as its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is not the beneficial owner, duly completed and executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 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 (or, if such Foreign Lender is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Person treated as its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender (or owner) 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;
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provided that, for the absence of doubt, in the event a Foreign Lender is eligible for more than one benefit or exemption described in the above clauses, such Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent properly completed and executed documentation described in whichever of the clause above would establish an exemption from or the greatest reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to any Lender or L/C Issuer under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA
if such Lender or L/C Issuer were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender or L/C Issuer shall deliver to the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as
prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to comply with their
obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender or L/C Issuer 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
Section 3.01(c)(ii)(D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii) Each Lender or L/C Issuer agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly (x) update such form or certification or (y) notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(iv) Each Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrowers, the Holdcos and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or L/C Issuer, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrowers, the Holdcos or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for Taxes from amounts payable to such Lender or L/C Issuer.
(d)
(f) 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 3.01 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01), 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 3.01 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
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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
(fSection 3.01(d) (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 (fSection
3.01(d), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (fSection
3.01(d) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification
and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraphSection
3.01(d) 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.
(e)
(g) FATCA. For purposes of determining
withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Closing Date, each Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the obligations under the Loan
Documents as not qualifying as a grandfathered obligation within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).
(f)
(h) Survival. Each partys obligations
under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or an L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment,
satisfaction or discharge of all other ABL Credit Obligations.
Section 3.02 Illegality. If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Base Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrowers through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Base Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Base Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Base Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Base Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base Rate. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers in writing promptly upon becoming aware that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
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Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.
(a) Unless and until a Replacement Rate is implemented in accordance with clause (b) below, if the Required Lenders advise the Administrative Agent prior to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan that (i) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan or (iii) the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will as promptly as practicable notify the applicable Borrower (by telephone and/or fax) and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or the continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be ineffective, (y) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, then such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing and (z) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Base Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Base Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, upon receipt of such notice, such Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
(b) If at any time the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers that it has determined, or either any
Borrower or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to the Borrowers) that such Borrower or such Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that: (i) the circumstances set
forth in Section 3.03(a)(i) or (ii) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the administrator of the Eurodollar Base Rate or a Governmental Authority having, or purporting to have,
jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Eurodollar Base Rate shall no longer be made available or used for determining interest rates for loans in the U.S. syndicated loan
market in Dollars (such specific date, the Scheduled Unavailability Date), then, reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, as applicable, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers may agree to amend this Agreement to establish an alternate rate of interest to the Eurodollar Base Rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to such alternate rate of interest (if any) incorporated
therein or to the Applicable Margin), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar syndicated credit facilities in the U.S. market denominated in Dollars and to any selection, endorsement or recommendation of a
replacement rate and/or replacement spread or the mechanism for determining such a rate or spread by the relevant Governmental Authority in effect at such time )any such proposed rate, a Replacement Rate), together with any
proposed Replacement Rate Conforming Changes; provided that such amendment shall provide that if such Replacement Rate shall be less than zero1.00%, such Replacement Rate shall be deemed to be zero1.00% for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.01, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this
Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date a copy of such amendment is provided to the Lenders, written notice
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from the Required Lenders stating that such Lenders object to such amendment. If no Replacement Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (i) above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrowers and each Lender, and thereafter until execution of an amendment to implement an alternative rate in accordance with the foregoing, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) the Eurodollar Base Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining the Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a Loan of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount specified therein.
Section 3.04 Increased Costs.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement, including any compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (or its applicable Lending Office) (except any reserve requirement which is reflected in the determination of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate hereunder) or any L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender (or its applicable Lending Office) or L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient (or its applicable Lending Office) 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, any L/C Issuer or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, L/C Issuer or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, L/C Issuer or such other Recipient, the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender, L/C Issuer or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, L/C Issuer or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or an L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or an L/C Issuer or its applicable Lending Office or such Lenders or an L/C Issuers holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or an L/C Issuers capital or on the capital of such Lenders or an L/C Issuers 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 or Swing Line Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lenders or L/C Issuers holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or L/C Issuers policies and the
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policies of such Lenders or L/C Issuers holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity requirements), then from time to time the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Lenders or L/C Issuers holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrowers shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delays in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or L/C Issuers right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenders or L/C Issuers intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
Section 3.05 Compensation for Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the applicable Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a)
(i) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of
any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b)
(ii) any failure by such Borrower (for a reason other than
the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by such Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; or
(c)
(iii) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day
other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by such Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15 or Section 10.14;
including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. Such Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Base Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or, other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
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Section 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any event gives rise to the operation of Section 3.02, such Lender or L/C Issuer shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) would not subject such Lender or L/C Issuer to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in any material respect. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if any Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01 and, in each case, such Lender or L/C Issuer has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Office in accordance with Section 3.06(a), such Borrower may replace such Lender or L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 10.14.
Section 3.07 Survival. All of each Borrowers obligations under this Article III shall survive repayment of all other ABL Credit Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IVARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
On the date of each Credit Event as provided in Section 5.01, each Holdco and each Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:
Section 4.01 Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.01, each Holdco, each Borrower and each of the Material Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of organization outside the United States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of each Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.
Section 4.02 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Holdcos, each Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder and the transactions forming a part of the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action required to be obtained by the Holdcos, such Borrower and such Subsidiary Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or bylaws of the Holdcos, any such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, (B) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any
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provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which the Holdcos, any such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 4.02(b), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by any such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
Section 4.03 Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Holdcos and each Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor enforceable against each such Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
Section 4.04 Governmental Approvals. No action, consent, exemption or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by, or notice to, any Governmental Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents or the exercise by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and equivalent filings, registrations or other notifications in foreign jurisdictions, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 4.04.
Section 4.05 Financial Statements. The audited combined balance sheets of Ultimate Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of the 2016 and 2017 fiscal years, and the related audited combined statements of income, stockholders equity, and cash flows for such fiscal years, reported on by and accompanied by a report from the auditors thereof, copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, (i) present fairly in all material respects the combined financial position of Ultimate Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the combined results of operations, stockholders equity, and cash flows of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries for the years then ended and (ii) were prepared in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules consistently applied throughout the respective periods covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein.
Section 4.06 No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2017, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 4.07 Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a)
(a) Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its Real Properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has good and valid title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Permitted Liens and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens. As of the Closing Date, all material permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable the Real Properties to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which it is currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect.
(b) Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.07(b), each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) As of the Closing Date, no Borrower nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has received any notice of any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any material portion of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date.
(d) No Borrower nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is obligated on the Closing Date under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, except as permitted by Section 7.02 or 7.05.
Section 4.08 Subsidiaries. (a)
(a) Schedule 4.08(a) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each direct and indirect subsidiary of the Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor) and, as to each such subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor) or by any such subsidiary.
(b) As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 4.08(b).
Section 4.09 Litigation; Compliance with Laws.
(a)
(a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, investigations by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Holdcos or any Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting the Ultimate Parent, the Holdcos or the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) No Borrower nor any of their respective Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 4.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or any order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or directing that the transactions provided for herein or therein not be consummated as herein or therein provided.
Section 4.10 Federal Reserve Regulations.
(a)
(a) None of the Holdcos, the Borrowers or the Borrowers Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation U or Regulation X.
Section 4.11 Investment Company Act. None of the Holdcos, the Borrowers and the Borrowers Subsidiaries is an investment company as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 4.12 Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of each Credit Event for general corporate purposes and to effect the repurchase under and termination of or, refinancing (or discharge) of Indebtedness under, the Existing Factoring Agreement.
Section 4.13 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13:
(a)
(i) except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) each of the Holdcos, each Borrower and its Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it and
(y) |
each such Tax return is true and correct; |
(b)
(ii) each of the Holdcos, each Borrower and its
Subsidiaries has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on the returns referred to in clause (a)(i) above and all other Taxes or assessments (or made adequate provision (in accordance with the
Applicable Accounting Rules) for the payment of all Taxes due) with respect to all periods or portions thereof ending on or before the Closing Date (except Taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in
accordance with Section 6.03 and for which the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules), which Taxes, if not
paid or adequately provided for, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
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(c)
(iii) other than as would not be, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect as of the Closing Date, with respect to each of the Holdcos, each Borrower and its Subsidiaries, there are no claims being asserted in writing by any Governmental Authority with
respect to any Taxes.
Section 4.14 No Material Misstatements. (a)
(a) All written information (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the Information) concerning the Holdcos, the Borrowers, their respective Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and, if delivered after the Original Closing Date and prior to the Closing Date, as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.
(b) The Projections and estimates and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of any Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by such Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that actual results may vary materially from the Projections), as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) as of the Closing Date, have not been modified in any material respect by such Borrower.
Section 4.15 Employee Benefit
Plans. (a)
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect:(i) each Plan is in compliance in all respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years; (iii) no Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iv) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (v) none of the Holdcos, the Borrowers, their respective Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates (A) has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be insolvent or to be terminated or (B) has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any Withdrawal Liability to any Multiemployer Plan.
(b) Each of the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to any employee pension benefit plan or other employee benefit plan governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Within the last five years, no Plan of the Holdcos, Borrowers, any Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates has been terminated, whether or not in a standard termination as that term is used in Section 4041(b)(1) of ERISA, that would reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Holdcos, Borrowers, any Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates in excess of $1,000,000, nor has any Plan of the
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Holdcos, Borrowers, any Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates (determined at any time within the past five years) with Unfunded Pension Liabilities been transferred outside of the controlled group (with the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of the Holdcos, Borrowers, any Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliates, in either case, that has or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.16 Environmental Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16 and except as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice, request for information, order, complaint or penalty has been received by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to such Borrowers knowledge, threatened, which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and is, and during the term of all applicable statutes of limitation, has been, in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals and with all other applicable Environmental Laws, (iii) to any Borrowers knowledge, no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently owned, operated or leased by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, owned, treated, stored, handled or controlled by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and transported to or Released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, (iv) there are no agreements in which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof and (v) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities has attached to any Property of any Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Borrower and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that would reasonably be expected to result in any such Lien attaching to any such Property.
Section 4.17 Security Documents.
(a)
(a) The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank, are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the ABL Finance Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except for Permitted Liens and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements).
(b) When the Collateral Agreement, a summary thereof or one or more intellectual property security agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing
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of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in all domestic Intellectual Property, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person (except Permitted Liens and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements), it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date.
(c) The Mortgages (including those to be executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.10) shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a valid Lien on all of the Loan Parties right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and except with respect to the rights of a person pursuant to Permitted Liens.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 4.17) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, or as to the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.
Section 4.18 Location of Real Property and Leased
Premises. (a)
(a) The Perfection Certificate correctly sets forth and identifies, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date all material Real Property owned by the Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor), the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, the Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor), the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties own in fee simple all the Real Property set forth as being owned by them on the Perfection Certificate.
(b) The Perfection Certificate completely and correctly sets forth and identifies, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date, all material Real Property leased by the Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor), the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof and the leases pursuant to which the Real Property is leased.
Section 4.19 Solvency.
(a)
(a) Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date or prior to the date this representation and warranty is made or remade, (i) the fair value of the assets of each Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, contingent or otherwise, of such Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of each Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective
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Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) each Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) each Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
(b) On the Closing Date, neither the Holdcos nor any Borrower intends to, and neither the Holdcos nor any Borrower believes that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such subsidiary.
Section 4.20 Labor Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against any Holdco (other than the Parent Guarantor), any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked by and payments made to employees of each Holdco (other than the Parent Guarantor), each Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from any Holdco (other than the Parent Guarantor), any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against any Holdco (other than the Parent Guarantor), any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Holdco, such Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by the Applicable Accounting Rules. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which any Holdco (other than the Parent Guarantor), any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which any Holdco (other than the Parent Guarantor), any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.
Section 4.21 Insurance. Schedule 4.21 sets forth a true, complete and correct description, in all material respects, of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor), the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect.
Section 4.22 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 4.23 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and as set forth in Schedule 4.23, (a) each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the patents, patent rights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, mask works, domain names, and any and all applications or registrations for any of the foregoing (collectively, Intellectual Property Rights) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other person, (b) to the best knowledge of each Borrower, neither such Borrower nor its Subsidiaries nor any Intellectual Property Right, proprietary right, product, process, method, substance, part, or other material now
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employed, sold or offered by or contemplated to be employed, sold or offered by such Borrower or its Subsidiaries infringes upon Intellectual Property Rights of any other person, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of each Borrower, threatened.
Section 4.24 Senior Debt. The ABL Credit Obligations constitute Senior Debt (or the equivalent thereof) and Designated Senior Debt (or the equivalent thereof) under the documentation governing any outstanding Indebtedness, if any, permitted to be incurred hereunder constituting Indebtedness that, by its terms, is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Credit Obligations pursuant to written agreement.
Section 4.25 Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanction Laws.
(a) To its reasonable knowledge, no Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries or its Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors or agents of such Loan Party, subsidiary or Affiliate has violated or is in violation of any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws in any material respect.
(b) No Loan Party nor any of its subsidiaries or its Affiliates nor, to its knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent, Affiliate or representative of such Loan Party or Subsidiary (each, a Specified Person) is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by individuals or entities that are currently the subject of any sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, or any other Governmental Authority of the United States of America, including without limitation, OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or by Her Majestys Treasury, the United Kingdom or the European Union (collectively, Sanctions), nor is any Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries or its Affiliates or any individuals or entities that own or control such person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country. To its knowledge, each Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates maintains reasonable policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
(c) Except to the extent permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, no Specified Person will, directly or indirectly, use any proceeds of the Loans or any Letter of Credit or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person (i) for the purpose of financing the activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of financing, is an Embargoed Person or a Sanctioned Country or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Loan Party.
(d) Except to the extent conducted in accordance with applicable Law, no Loan Party, nor any of its subsidiaries and Affiliates and, to its knowledge, none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party, such subsidiary or such Affiliate acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Embargoed Person, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction related to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Sanctions or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the applicable prohibitions set forth under Sanctions.
Section 4.26 Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries nor, to their knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA or any other applicable
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anti-corruption laws, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization or approval of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give or authorization of the giving of anything of value, directly or indirectly, to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office in contravention of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption laws. Each Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and the FCPA and will maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein.
Section 4.27 Borrowing Base Matters. The calculation by the Borrowers of the Borrowing Base in each Borrowing Base Certificate delivered hereunder is complete and accurate in all material respects as of the time such calculation was made. The Administrative Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, and which Inventory is Eligible Inventory, on all statements and representations by the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries with respect thereto, as contained in the Borrowing Base Certificate, and in any other Loan Document.
Section 4.28 EEA Financial Institution. None of the Holdcos or any Borrower is an EEA Financial Institution.
ARTICLE
VARTICLE V
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
The obligations of (a) the Lenders to make Loans and (b) any L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit or increase the stated amounts of Letters of Credit hereunder (each, a Credit Event) are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof) of the following conditions:
Section 5.01 All Credit Events. On the date of each Credit Event:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, (i) in the case of a Revolving Facility Borrowing, a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Revolving
Facility Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.03 or with Section 2.04(c)(i)) or, in the case of the issuance of
a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.05.2.05 and/or
(ii) in the case of a Term Loan Facility Borrowing, a Term Loan Request as required by Section 2.15.
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent that any such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such date (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent that any such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of such earlier date).
(c) At the time of and immediately after such
Revolving Facility Borrowing or issuance, amendment, extension or
renewal of a Letter of Credit (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, (i) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the lesser of (A) the Maximum
CreditRevolving Loan Limit and (B) Borrowing
Base.
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(d) Prior to the funding of the first Term Loan Facility Borrowing, Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory confirmation that the modifications to Mortgages in Alabama and West Virginia, more particularly specified in Schedule 1 clauses (i)(F) and (G) to Amendment No. 2 have been executed, acknowledged and delivered to the title insurer and the title insurer has submitted such modifications to Mortgages in Alabama and West Virginia for recording.
(e) The Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Lenders shall have received, in respect of any Term Loan Facility Borrowing, the applicable Term Loan Facility Fee and all other fees due and payable on the date of such Credit Event in respect to any Term Loan Facility Borrowing in accordance with the Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter.
(f) Each Lender requesting a Note, no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the funding of any Term Loan Facility Borrowing, shall have received a fully executed Note in the principal amount of its Term Loan contemporaneously with the funding of such Term Loan.
Each such Credit Event shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date of such Borrowing, issuance, amendment, extension or renewal, as applicable, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 5.01.
Section 5.02 First Credit Event. On or prior to the Closing Date.
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party thereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to be executed on or prior to the Closing Date, signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and such other applicable Loan Documents.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer on the Closing Date, a favorable written opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Clifford Chance Europe LLP and other counsel set forth on Schedule 5.02(b), in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor each of the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below, to the extent applicable:
(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation, as applicable, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of each such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official), a copy of the articles of association (statuts) of the Parent Guarantor and a recent extract from the commercial and companies registry (register du commerce et des sociétés) of Paris relating to the Parent Guarantor;
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(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor dated the Closing Date and certifying;
(A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) of such Loan Party and the articles of association of the Parent Guarantor as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below;
(B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of each Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date;
(C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation of such Loan Party has not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto disclosed pursuant to clause (i) above;
(D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party (other than the Parent Guarantor); and
(E) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor;
(iii) a certificate of a director or another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above (other than the certificate with respect to the Parent Guarantor); and
(iv) such other documents as the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any L/C Issuer on the Closing Date may reasonably request (including without limitation, tax identification numbers and addresses).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the elements of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement required to be satisfied on the Closing Date have been satisfied and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent) filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are Permitted Liens or have been released.
(e) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 and signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer, as applicable, of each Borrower.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each Borrower certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 5.01 and Section 5.02(i) and (j).
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(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the Existing Factoring Agreement shall have been terminated and all amounts due or outstanding thereunder shall have been (or substantially with the closing under this Agreement shall be) paid in full and satisfactory arrangements shall have been made for the termination of any Liens granted in connection therewith.
(h) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received the financial information (i) referred to in Section 4.05 and (ii) constituting the Projections, in each case, the results and assumptions set forth therein in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(i) On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (x) no Borrower shall have outstanding any Indebtedness and each Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness other than (i) the extensions of credit under this Agreement and (ii) other Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 and (y) the Holdcos (other than the Parent Guarantor) shall have no Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than intercompany loans owed to Ultimate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) for which they are liable as primary obligor.
(j) Since December 31, 2017 there shall not have been any event, development or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, has, had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) All fees and expenses due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, pursuant to the Fee Letter or as may otherwise be agreed between the Borrowers and the Joint Lead Arrangers shall have been paid (which amounts, at the option of the Borrowers, may be offset against the proceeds of the Revolving Facility), including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out of pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Sidley Austin LLP) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document.
(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received all insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of Section 6.02(a) of this Agreement.
(m) The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act to the extent requested not less than seven (7) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(n) Bowling Green shall have delivered, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent an inventory appraisal and a field examination from an Acceptable Appraiser for Bowling Green, in each case that are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate effective as of the last day of the month immediately preceding the Closing Date.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5. 02, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and such Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders ratable portion of the initial Borrowing.
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ARTICLE
VIARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that unless and until (i) all Commitments shall have been terminated, (ii) all ABL Credit Obligations arising under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for unasserted claims) shall have been repaid and (iii) all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired (or shall have been Cash Collateralized or backstopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each Borrower will, and will cause each of the Material Subsidiaries to:
Section 6.01 Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a)
(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except, in the case of a Subsidiary of a Borrower, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 7.05, and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries, to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities, are acquired by a Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution; provided that Subsidiary Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Domestic Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries.
(b) (b) Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents,
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary in the normal conduct of its business, (ii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary in the normal conduct of its business
and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business
carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times, and (iii) conduct its business and affairs without infringement of or interference with any Intellectual Property Right of any other Person in any respect (in
each case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement).
Section 6.02 Insurance. (a)
(a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (that are not Affiliates of any Loan Party), insurance in such amounts, providing such coverage as is sufficient and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause, subject to the time periods set forth in clause (ix) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and Schedule 6.10, if applicable, the Administrative Agent to be listed as a loss payee on property policies and as an additional insured on liability policies. All such policies of insurance will contain an endorsement, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, showing loss payable to the Administrative Agent (Form CP 1218 or equivalent and naming the Administrative Agent as lenders loss payee as agent for the Lenders) and extra expense and business interruption endorsements. Such endorsement, or an independent instrument furnished to the Administrative Agent, will provide that the insurance companies will give the Administrative Agent at least 30 days prior written notice before any such policy or policies of insurance shall be altered or canceled and that no act or default of the Loan Parties or any other Person shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent to recover under such policy or policies of insurance in
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case of loss or damage. Each Loan Party shall direct all present and future insurers under its All Risk policies of property insurance to pay all proceeds payable thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, if any insurance proceeds are paid by check, draft or other instrument payable to any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent jointly, the Administrative Agent may endorse such Loan Partys name thereon and do such other things as the Administrative Agent may deem advisable to reduce the same to cash. The Administrative Agent reserves the right at any time, upon review of each Loan Partys risk profile, to reasonably require additional forms and limits of insurance. All flood insurance on Mortgaged Properties (including all related diligence, documentation and coverage) shall comply with the Flood Laws, or otherwise shall be reasonably satisfactory to all Lenders.
(b) With respect to any Mortgaged Properties, if at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in
the Mortgages) are located is designated a flood hazard area in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), maintain, subject to the time periods and other requirements
regarding flood insurance set forth in clause (vii) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to the extent commercially reasonably available, flood insurance from such providers, on such terms, and in amounts
no less than that maintained by the Borrowers and the Material Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or in such other total amount as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably require or as otherwise required by the Lenders, and
otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time to
timeFlood Laws, and in addition, the applicable Loan Party shall name the Administrative Agent, as a
loss payee and mortgagee with respect to all such flood insurance policies.
(c) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 6.02, it is understood and agreed that:
(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 6.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of the Holdcos and the Borrowers, on behalf of itself and behalf of each of its Subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of their Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their agents and employees; and
(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent under this Section 6.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties.
(d) Unless the Loan Parties provide the Administrative Agent with evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, flood insurance), the Administrative Agent may purchase insurance (including, without limitation, flood insurance) at the Loan Parties expense to protect the Administrative Agents and Lenders interests in the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries properties with ten (10) days prior written notice to the Loan Parties. This insurance may, but need not, protect the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries interests. The coverage that the
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Administrative Agent purchases may not pay any claim that any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party makes or any claim that is made against such Loan Party or any Subsidiary in connection with said Property. The Loan Parties may later cancel any insurance purchased by the Administrative Agent, but only after providing the Administrative Agent with evidence that there has been obtained insurance as required by this Agreement. If the Administrative Agent purchases insurance, the Loan Parties will be responsible for the costs of that insurance, including interest and any other charges the Administrative Agent may impose in connection with the placement of insurance, until the effective date of the cancellation or expiration of the insurance. The costs of the insurance shall be added to the ABL Credit Obligations. The costs of the insurance may be more than the cost of insurance the Loan Parties may be able to obtain on their own.
Section 6.03 Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon such properties or any part thereof, except to the extent the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and the Holdcos, the Borrowers or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules with respect thereto and except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.04 Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners equity showing the financial position of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of its operations during such year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners equity shall be audited by independent public accountants of recognized national (in the United States of America) or international standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of the Ultimate Parent as a going concern) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules;
(b) within 65 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of its operations during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of the Ultimate Parent on behalf of the Ultimate Parent as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Ultimate Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);
(c) within 35 days after the end of each fiscal month of each fiscal year (including the last fiscal month of each fiscal year) beginning with the fiscal month ending January 31, 2019, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal month and the consolidated
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results of its operations during such fiscal month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of each Borrower on behalf of such Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a
Financial Officer of each Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to
be taken with respect thereto, (ii) solely with respect to any fiscal period for which the average daily Availability during such fiscal period is less than 25% of the
Maximum
CreditRevolving Loan Limit, setting forth
computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Minimum Borrower EBITDA Contribution, (iii) setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent of the Average Quarterly Excess Availability, (iv) certifying a list of names of all Immaterial Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such list individually qualifies as an Immaterial Subsidiary and that all such Subsidiaries in
the aggregate do not exceed the limitation set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of the term Immaterial Subsidiary and (v) certifying a list of names of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, that each Subsidiary set forth on such
list individually qualifies as an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(e) within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a reasonably detailed consolidated annual budget for each fiscal quarter during such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income), including a description of underlying assumptions with respect thereto (collectively, the Budget), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of each Borrower to the effect that the Budget is based on assumptions believed by such Financial Officer to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;
(f) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this paragraph (f) or Section 6.10(f);
(g) (i) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, collateral, business affairs and financial condition of the Holdcos, the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers respective Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such consolidating financial statements as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) and (ii) prior written notice in the event that any Borrower changes its fiscal year end or any other material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof;
(h) promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, copies of: (i) each Schedule SB or MB (Actuarial Information) to the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to a Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for any Plan; (iii) all notices received from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor, a plan administrator or any governmental agency, or provided to any Multiemployer Plan by the Holdcos, the Borrowers, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request; and
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(i) Borrowing Base Certificates, at the times specified in Section 6.13.
Section 6.05 Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of the Holdcos or any Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a)
(i) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature
and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b) (ii) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence,
any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of the Borrowers respective Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is
reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)
(iii) any other development (including, without limitation,
any development related to litigation or labor controversies) specific to the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(d)
(iv) the development or occurrence of any ERISA Event that,
together with all other ERISA Events that have developed or occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and
(e)
(v) the creation, establishment or acquisition of any
direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Borrower; and(vi) the termination of, amendment to, or event of default under, any Secured Notes Document.
Section 6.06 Compliance with Laws. 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, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that this Section 6.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 6.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 6.03.
Section 6.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Rules and permit the Administrative Agent (and its consultants or agents), accompanied by any Lender which so elects, upon reasonable advance notice and at reasonable times during regular business hours, and at any time when an Event of Default exists, to have access to, examine, audit, make extracts from or copies of, and inspect any or all of the Loan Parties records, files, and books of account and the Collateral, and discuss the Loan Parties affairs with the Loan Parties officers and senior management; provided that, (i) unless an Event of Default is continuing, such access, examinations, audits and inspections shall be limited to two instances in any calendar year and (ii) all such access, examinations, audits and inspections will be at the Loan Parties expense. The Loan Parties will deliver to the Administrative Agent any instrument necessary for the Administrative Agent to obtain records from any service bureau maintaining records for the Loan Parties. The Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, at any time when an Event of Default exists, and at the Loan Parties expense, make copies of all of the Loan Parties
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books and records, or require the Loan Parties to deliver such copies to the Administrative Agent. Upon reasonable request to senior management of the applicable Borrower, the Administrative Agent may, without expense to the Administrative Agent, use such of the Loan Parties respective personnel, supplies, and premises as may be reasonably necessary for maintaining or enforcing the Collateral Agents Liens. The Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time, in the Administrative Agents name or in the name of a nominee of the Administrative Agent, to verify the validity, amount, or any other matter relating to the Accounts, Inventory, or other Collateral, by mail, telephone, or otherwise; provided, however, in the absence of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not attempt to verify more than ten (10) Accounts each month.
Section 6.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of each Credit Event solely for (a) working capital, capital expenditures,
Permitted Business Acquisitions and other general corporate purposes not in violation of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (b) to effect the repurchase under and termination of or, refinancing (or discharge) of Indebtedness under, the
Existing Factoring Agreement, and (c) costs, expenses and
fees in connection with the Revolving Facility and (d) upon the effectiveness of the Incremental Revolving Facility, the repayment of obligations owing to
the purchasers under the AB Receivables FinancingCredit Facility.
Section 6.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, complete any investigation, study, sampling and testing and undertake any clean up, removal, remediation or other response necessary to remove and clean up Hazardous Materials, to the extent such actions are required under any applicable Environmental Laws, and make an appropriate response to any notice, request for information, order, or complaint that alleges a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 6.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.10 Further Assurances; Additional Security.
(a)
(a) Promptly 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, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that may be required under any applicable law or to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the post-closing items set forth on Schedule 6.10, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b) If any asset (including any Real Property (other than Real Property covered by paragraph (c) below) or improvements thereto or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) in an amount greater than $1,000,000 is acquired by a Borrower or any other Loan Party after the Closing Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof and (y) assets that are not required to become subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 6.10(g) or the Security Documents) (i) notify the Collateral Agent thereof, and (ii) cause such
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asset to be subjected to a Lien securing the ABL Finance Obligations (subject, as the case may be, to the Intercreditor Agreements and Permitted Liens) and take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, (subject, as the case may be, to the Intercreditor Agreements and Permitted Liens), including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section 6.10, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to paragraph (g) below.
(c) Promptly notify the Collateral Agent of the acquisition of, and grant and cause each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security interests and mortgages in, such Real Property of such Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Parties as are not covered by the original Mortgages, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date and having a value at the time of acquisition in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate, and, to the extent requested by the Collateral Agent, pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of the Mortgages delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the post-closing timing requirement specified in the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (each, an Additional Mortgage) and constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, at the time of perfection thereof, record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to paragraph (g) below. Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) if such Real Property is an improved Real Property, prior to the execution and delivery of such Additional Mortgage, (x)(1) address and other identifying information with respect to such Real Property reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (2) if any improvements on such Mortgaged Property are located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a special flood hazard area (as may be established by a completed Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such Mortgaged Property), evidence of a flood insurance policy (if such insurance is required by applicable Law and commercially reasonably available) from a company and in an amount satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for the applicable portion of the premises, naming the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as mortgagee or (y) a certification from a registered engineer or land surveyor in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that none of the improvements on such Mortgaged Property is located within any area designated by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a special flood hazard area and (ii) contemporaneously therewith a title insurance policy and a copy of any survey obtained by such Borrower with respect to each Real Property subject to an Additional Mortgage.
(d) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Borrower is formed (including pursuant to a Division) or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary), and if such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Loan Party, within ten Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Collateral Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to paragraph (g) below.
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(e) If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of any Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary), and if such Subsidiary is a first tier Foreign Subsidiary, within five Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Collateral Agent and the Lenders thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and paragraph (g) below.
(f) (i) Furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Partys or the Parent Guarantors corporate or organization name or jurisdiction of organization or formation, (B) in any Loan Partys or the Parent Guarantors identity or organizational structure or (C) in any Loan Partys or the Parent Guarantors organizational identification number; provided that no Borrower shall effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) promptly notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
(g) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 6.10 need not be satisfied with respect to (i) any motor vehicle, (ii) Exempt Deposit Accounts, (iii) any Equity Interests issued or acquired after the Closing Date (other than Equity Interests in each Borrower or, in the case of any person which is a Subsidiary, Equity Interests in such person issued or acquired after such person became a Subsidiary) in accordance with this Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as (A) such Equity Interests constitute less than 100% of all applicable Equity Interests of such person and the person holding the remainder of such Equity Interests are not Affiliates, (B) doing so would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation binding on or with respect to such Equity Interests or such Subsidiary and (C) with respect to such contractual obligations, such obligation existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on or with respect to such Equity Interests or such Subsidiary in contemplation of or in connection with the acquisition of such Equity Interests or Subsidiary, (iv) any assets acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent that, and for so long as, taking such actions would violate an enforceable contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(i) that is secured by a Permitted Lien) or (v) those assets as to which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably determine that the costs of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby; provided that, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, the applicable Borrower shall, and shall cause any applicable Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to have waived or eliminated any contractual obligation of the types described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above.
(h) Within 60 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), Bowling Green shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to each Deposit Account of such Borrower and the Loan Parties in existence as of the Closing Date, other than any Exempt Deposit Account.
(i) Prior to any Loan Party establishing and funding a Deposit Account following the Closing Date, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Collateral Agent thereof and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to each such Deposit Account, other than any Exempt Deposit Account.
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(j) Following the Closing Date (and subject to the time period provided for in Section 6.10(h)), the Loan Parties shall maintain effective Deposit Account Control Agreements with respect to each Deposit Account, other than Exempt Deposit Accounts, of the Loan Parties, at all times unless and until the Security Interest (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) with respect to such Deposit Account is released in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 6.11 Appraisals and Field Examinations. Whenever an Event of Default exists, and at other times not more frequently than
once per consecutive 12-month period so long as Availability during such period is at all times greater than 12.5% of the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan Limit, the Loan Parties shall, at their expense and upon
the Administrative Agents request, provide the Administrative Agent with appraisals of inventory and
equipment and field examinations or updates thereof of any or all of the Collateral from one or more Acceptable Appraisers, and prepared in a form and on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, such appraisals and updates to include, without limitation, information required by requirements of Law and by the internal policies of the Lenders; provided that the Loan Parties shall provide, at the expense of the
Loan Parties, during any time within a consecutive 12-month period that the Availability is less than 12.5% of the Maximum CreditRevolving Loan Limit, a second such appraisal of inventory and/or equipment or field examination or update during
such period; provided, further, that upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties shall provide, at the expense of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, any other such appraisalor additional
appraisals of Collateral or field examination or update. In addition, the Loan Parties shall have the right (but not the obligation), at their expense, at any time and from time to time (but not
more than once per year) to provide the Administrative Agent with additional appraisals or updates thereof of any or all of the Collateral from one or more Acceptable Appraisers, and prepared in a form and on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, in which case such appraisals or field examinations or updates shall be used in connection with the determination of the Orderly Liquidation Value and the calculation of the Borrowing Base hereunder.
Section 6.12 Collection of Accounts; Payments. Subject to the post-closing timing requirement specified in
Section 6.10 of this Agreement, establish a payment account for each Borrower, or designate an existing deposit account for each Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (in either case,
collectively, the Primary Payment Accounts), which shall each be a Controlled Account and into which all Account collections (other than
(i) prior to the effectiveness of the Incremental Revolving Facility, with respect to Muscle Shoals, collections from the AB Receivables, and (ii) Qualified Receivables to the extent subject to a Qualified Receivables Financing) and other proceeds of ABL
Priority Collateral with respect to the applicable Borrower will be deposited (it being understood that the Loan Parties shall promptly transfer to the applicable Primary Payment Account any
such collections or proceeds on deposit in or credited to any other payment account or other account, or received directly by any Loan Party), and the Loan Parties hereby agree that, during an Accounts Availability Triggering Event, the Collateral
Agent will have exclusive control over each Primary Payment Account; provided, however, that, in the absence of an Accounts Availability Triggering Event, the Loan Parties will have exclusive right to make withdrawals from the Primary
Payment Accounts.
Section 6.13 Collateral Reporting. (a)
(a) Provide, or cause to be provided, to the Administrative Agent, a Borrowing Base Certificate (i) on or before the twelfth (12th) Business Day of each calendar month for the preceding calendar month-end and (ii) during the continuance of an Availability Triggering Event, on each Friday (with respect to the week ending the previous Friday) or any later date approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion. If any of the Loan Parties records or reports of the Collateral required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document are prepared by an accounting service
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or other agent, each Loan Party hereby authorizes such service or agent to deliver such records or reports to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, a Borrower may, at or prior to the closing of a Permitted Business Acquisition (but subject to any review of the acquired companys Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory as required by the definitions of such terms), deliver a revised Borrowing Base Certificate showing the Borrowing Base on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition, which would be effective for purposes of Borrowing as of the time of the closing of such Permitted Business Acquisition and, for the avoidance of doubt, demonstrating compliance with the requirements of clause (iii) of the definition thereof. The applicable Borrower shall be permitted upon notice of such election to the Administrative Agent to deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate more frequently than monthly (as specified in such notice); provided that in such case, such Borrower shall, for the immediately following 90 days, deliver an updated Borrowing Base Certificate with the same frequency as the frequency specified in such notice.
(b) Deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) concurrently with the delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate, a summary of Inventory by location and type with a supporting perpetual Inventory report consistent with past practice; (ii) concurrently with the delivery of each Borrowing Base Certificate, a monthly trial balance showing Accounts outstanding aged from due date as follows: current, 1 to 30 days, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or more, (iii) from time to time, such other information with respect to the Borrowing Base or any other reports delivered under this Section 6.13 as shall be requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; and (iv) at the time of delivery of each of the monthly financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c): (A) a reconciliation of the most recent Borrowing Base and month-end Inventory reports by location each Borrowers general ledger and monthly financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c); (B) a reconciliation of the accounts receivable aging to the Borrowers most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, general ledger and monthly financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c); (C) an aging of accounts payable and a reconciliation of such accounts payable aging to each Borrowers general ledger and monthly financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c); and (D) in the case of any monthly financial statements delivered for the last month of a fiscal quarter, a listing of government contracts, including those that are subject to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 or any similar state or municipal law.
Section 6.14 Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanction Laws; Anti-Corruption Laws. Each Loan Party shall comply, and each Loan Party shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all laws, regulations and executive orders referred to in Sections 4.25 and 4.26 so as to make such representations and warranties true and correct in all material respects.
ARTICLE
VIIARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Borrower (and for purposes of Section 7.11, each Holdco) covenants and agrees with each Lender that unless and until (i) all Commitments shall have been terminated and (ii) all ABL Credit Obligations arising under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for unasserted claims) shall have been paid and (iii) all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired (or have been Cash Collateralized or backstopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Material Subsidiaries to:
Section 7.01 Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness existing on the ClosingAmendment No. 2 Effective Date and set forth on Schedule
7.01 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with such Borrower or any Subsidiary);
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(b) (i) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; and (ii) Guarantees by the Borrowers and the Material Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of Ultimate Parent, Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary thereof;
(c) obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising under a Swap Contract if such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or foreign exchange rates (or to allow any customer to do so); provided, however, to the extent that such Indebtedness is incurred under a Secured Hedge Agreement, such Secured Hedge Agreement was entered into in connection with the execution of customer contracts to hedge currency and commodity risk thereunder;
(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to any Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;
(e) unsecured Indebtedness of any Borrower to the Ultimate Parent, any Subsidiary of Ultimate Parent or any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Ultimate Parent, any Subsidiary of Ultimate Parent, the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary; provided that, except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations among Ultimate Parent and its subsidiaries, Indebtedness of any Loan Party to any Person incurred under this clause (e) shall be subordinated to the ABL Credit Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided that (x) such Indebtedness (other than credit or purchase cards) is extinguished within ten Business Days of notification to the applicable Borrower of its incurrence and (y) such Indebtedness in respect of credit or purchase cards is extinguished within 60 days from its incurrence;
(h) (i)(x) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or an entity merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with any Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness in each case exists at the time of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation is permitted by this Agreement and (y) Indebtedness incurred to finance Permitted Business Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 7.04(j) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
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(i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness incurred by any Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, together with the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases permitted under Section 7.03(a), would not exceed $125,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 7.03 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(k) other Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, would not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (k) that by its terms is subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Credit Obligations shall not, pursuant to the terms thereof, be required to be repaid (other than pursuant to customary change of control, asset sale proceeds and similar provisions), in whole or in part, prior to the date that is 91 days following the Facility Maturity Date;
(l) Indebtedness arising from agreements of any Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions and any Permitted Business Acquisition or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(m) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;
(o) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred under this clause (p), when aggregated with all other Indebtedness incurred and outstanding pursuant to this clause (p), shall not exceed $10,000,000 at the time of such incurrence;
(q) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees and directors of any Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(r) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with Permitted Business Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;
(s) Indebtedness incurred under any Qualified Receivables Financing;
(t) Indebtedness of Muscle Shoals to Rexam evidenced by or
arising under the Rexam Financing Documents in an amount not to exceed the amount outstanding on the Original Closing Date, less the aggregate amount of all repayments, repurchases, redemptions, rebates or credits after the Original Closing Date,
whether optional or mandatory, in respect thereof, plus interest thereon (whether or not capitalized) at the rate provided in the Rexam Financing Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;
andany Borrower and its respective Subsidiaries arising pursuant to an unsecured loan made to such
Borrower or Subsidiary by a United States Governmental Authority (including the United States Small Business Administration) or any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is subject to a participation therein by a United States Governmental
Authority or is guaranteed by a United States Governmental Authority, in each case under this clause (t), pursuant to the CARES Act or other COVID-19 Relief Laws, provided, that, as to any such Indebtedness (i) the aggregate principal amount of all
such Indebtedness shall not exceed $50,000,000, (ii) Borrowers are at all times in compliance with the terms of the CARES Act or other applicable COVID-19 Relief Laws pursuant to which such Indebtedness is incurred, (iii) the proceeds of any
such loans shall only be used for the purposes permitted by the terms of the applicable COVID-19 Relief Laws, and (iv) such Indebtedness shall be on terms and conditions approved by Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; and
(u) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (t) above.
Section 7.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person, including any Borrower and any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, Permitted Liens):
(a) Liens on property or assets of any Borrower and its Subsidiaries existing on the ClosingAmendment No. 2
Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 7.02(a) and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations
that they secure on the
ClosingAmendment
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property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;
(b) (i) Liens created under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Liens created under the Security Documents securing obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(c) and securing obligations under Cash Management Agreements) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage and (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.01(b)(ii) (including Liens securing Swap Obligations secured under the documents governing such Indebtedness), which Liens are subject to the applicable Intercreditor Agreements or any other intercreditor agreement substantially consistent with and no less favorable to the Revolving Facility Lenders in any material respect than the applicable Intercreditor Agreements;
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(c) Liens on any property or asset of any Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(h)(i)(x) or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof if permitted by Section 7.01(h)(ii), in each case, subject to the applicable Intercreditor Agreements; provided that such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or assets of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than after acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, and (iii) in the case of a Lien securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, subject to compliance with clause (iv) of the definition of the term Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet due or that are being contested in compliance with Section 6.03;
(e) Liens imposed by law, such as landlords, carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, materialmens, repairmens, construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with Applicable Accounting Rules;
(f) (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g) deposits and other customary Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory and regulatory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h) zoning restrictions, survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate survey would disclose, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights of way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declaration on or with respect to the use of Real Property, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(i) or (j) (in each case, limited to the assets subject to such Indebtedness);
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(j) Liens arising out of sale and lease-back transactions permitted under Section 7.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds thereof and related property
(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.01(j) and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;
(l) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on or subsequent to the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 6.10 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;
(m) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens, rights of set off or similar rights;
(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade related letters of credit or bank guarantees permitted under Section 7.01(g) or (m) and covering the goods (or the documents of title in respect of such goods) financed by such letters of credit or bank guarantees and the proceeds and products thereof;
(q) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to intellectual property and software) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of any Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(r) 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;
(s) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
(t) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(p);
(u) other
Liens with respect to property or assets of any Borrower or any Subsidiary provided that either (i) the obligations secured by any such Liens shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding or (ii) the Payment Conditions shall
have been met; provided further that
(iA) no such Lien shall secure any Swap Obligation, (iiB) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien no Default or
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Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (iiiC) the Indebtedness or other obligations secured by such Lien are
otherwise permitted by this Agreement, and (ivD) to the extent such Liens extend to ABL Priority Collateral
(including Revolving Loan Priority Collateral and Term Loan Priority Collateral), such Liens shall be subordinated to the Liens securing the ABL Finance Obligations pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreements (or an additional intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent), and (E) such Liens shall not secure Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant
to Section 7.01(t);
(v) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(w) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or consignments entered into in connection with any transaction otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(x) Liens on Equity Interests in joint ventures securing obligations of such joint venture;
(y) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (iii) of the definition thereof;
(z) the PBGC Lien;
(aa) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers acceptance issued or created for the account of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of such Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit or bank guarantee to the extent permitted under Section 7.01;
(bb) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements, provided that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;
(cc) Liens on deposits securing Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.01(c) not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate;
(dd) Liens on the Specified Mill Assets securing Indebtedness under the Rexam Financing Documents to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted hereunder; andReserved; and
(ee) Liens on AB Receivables and other Qualified Receivables in connection with Qualified Receivables Financings permitted hereunder.
Section 7.03 Sale and Lease Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person 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 being sold or transferred (a Sale and Lease Back Transaction); provided that (a) Sale and Lease Back Transactions shall be permitted so long as the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower at the time of the applicable Sale and Lease Back
Transaction) of all property subject to Sale and Lease Back Transactions permitted pursuant to this clause (a) does not exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any time, and (b) Bowling Green may enter into any Sale and Lease Back Transactions so long as the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Bowling Green as
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January 10, 2019) of all property subject to Sale and Lease Back Transactions permitted pursuant to this
clause (b) does not exceed $63,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; provided, however, that as a condition precedent to any Sale and Lease Back Transaction permitted pursuant to this clause (b), the lessors, owners and lenders party to the
Sale and Lease Back Transaction shall have entered into the Bowling Green Current Assets Access during
the term of this Agreement.
Section 7.04 Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with a person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an Investment), any other person, except:
(a) (i) Investments by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(ii) intercompany loans from any Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise expressly permitted hereunder of any Borrower or any
Subsidiary, provided that the sum of (A) Investments (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) made after the ClosingAmendment No. 2
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Effective Date by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to clause (iii), shall not exceed an aggregate net amount equal to $5,000,000
(plus any return of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of Investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this paragraph (b));
(b) Permitted Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;
(c) Investments arising out of the receipt by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of non-cash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 7.05;
(d) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of any Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write downs or write offs thereof), (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such persons purchase of Equity Interests of the Holdcos (or any Parent Entity) solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to such Borrower in cash as common equity;
(e) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Swap Contracts permitted hereunder;
(g) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the
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(h) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 7.02(f), (g), (k), (r), (s) and (u);
(i) other Investments by any Borrower or any Subsidiary if (i) the Payment Conditions shall have been met and (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(j) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;
(k) intercompany loans between Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties and Guarantees by such Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Section 7.01(l);
(l) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by any Borrower as a result of a foreclosure by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(m) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into any Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, to the extent permitted under this Section 7.04 and, in the case of any acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in accordance with Section 7.05 to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;
(n) acquisitions by any Borrower of obligations of one or more current or former officers, directors or other employees of the Holdcos, any Parent Entity, such Borrower or its Subsidiaries and their respective estates, spouses or former spouses in connection with such persons acquisition of Equity Interests of the Holdcos or any Parent Entity, so long as no cash is actually advanced by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such persons in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(o) Guarantees by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of the Holdcos (or any Parent Entity);
(q) Investments in the Equity Interests of one or more newly formed persons that are received in consideration of the contribution by the Holdcos, the applicable Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary of assets (including Equity Interests and cash) to such person or persons; provided that (i) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by such Borrower) of such assets, determined on an arms-length basis, so contributed pursuant to this paragraph (q) shall not in the aggregate exceed $1,000,000 and (ii) in respect of each such contribution, a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower shall certify (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such contribution, (y) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by such Borrower) of the assets so contributed and (z) that the requirements of clause (i) of this proviso remain satisfied;
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(r) Investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06;
(s) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(t) Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding (plus any return of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of Investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this paragraph (u)), as valued at the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of such Investment at the time such Investment is made;
(u) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property licenses pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other persons;
(v) Guarantees permitted under Section 7.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to Section 7.04);
(w) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary;
(x) Investments by any Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including loans and advances, to any direct or indirect parent of such Borrower, if such Borrower or any other Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount (provided that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under the appropriate clause of Section 7.06 for all purposes of this Agreement);
(y) Investments received substantially contemporaneously in exchange for Equity Interests of the Holdcos or any Parent Entity;
(z) Investments in joint ventures not in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate (plus any return of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of Investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this clause (z)); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (z) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of any Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary of any Borrower after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 7.04(a) and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (z) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary of a Borrower;
(aa) Reasonable and customary Investments (including, to the extent reasonable and customary, capital contributions, intercompany debt or other extensions of credit) in any Receivables Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Receivables Financing; and
(bb) Industrial revenue bonds or other similar municipal bonds issued to any Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to arrangements of the type pursuant to which the Industrial Revenue Bond was issued, provided that any consideration paid by any Borrower or any Subsidiary for such bonds is applied solely for the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of property owned or leased (or to be owned or leased) by any Borrower or any Subsidiary and to pay costs and expenses in connection with such arrangements.
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Section 7.05 Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with it, or otherwise sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose (including to a Divided LLC pursuant to a Division) of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other person or any division, unit or business of any person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:
(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business by any Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by any Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by any Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom,
(i) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary with or into any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is such Borrower or, if a Borrower is not a party to such transaction, a Subsidiary Loan Party, and no person other than a Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party receives any consideration;,
(ii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party into or with any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party,
(iii) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if the applicable Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of such Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, or
(iv) any Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging, consolidating or amalgamating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.10;
(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to a Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party in reliance on this paragraph (c) shall be made in compliance with Section 7.07 and the aggregate gross proceeds of any such sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions plus the aggregate fair market value of any or all assets sold, transferred, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of in reliance on clause (g) below, shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Borrowers, $5,000,000;
(d) Sale and Lease Back Transactions permitted by Section 7.03;
(e) Investments permitted by Section 7.04 and Permitted Liens and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.06;
(f) the sale or other disposition of defaulted receivables and the compromise, settlement and collection of receivables in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or other proceedings concerning the other account party thereon and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
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(g) sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.05 (or required to be included in this clause (g) pursuant to Section 7.05(c)); provided that (i) the aggregate gross proceeds (including non-cash proceeds) of any or all assets sold, transferred, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this clause (g) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Borrowers, $10,000,000 and (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom;
(h) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation (i) involving a Borrower, such Borrower is the surviving corporation or such merger, consolidation or amalgamation shall otherwise satisfy the requirements of subsection (b)(i) above and (ii) involving a Subsidiary Loan Party, the surviving or resulting entity shall be a Subsidiary Loan Party that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(i) leases, licenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property), or subleases or sublicenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property) of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory of any Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined by the management of such Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(k) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract tort or other claims of any kind to the extent that any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value; provided that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) in excess of $2,000,000, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of such Borrower with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) in excess of $5,000,000, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the applicable Holdco or such Borrower; provided that
(A) the aggregate gross consideration (including exchange assets, other non-cash consideration and cash proceeds) of any or all assets exchanged in reliance upon this paragraph (n) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Borrowers, $10,000,000 and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom;
(m) any disposition of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a person (other than each Borrower and its Subsidiaries) from whom such Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition) in a Permitted Business Acquisition, made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;
(n) any merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of the Equity Interests of, or undertaken by, Wise Alloys Finance Corporation or Listerhill Total Maintenance Center, LLC, so long as the assets attributable to such entities do not have a book value or fair market value in an aggregate amount in excess of $4,000,000 measured at the time of each such disposition; and
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(o) with respect to any Receivables Subsidiary, the sale of all or substantially all of the applicable receivables of such Receivables Subsidiary in one or more transactions pursuant to any Qualified Receivables Financing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.05 above, (i) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this Section 7.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions to Loan Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 7.05 or any Sale and Lease Back Transaction permitted by Section 7.03(b)) unless such disposition is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower), or if not fair market value, the shortfall is permitted as an Investment under Section 7.04, (ii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets in excess of $1,000,000 shall be permitted by paragraph (g) of this Section 7.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided that, for purposes of this clause (ii), (a) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on any Borrowers or any Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section 6.04(c)) of any Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Borrower (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the ABL Credit Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, (b) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by such Borrower or such Subsidiary of such Borrower from such transferee that are converted by such Borrower or such Subsidiary of such Borrower into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received) and (c) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $5,000,000 at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the applicable Borrower) of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be cash and (iii) in respect of any sale, transfer or other disposition of Accounts and/or Inventory made in any case outside of the ordinary course of business of any Borrower or any other applicable Loan Party, such Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof in writing and the amount set forth in clause (x) of the definition of Borrowing Base shall be reduced by the Net Proceeds thereof until receipt by the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.13 hereof. To the extent any Collateral is disposed of in a transaction expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than the Holdcos, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall take, and shall be authorized by each Lender to take, any actions reasonably requested by the applicable Borrower in order to evidence the foregoing.
Section 7.06 Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of its Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person redeeming, purchasing, retiring or acquiring such shares) (the foregoing, Restricted Payments); provided, however, that:
(a) any Subsidiary of any Borrower may make Restricted Payments to such Borrower or to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Borrower (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to such Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and
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to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of such Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests so long as any repurchase of its Equity Interests from a person that is not such Borrower or a Subsidiary is permitted under Section 7.04);
(b) each Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Holdco in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees
and expenses of such Holdco, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of debt or equity securities of such Holdco whether or not consummated, (iii) franchise Taxes or similar Taxes and fees and expenses in
connection with the maintenance of such Holdcos existence and such Holdcos ownership of such Borrower, (iv) payments permitted by Section 7.07(b), (v) the portion (which shall be 100% for so long as such Holdco owns
no assets other than the Equity Interests in such Borrower) of the tax liability to each relevant jurisdiction in respect of consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for the relevant jurisdiction of such Holdco attributable to such
Borrower or its Subsidiaries, (vi) tax liabilities of such Holdco incurred as a result of transactions occurring prior to the ClosingAmendment No. 2 Effective Date, and (vii) customary salary, bonus
and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of such Holdco, in each case in order to permit such Holdco to make such payments; provided that, in the case of clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii), the amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that are allocable to such Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% for so long as such Holdco, owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in such Borrower);
(c) non-cash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(d) each Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Holdco or any Parent Entity to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.04; provided that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (ii) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to such Borrower or a Subsidiary or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation (to the extent permitted in Section 7.05) of the Person formed or acquired into such Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.10;
(e) Restricted Payments made within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have been permitted under (and was counted against any applicable basket under) this Agreement; and
(f) each Borrower may make any Restricted Payment; provided that (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied.
Section 7.07 Transactions with Affiliates.
(a)
(a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of capital stock of the Holdcos or any Borrower in a transaction involving aggregate consideration in excess of $1,000,000, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted (or required) under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arms length
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transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate. For purposes of this Section 7.07, any transaction with any Affiliate or any such 10% holder shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence if such transaction is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Holdcos or such Borrower.
(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
(i) any issuance of securities, or other payments, loans (or cancellation of loans), awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Holdcos or of any Borrower,
(ii) loans or advances to employees or consultants of the Holdcos (or any Parent Entity), any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.04(d),
(iii) transactions among any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Loan Party as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which a Subsidiary is the surviving entity),
(iv) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of the Holdcos, any Parent Entity, any Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of the Holdcos or any Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to the applicable Borrower and its Subsidiaries),
(v) (A) any employment agreements entered into by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto,
(vi) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06, including payments to the Holdcos (and any Parent Entity),
(vii) any purchase by a Holdco of the Equity Interests of the applicable Borrower, or contributions by a Holdco to the capital of the applicable Borrower; provided that any Equity Interests of such Borrower purchased by such Holdco shall be pledged to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the Collateral Agreement,
(viii) transactions with Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice,
(ix) any transaction in respect of which any Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of such Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of such Borrower qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter states that such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arms length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate,
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(x) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(xi) without duplication of any amounts otherwise paid with respect to Taxes, payments by the Holdcos (and any Parent Entity), any Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Holdcos (and any such Parent Entity), such Borrower and its Subsidiaries on customary terms that require each party to make payments when such Taxes are due or refunds received of amounts equal to the income tax liabilities and refunds generated by each such party calculated on a separate return basis and payments to the party generating tax benefits and credits of amounts equal to the value of such tax benefits and credits made available to the group by such party,
(xii) the provision to subsidiaries, or by Affiliates, of cash management, accounting and other overhead services in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith (as certified in an officers certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower) and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Agreement,
(xiii) intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified in an officers certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Agreement, or
(xiv) any transactions between or among any Holdco, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any other Constellium Entity.
Section 7.08 Business of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than any business or business activity conducted by any of them on the
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extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
Section 7.09 Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.
(a) (a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders (as determined in good faith by the
Administrative Agent), or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent)), the
articles or certificate of incorporation, by laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) (i)(1) Make, or agree or offer to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any
payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest (x) on any Indebtedness for borrowed money on which a Borrower or a Subsidiary of a Borrower is a primary obligor, prior
to its scheduled maturity or scheduled payment date, except for (A) the ABL Finance Obligations, (B) Refinancings with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, (C) prepayments of other Indebtedness (excluding any
Indebtedness which by its terms is subordinated in right of payment to the ABL Credit Obligations) in amounts not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (D) prepayments of intercompany Indebtedness of the Loan Parties owed to Ultimate Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries, provided, that (I) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (II) the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied, (E) other prepayments of
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Indebtedness in amounts not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, provided, that (I) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (II) the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied, (F) Refinancings of the Indebtedness evidenced by or arising under the CF Intercompany Loan Agreement with the proceeds from any Sale and Lease Back Transaction permitted by Section 7.03(b) and (G) prepayments of Indebtedness owed by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower to any other Borrower or Subsidiary of any Borrower or (y) on any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(e) (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations among Ultimate Parent and its subsidiaries), on its scheduled maturity date, other than (A) any Refinancing of the Indebtedness evidenced by or arising under the CF Intercompany Loan Agreement with the proceeds from any Sale and Lease Back Transaction permitted by Section 7.03(b), and (B) any other payment if, in the case of this clause (B), (I) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (II) the Payment Conditions shall have been satisfied; or
(i) (ii) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, (A) any provision of any Secured Notes Document, except to the extent permitted by the Secured Notes Intercreditor Agreement or (B) any provision of Junior Financing, or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that (1A) are not in any manner materially adverse to the Revolving Facility Lenders and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Revolving Facility
Lenders and
(2B) otherwise comply with the definition of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, that any refusal of Bowling Green to elect to pay interest in kind under the Ravenswood
Holdings Intercompany Loan Agreement on or before January 15, 2021, and any other notice under or amendment or modification of the Ravenswood Holdings Intercompany Loan Agreement permitting or requiring Bowling Green to make any payment in cash
in respect of interest accrued thereunder on or before January 15, 2021, in each case, shall be deemed materially adverse to the Revolving Facility Lenders and shall be prohibited by this Section 7.09(b)(ii) notwithstanding the
foregoing clauses
(1A
) and
(2B
).
(c) Permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by any Borrower or such Material Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:
(A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;
(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the
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7.01 or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness that does not expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction;
(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(F) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(G) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;
(H) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(I) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Lien in an amount less than $5,000,000 and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien, and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 7.09;
(J) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of any Borrower, so long as such Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;
(K) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary other than Subsidiaries of such new Subsidiary;
(L) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 of a Subsidiary of any Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party;
(M) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;
(N) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; or
(O) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Sections 7.09(c)(i) and 7.09(c)(ii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (N) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the applicable Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
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Section 7.10 Margin Stock; Use of Proceeds. (a)
(a) No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, use any portion of the Loan proceeds, directly or indirectly, to purchase or carry Margin Stock or repay or otherwise refinance Indebtedness of any Loan Party or others incurred to purchase or carry Margin Stock, or otherwise in any manner which is in contravention of any applicable Law or in violation of this Agreement.
(b) No Borrower shall, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, use any proceeds of the Loans or any Letter of Credit in a manner that would make the representations and warranties referred to in Sections 4.25 and 4.26 fail to be true and correct in all material respects at any time.
Section 7.11 Holdcos Covenants. Each Holdco covenants and agrees with each Lender that unless and until (i) all Commitments shall have been terminated and (ii) all ABL Credit Obligations arising under the Loan Documents (other than contingent obligations for unasserted claims) shall have been repaid, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, no Holdco (x) will create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (other than Liens of a type described in Section 7.02(b), (d), (e) or (k)) on any of the Equity Interests issued by the applicable Borrower other than the Liens created under the Loan Documents or (y) will merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with it, or otherwise sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose (including to a Divided LLC pursuant to a Division) of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Borrower, except that (1) each Constellium Holding Company shall be permitted to merge into or consolidate or amalgamate with any other Subsidiary of Ultimate Parent that is organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision, state, or province thereof, in a transaction in which any Constellium Holding Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving or resulting entity, (2) Parent Guarantor shall be permitted to merge into, or convert its jurisdiction of formation to, any Subsidiary of Ultimate Parent organized under the laws of the European Union, Switzerland, or United States or any political subdivision, state, or province thereof, and (3) each Constellium Holding Company shall be permitted to issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Equity Interests of any Borrower to any other Constellium Holding Company, provided that, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), the applicable surviving Person (if other than the applicable Holdco) shall promptly reaffirm its obligations, and, as applicable, its grant of security interests, under the Guaranty and the Collateral Agreement, as applicable, and otherwise comply with Section 6.10 to ensure that such Person remains a Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor hereunder, as applicable, and in the case of clause (2), shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a favorable written opinion of its legal counsel qualified in its jurisdiction of organization addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
Section 7.12 Financial Covenants. If a Financial Covenant Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing:
(a) permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.0 to 1.0 for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which the Administrative Agent has received financial statements pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b); or
(b) permit the Minimum Borrower EBITDA Contribution to be less than 25% for the four most recently ended fiscal quarters for which the Administrative Agent has received financial statements pursuant to Section 6.04(a) or (b).
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ARTICLE
VIIIARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 8.01 Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an Event of Default):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Holdcos, any Borrower or any other Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect (without duplication of other materiality qualifiers contained therein) when so made or deemed made;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation or the deposit of any funds as Cash Collateral in respect of L/C Obligations when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or any L/C Obligation or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any of Section 6.01(a), 6.05(i), 6.08 or 6.10(h), 6.12 or in Article VII;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days (or (i) 60 days if such default results solely from a Foreign Subsidiarys failure to duly observe or perform any such covenant, condition or agreement; (ii) 5 Business Days in the case of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 6.07, 6.11 or 6.13 or (iii) 10 Business Days in the case of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 6.04) after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to any Borrower;
(f) (i) any Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof (A) fails to make payment when due (whether by scheduled
maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) and beyond any applicable grace period, regardless of amount, in respect of the Secured Notes
Obligations or any Material Indebtedness (other than in respect of Swap Contracts), (B) fails to perform or observe any other condition or covenant, or any other event shall occur or
condition shall exist, under any agreement or instrument relating to the Secured Notes Obligations or
any Material Indebtedness, if the effect of such failure, event or condition (giving effect to any applicable grace period) is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Secured Notes Obligations or such Material Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or
holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, the Secured Notes Obligations or such Material
Indebtedness to be declared to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity or (C) shall be required by the terms of the Secured Notes Obligations
or such Material Indebtedness to offer to prepay or repurchase such Secured Notes Obligations
or Material Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) prior to the stated maturity thereof; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract or Swap Obligation an Early Termination Date (as defined
in such Swap Contract) resulting from any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which any Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) and the Swap Termination Value
owed by a Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary
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thereof as a result thereof is greater than $15,000,000 (in the case of Borrower and its Subsidiaries) or $50,000,000 (in the case of any other Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or Subsidiary thereof); provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due, or which any Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor shall be required to prepay or repurchase, as a result of the sale or transfer (including by way of condemnation or casualty) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;
(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking
(i) relief in respect of the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United
Statesthe U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Law, as now constituted or hereafter
amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding up or liquidation of the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary (except, in the case of any
Subsidiary, in a transaction permitted by Section 7.05); and, in each case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United
StatesU.S. Bankruptcy Code or any
other Debtor Relief Law, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution
of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Holdcos, any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary, (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) become unable or admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(j) the failure by the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $15,000,000 (in the case of a Borrower and its Subsidiaries) or $50,000,000 (in the case of any other Loan Party, the Parent Guarantor or Subsidiary of any thereof) (in each case to the extent not covered by insurance), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of 45 consecutive days;
(k) (i) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States district court to administer any Plan, (ii) an ERISA Event or ERISA Events shall have occurred, (iii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans, (iv) the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall engage in any prohibited transaction (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(l) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that are not immaterial to the Holdcos, any Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or from the failure of the Administrative Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take the actions described on Schedule 4.04 and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lenders title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer, or (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by the Holdcos, the Borrowers or the Subsidiary Loan Parties of any of the ABL Finance Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by the Holdcos or any Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations; or
(m) the PBGC Intercreditor Agreement, the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor Agreement, the Bowling Green Current Assets Access Agreement or the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement, or any provision thereof, shall cease to be in full force and effect (except in accordance with its terms), or any of the
Loan Parties or the Parent Guarantor party thereto shall deny or disaffirm their respective obligations thereunder or default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on their part to be performed or observed pursuant
to the terms thereof;
(n) then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrowers, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments (and any obligations to make L/C Credit Extensions), (ii) declare the Loans and L/C Obligations then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans and the L/C Obligations so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, (iii) require that the Borrowers Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount with respect thereto), and (iv) exercise all rights and remedies granted to it under any Loan Document and all its rights under any other applicable law or in equity; and in any event with respect to the applicable Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments (and any obligations to make L/C Credit Extensions) shall automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 8.02 Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the purposes of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred under clause (h), (i), (j) or (l) of Section 8.01, any reference in any such clause to any Subsidiary shall be deemed not to include any Immaterial Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance referred to in any such clause.
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Section 8.03 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.01 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and as set forth in Section 8.01), any
amounts received on account of the ABL Finance Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17 and the Intercreditor Agreements, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:.
(a) (i) So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments received by Administrative Agent shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and all payments of fees and expenses received by Agent (other than fees or expenses that are for Agents separate account or for the separate account of Issuing Bank) shall be apportioned ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the type of Commitment or ABL Finance Obligation to which a particular fee or expense relates.
(ii) Subject to Section 8.03(e), Section 2.11(a)(ii), and Section 2.11(b), all payments to be made hereunder by Borrowers shall be remitted to Administrative Agent and all such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Administrative Agent (including during an Accounts Availability Triggering Event which is not commenced as a result of an Event of Default), shall be applied, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except as otherwise provided herein with respect to Defaulting Lenders, first, to reduce the balance of the Revolving Facility Loans outstanding, and second, to the Term Loans, as the case, may be and, thereafter, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(b) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing any all payments remitted to Administrative Agent (other than those in respect of Term Loan Priority Collateral) and all amounts received on account of Revolving Loan Priority Collateral shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17 and the Intercreditor Agreements, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
first, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, until paid in full;
second, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest and unpaid principal of the Swing Line Loans payable to the Swing Line Lender and Agent Advances payable to the Administrative Agent, ratably among the Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second held by them, until paid in full;
third, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and unpaid principal of the L/C Borrowings, ratably among the L/C Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them, until paid in full;
fourth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting fees, and indemnities and other amounts (other than amounts paid under preceding clauses) payable to the Revolving Facility Lenders and the L/C Issuers arising under the Loan
Documents and amounts payable under Article III (other than amounts paid under the preceding
clauses), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to them, until paid in full;
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fifth,
to payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrowers pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 2.162.16, until paid in
full;
sixth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance
Obligations, other than amounts paid under preceding clauses, constituting (i) accrued and unpaid
interest on the Loans and other ABL Credit Obligations and (ii) unpaid principal of the Loans, in each case, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the
respective amounts described in this clause
Sixth held by
themRevolving Facility Loans until paid in full;
seventh, ratably
to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations,
other than amounts paid to Revolving Facility Lenders under preceding clauses, constituting unpaid amounts
then owing under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, ratably among the relevant Hedge Banks and the Cash Management
Banks(i) unpaid principal of Revolving Facility Loans and (ii) Bank Product Obligations up to the
amount of the Bank Product Reserves then in effect in respect of such Bank Product Obligations, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Seventh held by them, until paid in full (provided, that, if a Lender or its Affiliates is both a Revolving Facility Lender and a Term Loan
Lender, then for purposes of any Bank Product Obligations owing to it, such Lender shall be deemed only a Revolving Facility Lender); and
eighth, payment to other ABL Credit Obligations in respect of Revolving Facility other than amounts paid to Revolving Facility Lenders under preceding clauses (and other than Bank Product Obligations owing to Revolving Facility referred to in clause Twelfth), ratably among the Revolving Facility Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts in this clause Eighth held by them until paid in full;
ninth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting fees, indemnities payable to the Term Loan Lenders arising under the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Ninth payable to them, until paid in full;
tenth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations, other than amounts paid to Term Loan Lenders under preceding clauses, constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans, ratably among the Term Loan Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Tenth held by them, until paid in full;
eleventh, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations, other than amounts paid under preceding clauses, constituting unpaid principal of the Term Loans and other ABL Credit Obligations in respect of the Term Facility (other than Bank Product Obligations), ratably among the Term Loan Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Eleventh held by them, until paid in full;
twelfth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting unpaid Bank Product Obligations then owing to Revolving Facility Lenders or their Affiliates (that have not been paid pursuant to clause Seventh above), ratably among the relevant Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Twelfth held by them, until paid in full;
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thirteenth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting unpaid Bank Product Obligations then owing to Term Loan Lenders and their Affiliates, ratably among the relevant Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Thirteenth held by them, until paid in full;
fourteenth, to payment of any remaining ABL Finance Obligations ratably among the relevant Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourteenth held by them, until paid in full; and
last, the balance, if any, after all of the ABL Finance Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Sections 2.05(c) and 2.16, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other ABL Finance Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
(c) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing any amounts received on account of Term Loan Priority Collateral shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17 and the Intercreditor Agreements, be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
first, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, until paid in full;
second, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting fees, and indemnities (other than amounts paid under preceding clauses) payable to the Term Loan Lenders arising under the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them, until paid in full;
third, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations, other than amounts paid under preceding clauses, constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans, ratably among the Term Loan Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them, until paid in full;
fourth, ratably to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations, other than amounts paid under preceding clauses, constituting unpaid principal of the Term Loans and other ABL Credit Obligations in respect of Term Facility, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them, until paid in full;
fifth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest and unpaid principal of the Swing Line Loans payable to the Swing Line Lender and Agent Advances payable to the Administrative Agent, ratably among the Swing Line Lender and Administrative Agent in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fifth held by them, until paid in full;
sixth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and unpaid principal of the L/C Borrowings, ratably among the L/C Issuers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Sixth held by them, until paid in full;
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seventh, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting fees, and indemnities (other than amounts paid under preceding clauses) payable to the Revolving Facility Lenders and the L/C Issuers arising under the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Seventh payable to them, until paid in full;
eighth, to payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrowers pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 2.16, until paid in full;
ninth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations, other than amounts paid under preceding clauses, constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Revolving Facility Loans, ratably among the Revolving Facility Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Ninth held by them, until paid in full;
tenth, ratably to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations, other than amounts paid to Revolving Facility Lenders under preceding clauses, constituting unpaid principal of Revolving Facility Loans and other ABL Credit Obligations owing to Revolving Facility Lenders, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Tenth held by them, until paid in full;
eleventh, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting unpaid Bank Product Obligations owing to Term Loan Lenders ratably among the relevant Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Eleventh held by them, until paid in full;
twelfth, to payment of that portion of the ABL Finance Obligations constituting unpaid Bank Product Obligations owing to Revolving Facility Lenders or their Affiliates ratably among the relevant Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Twelfth held by them, until paid in full;
thirteenth , to payment of any remaining ABL Finance Obligations ratably among the relevant Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Thirteenth held by them, until paid in full; and
last, the balance, if any, after all of the ABL Finance Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrowers or as otherwise required by Law.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, ABL Finance Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described in Sections 8.03(b) and (c) above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be. Each Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a Lender party hereto.
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(e) In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, Sections 8.03 (a)(ii) shall not apply to any payment made by Borrowers to Agent and specified by Borrowers to be for the payment of specific ABL Finance Obligations then due and payable (or prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(f) For purposes of Sections 8.03(b) and (c), paid in full of a type of ABL Finance Obligation means payment in cash or immediately available funds of all amounts owing on account of such type of ABL Finance Obligation, including interest accrued after the commencement of any proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other Debtor Relief Law, default interest, interest on interest, indemnities and expense reimbursements, irrespective of whether any of the foregoing would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Proceeding or any other Debtor Relief Law.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary (i) no payment received by Administrative Agent from the Parent Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee of the ABL Finance Obligations shall be applied against any Term Loan A-2 Obligations, (ii) all payments received pursuant to Section 8.03(b) clause Fourteenth shall be allocated to the Lenders base on their Pro Rata Share as defined in clause (c) of the definition of Pro Rata Share, (iii) all payments received pursuant to Section
8.03(c) Thirteenth shall be allocated to the Lenders base on their Pro Rata Share as defined in clause (c) of the definition of Pro Rata Share, and (iv) with respect to Bank Product Obligations, if a Hedge Bank or a Cash Management Bank is both a Revolving Facility Lender and a Term Loan Lender, then its Bank Product Obligations shall be treated as owing to a Revolving Facility Lender.
ARTICLE
IXARTICLE IX
THE AGENCY PROVISIONS
Section 9.01 Appointment and Authority.
(a) Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank) and L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints Wells Fargo to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto (including, without limitation, the making of one or more Agent Advances). The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuers. No Borrower shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions (except as expressly provided in Section 9.06). 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 Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead 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) Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also act as the collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and as a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank) and L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and L/C Issuers for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the ABL Finance Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative
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Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents (and subject to the Intercreditor Agreements), or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the collateral agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 9.02 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
Section 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a)
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied
duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) (ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to
liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or
termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and
(c) (iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose,
and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.01) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by a Borrower, a Lender or an L/C Issuer.
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The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Section 9.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for a 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 9.05 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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 non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 9.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the Resignation Effective Date), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
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(b) If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrowers, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the Removal Effective Date), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all
payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each L/C Issuer directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring (or removed) Administrative Agent (other than as provided in Section 3.01(gf) and other than any rights to indemnity payments or other
amounts owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date, as applicable), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and
obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its
predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agents resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and
Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the
retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
(d) Any resignation by Wells Fargo as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. If Wells Fargo resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it which are outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c). If Wells Fargo resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment by the Borrowers of a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by the retiring L/C Issuer which are outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Wells Fargo to effectively assume the obligations of Wells Fargo with respect to such Letters of Credit.
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Section 9.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any arranger of this credit facility or any amendment thereto or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Section 9.08 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Joint Bookrunners, Joint Lead Arrangers or Co-Syndication Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an L/C Issuer hereunder, but all such parties shall be entitled to the benefits of this Article IX.
Section 9.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrowers) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the
Loans, L/C Obligations and all other ABL Credit 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 L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuers
and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.05(h) and (i), 2.12 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b)
(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 judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.12 and 10.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the ABL Finance Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
Section 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Without limiting the provisions of Section 9.09 each of the Lenders (in its capacities as a Lender and as a potential Cash Management Bank and a potential Hedge Bank) and the L/C Issuers irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to:
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(a)
(i) release any Lien on any property granted to or held by
the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (A) upon the Facility Termination Date, (B) with respect to any property that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any
sale or other disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document or (C) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 10.01;
(b)
(ii) release any Guarantor from its obligations under the
Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents;
(c) (iii) subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document
to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.02(a), (b), (c), (i) or (j); and
(d)
(iv) execute and deliver the Intercreditor Agreements and
any amendments, supplements or joinders thereto, including any intercreditor agreement necessary or desirable to permit the incurrence by the Loan Parties of secured indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder with the priority permitted
hereunder and perform its obligations and duties, and exercise its rights and remedies, thereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agents authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10. In each case as specified in this Section 9.10, the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrowers expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Subsidiary Loan Party from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.10.
In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties agree to release all Liens over any accounts receivable in connection with their transfer to a Receivables Subsidiary or their sale, transfer or pledge under any Qualified Receivables Financing permitted to be entered into pursuant to the Loan Documents, and will execute any documents and prepare and make any filings reasonably requested by the Borrowers (at the sole cost and expense of the Borrowers), and in form and substance approved by Agent in its reasonable discretion, as may be necessary to evidence such release.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agents Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
Without limiting the foregoing, no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the ABL Finance Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. 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 (including any sale or disposition conducted under a plan of reorganization), any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender, Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank in its or their respective individual capacities)
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shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all
or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale, to use and apply any of the ABL Finance 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. Each Secured Party, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the ABL Finance Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to
the foregoing provisions. The provisions of this paragraph are for the sole benefit of the Secured Parties and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party. The Administrative Agent, in its capacity as
ABL Collateral Agent under the PBGC Intercreditor Agreement, in its capacity as ABL Agent under the Muscle Shoals Intercreditor
Agreement and in its capacity as ABL Agent under the Ravenswood Intercreditor Agreement shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, protections, immunities, benefits and
indemnities provided to the Administrative Agent under this Article IX and under Section 10.04.
Section 9.11 Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Guaranty or any Security Document, no Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.01, the Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, ABL Finance Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such ABL Finance Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank or Cash Management Bank, as the case may be.
Section 9.12 Certain ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any 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 Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(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 Commitments and this Agreement,
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(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 Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, 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 Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv) such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
ARTICLE
XARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent or ratification of the Required Lenders or such other number or percentage of Lenders as may be specified herein) and the applicable Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that (x) the Administrative Agent and each Borrower may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and each Borrower, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement and any other Loan Document to cure any ambiguity, omission, typographical error, mistake, defect or inconsistency if such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, to comply with local law or the advice of local counsel or to cause one or more Loan Documents to be consistent with other Loan Documents and (y) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a)
(i) without the written consent of each Lender,
(A) waive any condition set forth in Section 5.02 or (B) without limiting the generality of the preceding clause (A), waive any condition set forth in Section 5.01 as to any Credit Event under the Revolving
Facility (it being understood that the waiver of any Default or Event of Default or the amendment or waiver of any covenant or representation contained herein shall not constitute a waiver of any condition set forth in Section 5.01 or
Section 5.02);
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(b)
(ii) extend or increase (other than pursuant to
Section 2.15) the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.01) without the written consent of such Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(c)
(iii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any
other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest or fees due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely
affected thereby;
(d)
(iv) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest
specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or any fees payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;
(e)
(v) change Section 2.11(c) in a manner that would alter the order of payments required thereby or Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing
of or the order of payments required thereby, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender directly and
adversely affected thereby;
(f)
(vi) change any provision of this
Section 10.01, the definition of Required Lendersor the definition of
Required Revolving Facility Lenders, Required Term Loan Lenders Supermajority Revolving Facility Lenders Supermajority Term
Loan Lenders or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant
any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;
(g) (vii) modify the definition of Pro Rata Share or amend or otherwise modify the provisions of
Section 2.14(c) without the written consent of each Lender;
(h) (viii) release the Collateral Agents Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction
or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of such Liens is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent
acting alone);
(i)
(ix) except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
permit any Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor to assign its rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party;
(j)
(x) release all or substantially all of the value of the
Guaranties, without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting
alone);
(k)
(xi) subordinate the Collateral Agents Liens on
the ABL Priority Collateral (other than with respect to Permitted Liens) or subordinate the payment of
the ABL Finance Obligations, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender;
(l) (xii) increase the advance rates set forth in the definition of Borrowing Base or otherwise modify the definition
thereof without the written consent of the Supermajority Revolving Facility Lenders;
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(m) no waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by Supermajority Term Loan Lenders, waive any condition set forth in Section 5.01 in connection with the obligation to make any Term Loans (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 Section 5.01) 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 a condition set forth in Section 5.01); or
(n)
(xiii) except as otherwise set forth in the definitions of
Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, add new asset categories to the Borrowing Base, or otherwise cause the Borrowing Base availability under the Revolving Facility to be increased beyond the level permissible under this Agreement as then in
effect, in each case without the written consent of the Supermajority Revolving Facility Lenders (it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agents release or reduction of a Reserve shall not constitute an amendment, waiver or consent under this Section 10.01);
provided, further, that: (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each applicable L/C Issuer
in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and
signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) no amendment, waiver or consent which would require the
consent of a Lender but for the fact that it is a Defaulting Lender shall be enforced against it without its consent; and (viv) the Engagement Letter, the Fee Letter, and the Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges
thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment,
waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender
may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately
more adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Borrowers may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, make one or more offers (each, a Loan Modification Offer) to all the Lenders under the Revolving Facility (as subject to such a Loan Modification Offer, an Affected Facility) to make one or more Permitted Amendments (as defined below) pursuant to procedures reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrowers. Such notice shall set forth (i) the terms and conditions of the requested Permitted Amendment and (ii) the date on which such Permitted Amendment is requested to become effective (which shall not be less than 10 Business Days nor more than 30 Business Days after the date of such notice) (or such shorter periods as are acceptable to the Administrative Agent). Permitted Amendments shall become effective only with respect to the Loans of the Lenders under the Affected Facility that accept the applicable Loan Modification Offer (such Lenders, the Accepting Lenders) and, in the case of any Accepting Lender, only with respect to such Lenders Loans under such Affected Facility as to which such Lenders acceptance has been made. Each Borrower and each Accepting Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent giving effect to the Permitted Amendment (a Loan Modification Agreement) and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the acceptance of the Permitted
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Amendments and the terms and conditions thereof. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Loan Modification Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Loan Modification Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Permitted Amendment evidenced thereby and only with respect to the Loans and Commitments of the Accepting Lenders under the Affected Facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Permitted Amendment shall become effective under this paragraph unless the Administrative Agent shall have received any corporate documents, officers certificates or legal opinions consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 5.02 reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. As used in this paragraph, Permitted Amendments shall be limited to (i) an extension of the final maturity date of the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders (provided that such extension may not result in having more than two additional final maturity dates in any year, or more than three additional final maturity dates at any time, under this Agreement without the consent of the Administrative Agent), (ii) a reduction, elimination or extension, of the scheduled amortization of the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders, (iii) a change in rate of interest (including a change to the Base Rate or Eurodollar Base Rate and any provision establishing a minimum rate), premium, or other amount with respect to the applicable Loans of the Accepting Lenders and/or a change in the payment of fees to the Accepting Lenders and/or a change in the payment of fees to the Accepting Lenders (such change and/or payments to be in the form of cash, Equity Interests or other property to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement) and (iv) any other amendment to a Loan Document required to give effect to the Permitted Amendments described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this sentence.
If any Lender (a Non-Consenting Lender) does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent, release, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document that, pursuant to the terms of this Section 10.01, requires the consent of each Lender (or each affected Lender) and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, the Borrowers may replace such Non-Consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.14.
No Real Property shall be taken as Collateral unless the Lenders receive 45 days prior written notice and each Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has completed all flood due diligence, received copies of all flood insurance documentation and confirmed flood insurance compliance as required by the Flood Laws or as otherwise satisfactory to such Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Loan Documents, any grace or cure period or other time period for the creation of Liens on such Real Property shall be tolled from the giving of such written notice until each Lender has provided such confirmation to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to result from the occurrence of any date on which any such period would otherwise have expired. At any time that any Real Property constitutes Collateral, no modification of a Loan Document shall add, increase, renew or extend any Loan, Commitment or other Credit Event hereunder (other than pursuant to Section 2.15) until the completion of flood due diligence, documentation and coverage as confirmed to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent by all Lenders and as required by the Flood Laws or as otherwise satisfactory to all Lenders.
Section 10.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
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(i) if to any Borrower, the Holdcos or any other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender to the address, fax number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, fax number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient).Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuers or the Borrowers may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. 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 ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndications Agents or any of their respective Related Parties (collectively, Agent Parties) have any liability to the Holdcos, any Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Partys or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet.
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(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Holdcos, each Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, fax or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, fax or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to each Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, fax number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or electronic Revolving Facility Borrowing Requests, Term Loan Requests, Letter of Credit Requests and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. Each Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on any notice purportedly given by or on behalf of such Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative Agent in relying on any notice purportedly given by or on behalf of such Borrower, such Lender or Related Party, as applicable, as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. No failure by any Lender or L/C Issuer or by the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided and provided under each other Loan Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, but subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.01 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuers; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (ii) any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (iii) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.14) or (iv) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (x) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01 and (y) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.14, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
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Section 10.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties and the Parent Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay, upon the Administrative Agents demand, (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses and customary administrative charges incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners and their respective Affiliates (including the reasonable and invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of Sidley Austin LLP, as counsel for the Administrative Agent, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction), in connection with the syndication and arrangement of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including expenses incurred in connection with due diligence and initial ongoing Collateral examination to the extent incurred in compliance with this Agreement, filing and search charges, recording taxes, appraisals, environmental assessments and field examination charges and expenses (including a charge at the then-standard rate of the Administrative Agent per person per day for the examiners of the Administrative Agent in the field and in the office, which, as of the Closing Date, is not to exceed $1,000 per person per day for examinations with respect to Loan Parties) 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 and documented out-of-pocket expenses and customary administrative charges incurred by any L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and, (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (including the reasonable and invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of any special counsel (limited to one firm for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers unless, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or any such Lender or L/C Issuer seeking reimbursement, such joint representation would be inappropriate due to the existence of any actual or potential conflict of interest, in which case the Administrative Agent or any such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, shall inform the Borrowers of such conflict and the Borrowers shall reimburse the legal fees and expenses of no more than such number of additional outside counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers as is necessary to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest)) and local counsel (limited to one firm for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers in each relevant jurisdiction unless, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or any such Lender or L/C Issuer seeking reimbursement, such joint representation would be inappropriate due to the existence of any actual or potential conflict of interest, in which case the Administrative Agent or any such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, shall inform the Borrowers of such conflict and the Borrowers shall reimburse the legal fees and expenses of no more than such number of additional outside counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers as is necessary to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer), in connection with the enforcement, collection or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
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(b) Indemnification. The Loan Parties and the Parent Guarantor, jointly and
severally, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, and each of its respective Affiliates
and their respective Related Parties (each such Person being called an Indemnitee) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable
legal counsel fees, charges and disbursements of not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel) unless, in the reasonable opinion of any such Indemnitee seeking
indemnity, such joint representation would be inappropriate due to the existence of any actual or potential conflict of interest, in which case such Indemnitee or Indemnitees, as the case may be, shall inform the Borrowers of such conflict and the
Borrowers shall reimburse the legal fees and expenses of no more than such number of additional outside counsel for the Indemnitees as is necessary to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted
against any Indemnitee by any Person (including any Borrower or any other Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery
of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the
other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any
matters addressed in Section 3.01)), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer 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 claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory,
whether brought by a third party or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that, with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from
(x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purposes of this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner, any L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any
Lender shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them, together with its respective directors, trustees, officers and employees, shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (y) any material breach of any Loan Document by
such Indemnitee. Subject to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements (limited to not more than one counsel, plus, if necessary, one local counsel per jurisdiction) (except the allocated costs of
in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any claim related in any way to Environmental Laws and Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, or (B) any
actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at, under, on or from any Real Property; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the (1) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (2) any
material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee (for purposes of this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner, any L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or any Lender shall be treated as
several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together, together with its respective directors, trustees, officers and employees, shall be treated as a single Indemnitee). None of the Indemnitees (or any of their respective Affiliates) shall be
responsible or liable to the Loan Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, which may be alleged as a result of the
Revolving Facility or the Transactions. Without limiting the provisions of Section 3.01(cb), this Section 10.04(b) shall not apply with
respect to Taxes (other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim). The provisions of this Section
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10.04 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the ABL Credit Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or L/C Issuer. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Loan Parties
or the Parent Guarantor for any reason fail indefeasibly to pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it or them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any L/C Issuer
or the Swing Line Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), each L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such
Lenders pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lenders outstanding Loans and unused Commitments at such time) of such unpaid amount
(including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the RevolvingCredit Facility (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought), provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.02(a).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower hereby waives, and acknowledges that no other Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor shall have, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor; provided, however, any Indemnitee shall promptly refund an indemnification payment received hereunder to the extent that there is a final judicial determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such payment pursuant to this Section 10.04.
(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 10.02(e)shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments of all the Lenders and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other ABL Credit Obligations.
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Section 10.05 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor is made to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, any L/C Lender or any Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, such L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (i) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred, and (ii) each Lender and L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the ABL Credit Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.06 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party nor the Parent Guarantor (except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement) may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b), (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d), or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.06(e). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer, shall be construed to confer, or shall confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.06(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A)
(1) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of
the assigning Lenders Commitment under the Revolving Facility and/or theRevolving Facility Commitment and/or the Revolving Facility Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous assignments to
related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned
and (2) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Term Loan Commitment and/or the Term Loans at the time owing to it or contemporaneous
assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum
amount need be assigned; and
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(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate
amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment,
determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if Trade Date is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less
than
$5,000,000,5,000,000
in the case of the Revolving Facility and not less than $1,000,000 in the case of the Term Loan Facility, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, each Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment(s) assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swing Line Lenders rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans.
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of each Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless they shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days after having received notice thereof; provided, further, that the Borrowers consent shall not be required during the primary syndication of the Revolving Facility;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (i) any unfunded Commitment if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (ii) any Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C) the consent of each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Facility.
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent). The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and all applicable tax forms.
(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to any Loan Party or any Affiliates or Subsidiaries of any Loan Party, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) to any natural person.
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(vi) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or sub-participations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning 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 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment); provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender. Upon request, each Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section 10.06. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no assignee, which as of the date of any assignment to it pursuant to this Section 10.06 would be entitled to any payments under Sections 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 in an amount greater than the assignor would have been entitled to as of such date with respect to the rights assigned, shall be entitled to such greater payments.
(c) Register. (i)(1) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a
non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers (and such agency being solely for Tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form)
and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and L/C Issuers, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans, L/C Borrowings and Swing Line Loans owing to, each Lender and L/C Issuer
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register).The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and L/C Issuers shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by any Borrower and any Lender, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or other substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender or L/C Issuer may request and receive
from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.
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(i)
(ii) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and
Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), all applicable tax forms, the processing and recordation fee referred
to in paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section 10.06 (unless waived in accordance with such paragraph) and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)(iii) of this Section 10.06, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has
been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (c)(ii).
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person, a known Defaulting Lender or a Loan Party or any Affiliates or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lenders participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.
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 the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that
such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clause (y) of the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant and requires the
consent of each Lender directly affected thereby. Each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its
interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section (it being understood that the documentation required under
Section
3.01(ec) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation); provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 10.14 as if it were
an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05, with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it
acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent. A participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 3.01 to the extent such Participant fails to comply with Section 3.01(ec) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a
participation agrees, at a Borrowers request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.06 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a
participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participants
interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the Participant Register); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the
identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any Commitments, Loans, L/C Borrowings, Swing Line Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such
disclosure is
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necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, L/C Borrowing, Swing Line Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(e) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(f) Resignation as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Wells Fargo assigns all of its Revolving Facility Commitment and Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(b), Wells Fargo may, (i) upon 30 days notice to the Borrowers and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days notice to the Borrowers, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Borrowers to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Wells Fargo as an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Wells Fargo resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it which remain outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(c)). If Wells Fargo resigns as the Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (ii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, issued by the retiring L/C Issuer and remaining outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Wells Fargo to effectively assume the obligations of Wells Fargo with respect to such Letters of Credit.
Section 10.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed: (i) to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (ii) to the extent required or requested by any applicable regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (iii) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (iv) to any other party hereto; (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing confidentiality provisions substantially the same (and at least as restrictive) as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant
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in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.15 or (B) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the obligations under this Agreement, (vii) to (A) any rating agency in connection with rating any Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, in each case on a confidential basis, (viii) with the consent of the Borrowers or (ix) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary. For purposes of this Section, Information means all information received from the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Holdcos, any Borrower or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Assignment and Assumption, the provisions of this Section 10.07 shall survive with respect to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and L/C Issuer until the second anniversary of the Administrative Agent or Lender ceasing to be the Administrative Agent or a Lender or an L/C Issuer, respectively.
Section 10.08 Platform; Borrower Materials. Each of the Holdcos and each Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Holdcos and any Borrower hereunder (collectively, Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on Debt Domain, IntraLinks, Syndtrak or another similar electronic system (the Platform).
Section 10.09 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates 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) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower, any other Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower, such Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or an L/C Issuer or such Affiliate, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, L/C Issuer or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of such Borrower, such Loan Party or the Parent Guarantor may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or L/C Issuer or such Affiliate different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.17 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the ABL Finance Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
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Section 10.10 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non- usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the Maximum Rate). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the applicable Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof and (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the ABL Credit Obligations hereunder.
Section 10.11 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, 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 5.02, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by fax or other electronic imaging means (e.g. pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 10.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender and L/C Issuer, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or L/C Issuer or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender or L/C Issuer may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or Event of Default at the time of any credit extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other ABL Credit Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
Section 10.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.13, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
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Section 10.14 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives the Borrowers the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(a)
(i) unless waived, the Borrowers or such assignee shall
have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);
(b) (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding par principal of its Loans and
L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from such assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts);
(c) (iii) in the case of any assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(d)
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable
Laws.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver or consent, as applicable, by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this Section 10.14 may be effected pursuant to, and recorded on the Register after execution of, an Assignment and Assumption executed by each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto. Each Lender agrees that, if the Borrowers elect to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section, it shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lenders Loans) subject to such Assignment and Assumption. Nothing in this Section 10.14 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrowers may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender.
Section 10.15 Governing Law; Jurisdiction Etc.
(a) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
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(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH BORROWER, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY AND THE PARENT GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, ANY L/C ISSUER OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS 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, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY BORROWER, THE PARENT GUARANTOR OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) Waiver of Venue. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) Service of Process. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Section 10.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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Section 10.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates understanding, that: (i)(A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Lenders are arms-length commercial transactions between each Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) each Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii)(A) the Administrative Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger, each Joint Bookrunner, each Co-Syndication Agent and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner, any Co-Syndication Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to any Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrowers and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner, any Co-Syndication Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 10.18 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words execute, execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 10.19 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties and the Parent Guarantor that pursuant to the requirements of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into Law October 26, 2001) (the Patriot Act)), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor in accordance with the Patriot Act. Each Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and the Parent Guarantor to, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.
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Section 10.20 Intercreditor Agreements. Each Lender party hereto understands, acknowledges and agrees that it is the intention of the parties hereto that each of the ABL Finance Obligations and the Secured Notes
Obligations are intended to constitute a distinct and separate class from the other, and, as between the Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the Secured Notes Secured Parties, on the other hand, it is the intention of the parties that (i) the
ABL Finance Obligations (including all post-petition interest with respect thereto) have a first priority security interest in all ABL Priority Collateral and that the Secured Notes Obligations (including all post-petition interest with respect
thereto) have a second priority security interest in all ABL Priority Collateral, and (ii) the Secured Notes Obligations (including all post-petition interest with respect thereto) have a first priority security interest in all Secured Notes
Priority Collateral and that the ABL Finance Obligations (including all post -petition interest with respect thereto) have a second priority security interest in all Secured Notes Priority Collateral. Each Lender further understands, acknowledges
and agrees that the provisions setting forth the priorities as between the Secured Notes Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, are set forth in the Secured Notes Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of each Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent to enter into the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements on behalf of such Lender and to take all actions (and execute all documents) required (or deemed advisable) by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in accordance
with the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.
The provisions of this Section 10.20 are not intended to summarize all relevant provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements. Reference must be made to each Intercreditor Agreement itself to understand all terms and conditions thereof. Each Lender is responsible for making its own analysis and review of each Intercreditor Agreement and the terms and provisions thereof, and neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent or any of their respective affiliates, representatives, advisors, attorneys or other Person makes any representation to any Lender as to the sufficiency or advisability of the provisions contained in any Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, this Agreement is subject to the terms and provisions of each Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of an inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of such Intercreditor Agreement shall prevail.
Each Lender further agrees that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of any intercreditor agreement
contemplated by Section 7.02(b) and (u) (each, a Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement ) or any Bowling Green Real Estate
Intercreditor Arrangements. Each Lender authorizes and instructs the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter into any Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement or Bowling Green Real Estate Intercreditor Arrangements on behalf of such Lender and to take all actions (and
execute all documents) required (or deemed advisable) by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of such Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement or Bowling Green Real Estate Intercreditor Arrangements.
Section 10.21 Field Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer by Lenders. By signing this Agreement, each Lender: (i) is deemed to have requested that the Administrative Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report (each a Report and collectively, Reports) prepared by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent; (ii) expressly agrees and acknowledges that neither Wells Fargo nor the Administrative Agent (A) makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, or (B) shall be liable for any information contained in any Report; (iii) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive
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audits or examinations, that the Administrative Agent, Wells Fargo, or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Borrowers and will rely significantly upon the Borrowers books and records, as well as on representations of the Borrowers personnel; (iv) agrees to keep all Reports confidential and strictly for its internal use, and not to distribute except to its participants, or use any Report in any other manner; and (v) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (A) to hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to any Borrower, or the indemnifying Lenders participation in, or the indemnifying Lenders purchase of, a loan or loans of any Borrower; and (B) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend, and hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts incurred by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent and any such other Lender preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
Section 10.22 Release of Liens and Guarantees. In the event that any Loan Party conveys, sells, leases, assigns, transfers or
otherwise disposes of all or any portion of any of the Equity Interests or assets of any Subsidiary Loan Party to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by Section 7.05, any
Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets shall be automatically released and the Administrative Agent shall promptly (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to) take such action and execute
any such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Holdcos or any Borrower and at the Borrowers expense to release or evidence the release of any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets. In the
event of (x) a disposition of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction permitted by Section 7.05 (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) and as a result of which such Subsidiary
Loan Party would cease to be a Subsidiary, or (y) the designation of any Subsidiary Loan Party as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, such Subsidiary Loan Partys obligations under the Loan Documents shall be automatically terminated
and the Administrative Agent shall promptly (and the Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to) take such action and execute such documents at the Borrowers expense as may be reasonably requested by the Holdcos or any Borrower to
terminate such Subsidiary Loan Partys obligations under the Loan Documents. In addition, the Administrative Agent agrees (a) to take such actions as are reasonably requested by any Borrower and at the Borrowers expense to terminate
the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents when all the ABL Credit Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) are paid in full, all Commitments to lend hereunder are terminated and all Letters of Credit have
been either cancelled or cash collateralized as required hereunder and (b) to enter into any Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement or Bowling Green Real
Estate Intercreditor Arrangements (in each case in the circumstances and on those terms
contemplated by this Agreement) and to take such actions (and execute all documents) as are reasonably requested by the Holdcos or any Borrower in connection with such Secured Debt Intercreditor Agreement or the Bowling Green Real Estate Intercreditor Arrangements.
Section 10.23 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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Section 10.24 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of
EEAAffected Financial Institutions.
(a)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties to the Loan Documents, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability
of any
EEAAffected
Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the
extent that such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an
EEAa Resolution Authority and agrees and consents
to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(i)
(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 EEAAffected Financial Institution; and
(ii)
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such
liability, including, if applicable:
(A)
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any
such liability;
(B)
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability
into shares or other instruments of ownership in such
EEAAffected
Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted
by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(C) (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.
(b) Each party hereto agrees that it will notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, as soon as practicable, of such party becoming the subject of a Bail-In Action unless notification is prohibited by law, regulation or order.
Section 10.25 Power of Attorney(a)
(a) A party may appoint an attorney to represent it for purposes of signing this Agreement or any agreement or document it enters into in connection with this Agreement.
Section 10.26 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCsSection 10.27. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any
Swap Contract 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):
(a) 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
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transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported 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.
(b) As used in this Section 10.26, the following terms have the following meanings:
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.
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).
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.
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).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.
CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S. |
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CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC |
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CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC |
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CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC |
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CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC |
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Signature Page to the Credit Agreement (Constellium)
CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN, LLC |
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CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC |
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender and Lender |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
as Lender |
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, | ||
as Lender |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., | ||
as Lender |
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BMO HARRIS BANK N.A., | ||
as Lender |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, | ||
as Lender |
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HSBC BANK USA, N.A., | ||
as Lender |
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CITIBANK, N.A., | ||
as Lender |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, | ||
as Lender |
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the Assignment and Assumption) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] Assignor) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] Assignee). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]3 hereunder are several and not joint.]4 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignors][the respective Assignors] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities), and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] Assigned Interest). Following the execution of this Assignment and Assumption, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for its consent (if required) and for recording pursuant to the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date. Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
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For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language. |
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For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language. |
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Select as appropriate. |
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Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees. |
EXHIBIT A
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3. | Borrowers: | Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC, Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC and Constellium Bowling Green LLC | ||
4. | Administrative Agent: | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement | ||
5. | Credit Agreement: | Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40-44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders. |
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6. |
Assigned Interest[s]: |
Assignor[s]5 |
Assignee[s]6 |
Facility Assigned7 |
Aggregate
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List each Assignor, as appropriate. |
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List each Assignee, as appropriate. |
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Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being
assigned under this Assignment (e.g., Revolving Facility Commitment, |
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Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. |
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Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
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To be completed if the Assignor(s) and the Assignee(s) intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. |
EXHIBIT A
Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
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Add additional signature blocks as needed. Include both Fund/Pension Plan and manager making the trade (if applicable). |
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To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
EXHIBIT A
Consented To: CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC14 |
Consented To: CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC15 |
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Consented To: CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC16 |
Consented To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender17 |
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Include to the extent the consent of the Borrowers is required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)(A) of the Credit Agreement. |
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Include to the extent the consent of the Borrowers is required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)(A) of the Credit Agreement. |
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Include to the extent the consent of the Borrowers is required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)(A) of the Credit Agreement. |
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Include to the extent the consent of the L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender is required under Section 10.06(b)(iii)(C) of the Credit Agreement. |
EXHIBIT A
ANNEX 1
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor[s]. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is not a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrowers, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrowers, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee[s]. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required thereunder), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.04 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender18 attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal,
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The concept of Foreign Lender should be conformed to the section in the Credit Agreement governing withholding taxes and gross-up. If the Borrower is a U.S. Borrower, the bracketed language should be deleted. |
EXHIBIT A
interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to [the][the relevant] Assignee.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
, 20
Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Muscle Shoals), CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Bowling Green), CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Ravenswood, and together with Muscle Shoals and Bowling Green, each a Borrower and collectively, the Borrowers), CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40-44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders. This Certificate is furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.02(e) of the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Each of the undersigned, being the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer, as applicable, of each Borrower, in that capacity only and not in any individual capacity (and without personal liability), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY on behalf of such Borrower that as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date (including the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, the making of Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the date hereof):
1. 1. the fair value of the assets of each Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, exceeds the debts and liabilities,
direct, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, contingent or otherwise, of such Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, respectively;
2. 2. the present fair saleable value of the property of each Borrower
(individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers
and their respective Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, respectively, on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured;
3. 3. each Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their
respective Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and
4. 4. each Borrower (individually) and the Holdcos, the Borrowers and their
respective Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, do not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
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EXHIBIT B-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower has caused this certificate to be executed on its behalf by its Chief Financial Officer as of the date set forth above.
CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[Signature Page for Solvency Certificate]
EXHIBIT B-2
EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
See attached.
EXHIBIT C-1
FORM OF
REVOLVING FACILITY BORROWING REQUEST
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint- stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40-44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Revolving Facility Borrowing Request and the Borrower (as defined below) hereby requests Borrowings under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowings requested hereby:
(a) Name of requesting Borrower: (the Borrower)
(b) Aggregate Amount of Revolving Facility Borrowing:19
(c) Aggregate Amount of Revolving Facility Credit Exposure (after giving effect to the requested Borrowing):
(d) Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):
(e) Type of Borrowing (Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate):
(f) Interest Period (if a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing):
(g) Location and number of Borrowers account to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.
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Such amount to be not less than $1,000,000 and an integral multiple of $250,000. |
EXHIBIT
C-1
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C-1-1[Signature Page to Revolving Facility Borrowing Request]
EXHIBIT
C-1
Very truly yours,
[CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS
RAVENSWOOD, LLC]
[CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC]
[CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC]
By:
Name:
Title:
C-1-1[Signature Page to Revolving Facility Borrowing Request]
EXHIBIT C-2
FORM OF
SWING LINE LOAN NOTICE
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40- 44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Swing Line Loan Notice and the Borrower (as defined below) hereby requests Borrowings under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowings requested hereby:
(A) Name of requesting Borrower: (the Borrower)
(B) Aggregate Amount of Borrowing20:
(C) Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):
(D) Location and number of Borrowers account to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:
The Borrower named below hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.
Very truly yours,
[CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS |
RAVENSWOOD, LLC] |
[CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC] |
[CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC] |
By:
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Title: |
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Such amount to be not less than $250,000 and an integral multiple of $250,000. |
EXHIBIT C-3
FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT REQUEST
Dated
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Administrative Agent for the Lenders party
to the Credit Agreement referred to below
Attention:
L/C Issuer: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
401 Research Pkwy, 1st Floor
Winston Salem, NC 27101
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby request that the L/C Issuer, in its individual capacity, issue a [standby] [trade] Letter of Credit for the account of the undersigned on 1 (the Date of Issuance), which Letter of Credit shall be denominated in United States Dollars and shall be in the aggregate amount of 2 .
For the purposes of this Letter of Credit Request, unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein and defined in that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40-44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 4186, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders, shall have the respective meanings provided such terms in the Credit Agreement.
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Date of Issuance, which shall be at least two (2) Business Days after the date hereof (or such shorter period as is reasonably acceptable to the L/C Issuer). |
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Aggregate initial amount of the Letter of Credit. |
The beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit will be 3 , and such Letter of Credit will be in support of 4 and will have a stated expiration date of 5 .
We hereby certify that the conditions specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.
[CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC][CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC][CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC] | ||
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Title: |
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Insert name and address of beneficiary. |
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Insert brief description of supportable obligations. |
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Insert the last date upon which drafts may be presented which may not be later than the dates referred to in Section 2.05 of the Credit Agreement. |
EXHIBIT DC-14
FORM OF
TERM LOAN REQUEST
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40- 44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Term Loan Request and the Borrower (as defined below) hereby requests Borrowings under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such Borrowings requested hereby:
(a) Name of requesting Borrower: (the Borrower)
(b) Aggregate amount of Term Loan Facility Borrowing:6
(c) Aggregate amount of Term Loan Exposure (after giving effect to the requested Borrowing):
(d) Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day):
(e) Type of Borrowing (Base Rate or Eurodollar Rate):
(f) Interest Period (if a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing):
(g) Location and number of Borrowers account to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed:
The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of Section 5.01 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.
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Such amount to be not less than $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000. |
Very truly yours, | ||
[CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS
RAVENSWOOD, LLC] [CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC] [CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC] |
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Title: |
[Signature Page to Term Loan Request]
EXHIBIT D-1
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes and Lenders that are Disregarded Entities for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes Whose Owner, for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes, is not a Partnership for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40- 44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers with a duly completed and executed certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W- 8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
In the case of a Lender that is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, each of the above certifications and representations is given with respect to the person treated as such Lenders owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF LENDER] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Date: , 20[ ]
[Signature Page to Term Loan Request]
EXHIBIT D-2
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes and
Participants that are Disregarded Entities for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes Whose Owner, for U.S.
Federal Income Tax Purposes, is not a Partnership for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40- 44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a duly completed and executed certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
In the case of a Participant that is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, each of the above certifications and representations is given with respect to the person treated as such Participants owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT] |
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
Date: , 20[ ]
[Signature Page to Term Loan Request]
EXHIBIT D-3
[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes and
Participants that are Disregarded Entities for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes Whose Owner, for U.S.
Federal Income Tax Purposes, is a Partnership for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40- 44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect to such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN- E, as applicable, or (ii) a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partners/members beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption, together with any other information required to be provided by IRS Form W-8IMY. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
In the case of a Participant that is a disregarded entity for U.S. Federal income Tax purposes, each of the above certifications and representations is given with respect to the person treated as such Participants owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT] | ||
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Date: , 20[ ]
[Signature page to Tax Compliance Certificate]
EXHIBIT
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[FORM OF]
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes and Lenders that are Disregarded Entities for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes Whose Owner, for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes, is a Partnership for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE SHOALS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., a simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) incorporated under French law, having its registered address at 40- 44 rue Washington, 75008 Paris, France, registered with the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris under number 832 509 418, the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent) for the Lenders.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers with a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or (ii) a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, from each of such partners/members beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption, together with any other information required to be provided by IRS Form W-8IMY. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
In the case of a Lender that is a disregarded entity for U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes, each of the above certifications and representations is given with respect to the person treated as such Lenders owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF LENDER] | ||
By: |
Name: |
Title: |
Date: , 20[ ]
[Signature page to Tax Compliance Certificate]
Schedule 1.01(a)
Certain U.S. Subsidiaries
1. |
Constellium Muscle Shoals Funding II LLC |
Schedule 1.01(b)
Mortgaged Properties
Name of Borrower/Guarantor |
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Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC |
859 Century Road, Ravenswood, WV 26164 | Jackson | ||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
4805 Second Street, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 | Colbert | ||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
1009 Ford Rd, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 | Colbert | ||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
501 West 20th Avenue, Sheffield, AL 35660 | Colbert |
Schedule 1.01(c)
Immaterial Subsidiaries
1. |
Constellium Muscle Shoals Funding II LLC |
Schedule 1.01(d)
Qualified Receivables
1. |
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan Americas Inc. |
2. |
Crown Cork & Seal |
Schedule 1.01(e)
Unrestricted Subsidiaries
None.
Schedule 1.01(f)
Acceptable Appraisers
Sector3 Appraisals, Inc.
8802 69th Road
Flushing, NY 11375
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(718) 268-4376 |
Fax: |
(718) 425-9784 |
Hilco Appraisal Services
5 Revere Drive, Suite 206
Northbrook, IL 60062
Tel: |
(847) 509-1100 |
Fax: |
(847) 509-1150 |
Great American Appraisal and Valuation Services, L.L.C.
130 West 42nd Street
New York, New York
Tel: (818) 884-3737
Schedule 1.01(g)
Bowling Green Property Description
The leasehold interest of Constellium Bowling Green LLC, as successor-in-interest to Quiver Ventures, LLC, under that certain Agreement of Lease, dated August 1, 2016, between the Country of Warren and Quiver Ventures, LLC and the building housing Constellium Bowling Green LLCs ABS CALP line in Bowling Green, KY, including its waste water treatment plant.
Schedule 1.01(h)
Account Debtor Restrictions
In the case
of Accounts of Account Debtors other than Anheuser- Busch, with respect to which more than one hundred twenty (120) days have elapsed since the date of the original invoice therefor or which is more than sixty (60) days past due and after the Incremental Facility Effective Date, in the case of AB Receivables, with respect to which more than one hundred thirty-five (135) days have elapsed since
the date of the original invoice therefor or which is more than twenty-five (25) days past due.
Schedule 2.01
Commitments
Revolving Facility Commitments
Lender |
Revolving Facility Commitment as of
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
$ | 128,000,000 | ||
Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 80,000,000 | ||
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch |
$ | 40,000,000 | ||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 40,000,000 | ||
BMO Harris Bank N.A. |
$ | 36,000,000 | ||
Barclays Bank PLC |
$ | 26,000,000 | ||
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. |
$ | 26,000,000 | ||
Citibank, N.A. |
$ | 16,000,000 | ||
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch |
$ | 8,000,000 | ||
Total |
$ | 400,000,000 |
Schedule
2.15
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Schedule 2.15
Term Loan Commitments
Term Loan Lender |
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Term Loan Commitment as of
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
Term Loan A-1 Lender | $ | 80,000,000 | |||
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch |
Term Loan A-1 Lender | $ | 25,000,000 | |||
Barclays Bank PLC |
Term Loan A-1 Lender | $ | 16,250,000 | |||
Citibank, N.A. |
Term Loan A-1 Lender | $ | 10,000,000 | |||
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch |
Term Loan A-1 Lender | $ | 5,000,000 | |||
Goldman Sachs Bank USA |
Term Loan A-2 Lender | $ | 30,000,000 | |||
Total |
$ | 166,250,000 |
Schedule 4.01
Organization and Good Standing
None.
Schedule 4.04
Governmental Approvals
Any Mortgage in respect of the Ravenswood Property or any Lien in respect of any other assets of Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC that is subject to a Lien in favor of the PBGC on the Closing Date may only be granted after (i) obtaining the consent of the PBGC to such Mortgage or Lien and (ii) intercreditor arrangements satisfactory to the PBGC have been entered into or are otherwise permitted under the existing terms of the PBGC Intercreditor Agreement.
Schedule 4.07(b)
Leased Properties
None.
Schedule 4.08(a)
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries |
Jurisdiction of
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Record Owner |
Percentage of
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1. | Constellium Automotive USA, LLC | Delaware | Constellium US Holdings I, LLC | 100% | ||||||
2. | Constellium Bowling Green LLC | Delaware | Constellium US Holdings I, LLC | 99.9% | ||||||
Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC | 0.1% | |||||||||
3. | Constellium Metal Procurement LLC | Delaware | Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC | 100% | ||||||
4. | Constellium Muscle Shoals Funding II LLC | Delaware | Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC | 100% | ||||||
5. | Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC | Delaware | Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC | 100% | ||||||
6. | Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC | Delaware | Constellium US Holdings I, LLC | 100% | ||||||
7. | Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC | Delaware | Constellium US Holdings I, LLC | 100% | ||||||
8. | Listerhill Total Maintenance Center LLC | Delaware | Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC | 100% |
Schedule 4.08(b)
Subscriptions
None.
Schedule 4.13
Taxes
None.
Schedule 4.16
Environmental Matters
None.
Schedule 4.21
Insurance
See attached.
Schedule 4.23
Intellectual Property
None.
Schedule 5.02(b)
Local Counsel
None.
Schedule 6.10
Post-Closing Deliveries
Within 120 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), each Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to each Deposit Account of such Borrower and the Loan Parties in existence as of the Closing Date, other than any Exempt Deposit Account.
No later than the date that is 150 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), Bowling Green shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent an inventory appraisal and a field examination from an Acceptable Appraiser for Bowling Green, in each case that are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
Schedule 7.01
Indebtedness
1. |
Capital Lease Obligations of Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC in the amount of
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Schedule 7.02(a)
Liens
1. Trust Agreement between Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC and United Bank, Inc. to secured liabilities of Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC in respect of a hazardous waste management facility (storage ponds). The trust is to be funded in an amount of $472,616 with annual payments over a ten-year period, commencing on January 17, 2008. The environmental escrow account has a balance of $488,875.57 as of February 12, 2019.
2. Other Liens:
Debtor |
Secured Party |
Jurisdiction of filing |
Type of filing |
Initial File # | Initial File Date |
Description of Collateral |
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Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC |
TFS Capital Funding |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20114480201 | 11/22/2011 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC |
HYG Financial Services, Inc. | DE Secretary of State | Financing Statement | 20122304071 | 06/14/2012 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC |
Noble Americas Corp. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20144719738 | 11/21/2014 | Aluminum RSI/Prime | ||||||
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC |
Glencore Ltd. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20170235140 | 01/11/2017 | Glencore Ltd.s Aluminum | ||||||
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC |
Mitsubishi International Corporation |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20183014194 | 05/03/2018 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium US Holdings I, LLC |
NYC Department of Finance | NY New York County | State Tax Lien | 003809904-01 | 01/09/2019 | $233.80 | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20103454547 | 10/04/2010 | New Mazak Variaxis 815/120R Vertical Machining Center S/N 223937 | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20110165764 | 01/14/2011 | Caterpillar 962H Wheel Loader S/N: K6K00510 | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
De Lage Landen Financial Services, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20120499162 | 02/08/2012 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20130613191 | 02/15/2013 | 1 Exodus MX457R Material Handler s/n/: 457-12-017 |
Debtor |
Secured Party |
Jurisdiction of filing |
Type of filing |
Initial File # | Initial File Date |
Description of Collateral |
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Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20130891276 | 03/07/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
AlabamaSaves, LLC |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20131591974 | 04/25/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20131592139 | 04/25/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20132337591 | 06/18/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20132344183 | 06/19/2013 | 1 2006 Taylor THC-400L Forklift with S/N: 32656 and 60 Kissing Forks | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20132344191 | 06/19/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20132349539 | 06/19/2013 | Hitachi ZX210 Excavator S/N 330005 with 42 Bucket Manual Thumb 60: Ditch Bucket W/BOE | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20132359181 | 06/19/2013 | 2013 Freightline M2106 Tractor 3ALACXDT3DDFH9798 | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20132419720 | 06/24/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20133617934 | 09/17/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
GT Commodities LLC |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20134392768 | 11/07/2013 | Aluminum | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20140733220 | 02/25/2014 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Nations Fund I, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20142937498 | 07/23/2014 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
General Electric Capital Corporation |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20143429552 | 08/26/2014 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20144432480 | 11/04/2014 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20150235506 | 01/20/2015 | Certain equipment |
Debtor |
Secured Party |
Jurisdiction of filing |
Type of filing |
Initial File # | Initial File Date |
Description of Collateral |
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Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20150235589 | 01/20/2015 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20150741651 | 02/23/2015 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
General Electric Credit Corporation of Tennessee |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20151042729 | 03/12/2015 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20152587656 | 06/17/2015 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
LaSalle |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20153300950 | 07/30/2015 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Alpert & Alpert Iron & Metal, Inc., a California corporation |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20154086665 | 09/15/2015 | Aluminum owned by Secured Party | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20161255833 | 03/02/2016 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
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DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20161577012 | 03/16/2016 | Certain receivables | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLC |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20162861522 | 05/12/2016 | 1 Caterpillar Wheel Mounted Cable Log Skidder, Serial# EMB00860, Model#950M | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20168031328 | 12/27/2016 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Harbor Capital Leasing, Inc.; Wintrust Equipment Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20171109930 | 02/17/2017 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20172941489 | 05/04/2017 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20172941554 | 05/04/2017 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys Funding II LLC |
Hitachi Capital America Corp. | DE |
Financing Statement |
20161577228 | 03/16/2016 | Accounts and proceeds; Chattel Paper and proceeds |
Debtor |
Secured Party |
Jurisdiction of filing |
Type of filing |
Initial File # | Initial File Date |
Description of Collateral |
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Wise Alloys Funding II LLC |
Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A., New York Branch | DE | Financing Statement | 20167258773 | 11/22/2016 | |||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20175702334 | 08/28/2017 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Alloys LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
7876743 |
2017 |
Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
8114368 |
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Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
81563879 |
03/07/2018 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
81564091 |
03/ |
Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
81824271 |
03/16/2018 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
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Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
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Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
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DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
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Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
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DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
88983278 |
12/26/2018 | Takeuchi TL8CRW Compact Track Loader S/N 200807366 with Grapple Bucket & Bucket Hi Cap | ||||||
Wise Metals Group, LLC (n/k/a Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC) |
LCA Bank Corporation |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20131606145 | 04/26/2013 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Wise Metals Group, LLC (n/k/a Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Harbor Capital Leasing, Inc.; Wintrust Equipment Finance |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20144272928 | 10/23/2014 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium-UACJ ABS LLC (n/k/a Constellium Bowling Green LLC) |
HYG Financial Services, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20186099168 | 09/04/2018 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
De Lage Landen Financial Services, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20190626346 | 01/28/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Mortgage |
Plat Book 35,
Page 198; |
Certain buildings and use restrictions |
Debtor |
Secured Party |
Jurisdiction of filing |
Type of filing |
Initial File # | Initial File Date |
Description of Collateral |
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Plat Book 40,
Page 413; Plat Book 40; Page 478; Certificate of Land Use Restrictions Book 4, Page 465; Book 7, Page 550; Deed Book 884, Page 409; Deed Book 896, Page 354; Deed Book 912, Page 2019 |
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Wise Alloys, LLC (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
Alcan Primary Products Company LLC |
AL
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 17-7031708 | 01/26/2017 | |||||||
Wise Alloys (n/k/a Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC) |
H&K Equipment, Inc. |
AL
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 17-7280976 | 06/07/2017 | |||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Cown Equipment Company Inc. |
AL
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement |
B-197265890
FS |
06/04/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
De Lage Landen Financing Services, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20190890256 | 02/07/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20193234411 | 05/10/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20193234841 | 05/10/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20193235079 | 05/10/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20193693103 | 05/29/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC |
Deere Credit, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 20198154507 | 11/19/2019 | Certain equipment | ||||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
De Lage Landen Financing Services, Inc. |
DE
Secretary of State |
Financing Statement | 2019626346 | 01/28/2019 | Certain equipment |
Debtor |
Jurisdiction of filing |
Type of filing |
Initial File # |
Initial File Date |
Description of Collateral |
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Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Lease | Miscellaneous Book 6, Page 532 | 01/27/1992 | Certain easement | |||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Lease | Miscellaneous Book 14, Page 948 | 04/15/1987 | Certain interlocal cooperation | |||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Lease | Deed Book 963, Page 342 | 12/27/2007 | Certain ground lease | |||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Lease | Deed Book 963, Page 349 | 12/27/2007 | Certain contract, lease and option | |||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Lease | Miscellaneous Book 7, Page 741 | 11/30/1993 | Certain property bond | |||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Lease | Deed Book 1085, Page 804 | 10/15/2014 | Certain transmission line | |||||
Constellium Bowling Green LLC |
KY
Warren County |
Lease | Deed Book 1086, Page 450 | 11/03/2014 | Certain lease |
Schedule 7.04
Investments
$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Taxable Industrial Building Revenue Bonds (Quiver Ventures LLC Project) Series 2016 issued by the County of Warren, Kentucky.
Schedule 10.02
Notice Information
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC
P.O. Box 68
859 Century Road
Ravenswood, WV 26164
Attn: Derek Scantlin
Tel: (304) 273-6262
(304) 273-7134
Fax: (304) 273-6846
Email: derek.scantlin@constellium.com
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: |
Joshua A. Feltman |
Tel: (212) 403-1109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
Constellium Bowling Green LLC
Constellium Bowling Green LLC
714 Commonwealth Blvd
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
Attn: Thierry Malraison Mathieu Hiriart
Tel: (410)949
7361 270)715-9406
Email :
thierry.malraisonmathieu hiriart@constellium.com
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Joshua |
A. Feltman |
Tel: (212) 403-1109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC
Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC
4805 Second Street
Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661
Attn: Alex Godwin
Tel: +1 256 386 6169
Email : alex.godwin@constellium.com
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: |
Joshua A. Feltman |
Tel: (212) 403-1109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC
Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC
4805 Second Street
Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35661
Attn: Alex Godwin
Tel: +1 256 386 6169
Email : alex.godwin@constellium.com
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: |
Joshua A. Feltman |
Tel: (212) 403-1109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
Constellium US Holdings I, LLC
Constellium US Holdings I, LLC
300 E. Lombard Street, 17th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attn: Rina E. Teran
Tel: 443-420-7861
Email: rina.teran@constellium.com
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: |
Joshua A. Feltman |
Tel: (212) 403-1109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC
Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC
300 E. Lombard Street, 17th Floor
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attn: Rina E. Teran
Tel: 443-420-7861
Email: rina.teran@constellium.com
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: |
Joshua A. Feltman |
Tel: (212) 403-1109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
Constellium International S.A.S.
Constellium International S.A.S.
40-44 rue Washington
75008 Paris, France
Attn: Jeremy Leach
Tel: +33 1 73 01 46 51
Email: jeremy.leach@constellium.com
With a copy to:
Clifford Chance Europe LLP
1, rue dAstorg, CS 60058
75377 Paris Cedex 08
France
Attn: Quentin Hervé
Tel: +33 1 44 05 53 87
Email: quentin.herve@cliffordchance.com
With a copy to:
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attn: |
Joshua A. Feltman |
Tel: (212) 403-1109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
Administrative Agent
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
100 Park Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 100017
Attn: Cory R. Moore Boaz Slomowitz
Tel: 212-545-4267
Email: cory.moore
boaz.slomowitz@wellsfargo.com
L/C Issuer
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
100 Park Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 100017
Attn: Cory R. Moore
Boaz Slomowitz
Tel: 212-545-4267
Email: cory.moore
boaz.slomowitz@wellsfargo.com
Swing Line Lender
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
100 Park Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, NY 100017
Administrative Agents Account
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA
ABA# 121-000-248
Account# 4124923723
Ref: Constellium
EXHIBIT B
Consent and Reaffirmation
Constellium International S.A.S. (the Parent Guarantor) hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 2 dated as of the date hereof (the Amendment No. 2) by and among Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC (f/k/a Wise Alloys LLC) (Muscle Shoals), Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC (Ravenswood), Constellium Bowling Green LLC (f/k/a Constellium-UACJ ABS LLC) (Bowling Green and together with Muscle Shoals and Ravenswood, the Borrowers and each, a Borrower), Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC (f/k/a Wise Metals Group LLC) (Muscle Shoals Holdings), Constellium US Holdings I, LLC (Ravenswood Holdings), Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC (CPEC), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (in such capacities, the Administrative Agent), and the Lenders signatory thereto, amending that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 and as amended by Amendment No.1 thereto, dated May 10, 2019 (the Existing Credit Agreement; the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by the Amendment No. 2, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), by and among the Borrowers, Muscle Shoals Holdings, Ravenswood Holdings, CPEC, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Parent Guarantor hereby (1) ratifies and reaffirms all of its obligations and covenants, including, without limitation, the ABL Credit Obligations applicable to it, under the Credit Agreement, provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Credit Agreement, the ABL Credit Obligations of Parent Guarantor under the Credit Agreement shall not include Term Loan A-2 Obligations, (2) ratifies and reaffirms all of its obligations and covenants under that certain Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), by and among the Borrowers, Muscle Shoals Holdings, Ravenswood Holdings, CPEC, the Parent Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and each subsidiary of a Borrower identified therein, provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Obligations and Guaranteed Obligations of Parent Guarantor thereunder shall not include Term Loan A-2 Obligations, (3) agrees that neither such ratification and reaffirmation provided for in clauses (1) and (2), nor the Administrative Agents or any Lenders solicitation of such ratification and reaffirmation, constitutes a course of dealing giving rise to any obligation or condition requiring a similar or any other ratification or reaffirmation from the Parent Guarantor with respect to any subsequent modifications to the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (4) agrees that none of the terms and conditions of the Amendment No. 2 shall limit or diminish its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (5) agrees that both the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as modified by the provisos in clauses (1) and (2) above, remain in full force and effect and each is hereby reaffirmed, ratified and confirmed.
Dated: April 24, 2020
[Signature Page Follows]
CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S., as Parent Guarantor |
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By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Consent and Reaffirmation
(Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement)
SCHEDULE 1
Conditions Precedent
(i) Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered, and each such document shall be in full force and effect:
(A) this Amendment No. 2 executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of each Loan Party, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent;
(B) the consent and reaffirmation agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the Consent and Reaffirmation), executed and delivered by the Parent Guarantor;
(C) the Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter executed and delivered by the Borrowers;
(D) an updated Perfection Certificate executed and delivered by the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties;
(E) a solvency certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer, as applicable, of each Borrower;
(F) First Amendment to Credit Line Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing executed, acknowledged and delivered by duly authorized officers of Ravenswood and the Administrative Agent to be recorded in Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jackson County, West Virginia; and
(G) First Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing executed, acknowledged and delivered by duly authorized officers of Muscle Shoals and the Administrative Agent to be recorded in Office of the Judge of Probate of Colbert County, Alabama;
(ii) a certificate from a secretary or assistant secretary of each Loan Party, in each case certifying as to and attaching (a) such Loan Partys certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership or certificate of formation, as applicable, and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) such Loan Partys bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents and all amendments thereto, (c) resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member), (d) the incumbency and signatures of the officers or representatives executing this Amendment No. 2 and the other Loan Documents and (e) the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such entity or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such entity;
(iii) a certificate from an officer of the Parent Guarantor certifying as to and attaching (a) its by-laws (statuts), (b) an electronic copy of a k-bis extract (extrait k-bis), (c) resolutions duly adopted by its sole shareholder or equivalent governing body and (d) the incumbency and signatures of the officers or representatives executing the Consent and Reaffirmation;
(iv) a certificate of good standing of each Loan Party from the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, dated as of a recent date not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;
Schedule 1-1
(Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement)
(v) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers, certifying that, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4(d) of this Amendment No. 2 are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein), except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date (in which event such representation or warranty is true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of such earlier date);
(vi) a favorable written opinion of (a) Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, as counsel for the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties, (b) Clifford Chance Europe LLP, as counsel for the Parent Guarantor, (c) Thigpen, Thigpen, Thigpen, Engelthaler & Scott, Inc., as Alabama counsel for the Borrowers, and (d) Steptoe & Johnson, as West Virginia counsel for the Borrowers, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(vii) the results of a search of the UCC filings (or equivalent filings) made with respect to each Loan Party, each in the state of Delaware, together with copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search;
(viii) Borrowers shall have Availability in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 after giving effect to the initial extensions of credit under this Agreement and the payment of all fees and expenses required to be paid by Borrowers on or prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;
(ix) Administrative Agent shall have received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date all documentation and information as is reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act, and including satisfactory internal regulatory compliance review for FDPA, and for each Loan Party that qualifies as legal entity customer under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (including satisfactory legal organization chart signed by the Borrowers, beneficial ownership forms, formation documents and W-9s in each case to the extent not previously received and in any event as otherwise required), a Beneficial Ownership Certificate in relation to such Loan Party, in each case to the extent requested in writing at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; provided, that, Loan Parties will use reasonable efforts to promptly provide any additional information requested thereafter and each Lender shall have received required internal FDPA compliance approval;
(x) Administrative Agent shall have received unaudited financial statements for any interim period or periods of Constellium SE and its subsidiaries ended after the date of the most recent audited financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including a draft of the unaudited financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2020. Administrative Agent shall have received projections of Loan Parties, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, including projected balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows of Constellium SE, including its subsidiaries and including projected income statements, statements of cash flows and availability of each Borrower and its subsidiaries on a quarterly basis for the period through the end of December 31, 2020 and on an annual basis thereafter through the end of the 2022 fiscal year and Administrative Agent acknowledges and agrees that the condition set forth in this clause (x) has been satisfied as of the date hereof;
(xi) Administrative Agent shall have completed its business, legal, and collateral due diligence, including that Administrative Agent shall have received a desktop appraisal of the Eligible Equipment in place in form, scope and methodology and by an appraiser acceptable to Administrative Agent not less than 5
Schedule 1-2
(Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement)
Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date. The Administrative Agent acknowledges and agrees that the condition set forth in this clause (xi) have been satisfied as of the date hereof;
(xii) No material adverse change in the business, property, operations or condition of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than resulting from any event, development or circumstance related to the COVID-19 pandemic that was disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, or otherwise publicly disclosed, in each case, on or prior to April 10, 2020), or the validity or enforceability of any of the material Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent and Lenders thereunder shall have occurred since December 31, 2019;
(xiii) No Defaults or Events of Default under any of the Loan Documents shall exist or have occurred on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date; and
(xiv) Borrowers shall have paid, or shall concurrently pay, costs, Fees (including all of the Fees referred to in the Amendment No. 2 Fee Letter which are due and payable on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date) and expenses due and payable on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, provided, that for costs and expenses, invoices, shall have been delivered to Borrowers not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date.
Schedule 1-3
(Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement)
SCHEDULE 2
Post-Closing Obligations
(a) Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered no later than sixty (60) days after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date:
(i) Date Down Endorsement to Loan Policy for Title Insurance issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company to Loan Policy NBU No. 21701481/Local No. 692860.00872 for the WV Mortgage Amendment;
(ii) Mortgage Modification Endorsement to Loan Policy for Title Insurance issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company to Loan Policy NBU No. 21701481/Local No. 692860.00872 for the WV Mortgage Amendment;
(iii) Date Down Endorsement to Loan Policy for Title
Insurance issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company to Loan Policy
No. AL- 01-307-17-6355 for the AL Mortgage Amendment; and
(iv) Mortgage Modification Endorsement to Loan Policy for Title Insurance issued by Chicago Title Insurance Company to Loan Policy No. AL- 01-307-17-6355 for the AL Mortgage Amendment.
(b) Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered within ninety (90) days after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, which delivery may be extended beyond such date in the discretion of Administrative Agent:
(i) Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents and Leases and Fixture Filing executed, acknowledged and delivered by duly authorized officers of the County of Warren, Kentucky (as to the fee interest) and Bowling Green (as to the leasehold interest) to be recorded in Warren County, Kentucky (the Kentucky Mortgage);
(ii) A mortgagee title insurance policy issued by a title insurance company reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent in amounts reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (but in no event less than the fair market value thereof) assuring Administrative Agent that the Kentucky Mortgage is valid and enforceable first priority mortgage Lien on the real property subject thereto free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(iii) ALTA survey in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent with respect to the real property of Bowling Green in Warren County, Kentucky; and
(iv) flood certifications (and, if required by Administrative Agent or any Lender acceptable flood insurance and FEMA form acknowledgements of insurance);
(v) favorable written opinions of, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, by counsel to Bowling Green and by counsel for the County of Warren, Kentucky which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and covering such matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
Schedule 2-1
(Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement)
Exhibit 99.2
EXECUTION VERSION
CONSTELLIUM SE
and
certain Guarantors from time to time parties hereto
$325,000,000 5.625% Senior Notes due 2028
________________________
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 30, 2020
________________________
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Trustee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................ |
1 |
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SECTION 1.01 |
Definitions........................................................................................ |
1 |
SECTION 1.02 |
Other Definitions ........................................................................... |
34 |
SECTION 1.03 |
[Reserved] ...................................................................................... |
36 |
SECTION 1.04 |
Rules of Construction .................................................................... |
36 |
SECTION 1.05 |
Acts of Holders .............................................................................. |
37 |
SECTION 1.06 |
Limited Condition Transactions .................................................... |
39 |
ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES ................................................................................................... |
40 |
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SECTION 2.01 |
Amount of Securities ..................................................................... |
40 |
SECTION 2.02 |
Form and Dating ............................................................................ |
41 |
SECTION 2.03 |
Execution and Authentication........................................................ |
41 |
SECTION 2.04 |
Registrar and Paying Agent ........................................................... |
42 |
SECTION 2.05 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust........................................... |
43 |
SECTION 2.06 |
Holder Lists.................................................................................... |
43 |
SECTION 2.07 |
Transfer and Exchange .................................................................. |
43 |
SECTION 2.08 |
Replacement Securities.................................................................. |
44 |
SECTION 2.09 |
Outstanding Securities ................................................................... |
44 |
SECTION 2.10 |
Temporary Securities ..................................................................... |
45 |
SECTION 2.11 |
Cancellation ................................................................................... |
45 |
SECTION 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest........................................................................... |
45 |
SECTION 2.13 |
CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc........................................................... |
45 |
SECTION 2.14 |
Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities .............................. |
46 |
SECTION 2.15 |
Additional Amounts....................................................................... |
46 |
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION......................................................................................................... |
49 |
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SECTION 3.01 |
Redemption.................................................................................... |
49 |
SECTION 3.02 |
Applicability of Article .................................................................. |
49 |
SECTION 3.03 |
Notices to Trustee .......................................................................... |
49 |
SECTION 3.04 |
Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed ........................................ |
49 |
SECTION 3.05 |
Notice of Optional Redemption ..................................................... |
49 |
SECTION 3.06 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption..................................................... |
50 |
SECTION 3.07 |
Deposit of Redemption Price ......................................................... |
50 |
SECTION 3.08 |
Securities Redeemed in Part .......................................................... |
51 |
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS .......................................................................................................... |
51 |
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SECTION 4.01 |
Payment of Securities .................................................................... |
51 |
SECTION 4.02 |
Reports and Other Information ...................................................... |
51 |
SECTION 4.03 |
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of |
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Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock......................................... |
53 |
i
SECTION 4.04 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments................................................ |
60 |
SECTION 4.05 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting |
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Subsidiaries.................................................................................... |
66 |
SECTION 4.06 |
Asset Sales ..................................................................................... |
68 |
SECTION 4.07 |
Transactions with Affiliates........................................................... |
71 |
SECTION 4.08 |
Change of Control.......................................................................... |
74 |
SECTION 4.09 |
Compliance Certificate .................................................................. |
76 |
SECTION 4.10 |
[Reserved] ...................................................................................... |
76 |
SECTION 4.11 |
Future Guarantors .......................................................................... |
76 |
SECTION 4.12 |
Liens............................................................................................... |
77 |
SECTION 4.13 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................. |
77 |
SECTION 4.14 |
Termination and Suspension of Certain Covenants....................... |
77 |
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR COMPANY....................................................................................... |
79 |
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SECTION 5.01 |
When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets ................................. |
79 |
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES................................................................................ |
81 |
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SECTION 6.01 |
Events of Default ........................................................................... |
81 |
SECTION 6.02 |
Acceleration ................................................................................... |
83 |
SECTION 6.03 |
Other Remedies.............................................................................. |
84 |
SECTION 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults ................................................................. |
84 |
SECTION 6.05 |
Control by Majority ....................................................................... |
84 |
SECTION 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits......................................................................... |
84 |
SECTION 6.07 |
Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment .................................... |
85 |
SECTION 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee ............................................................. |
85 |
SECTION 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim ................................................. |
85 |
SECTION 6.10 |
Priorities......................................................................................... |
85 |
SECTION 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs.................................................................... |
86 |
SECTION 6.12 |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws ................................................ |
86 |
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE |
................................................................................................................. |
86 |
SECTION 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee............................................................................ |
86 |
SECTION 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee............................................................................ |
87 |
SECTION 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee .......................................................... |
90 |
SECTION 7.04 |
Trustee's Disclaimer ...................................................................... |
90 |
SECTION 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults .......................................................................... |
90 |
SECTION 7.06 |
Affiliate Subordination Agreement................................................ |
90 |
SECTION 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity ........................................................ |
91 |
SECTION 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee ................................................................. |
92 |
SECTION 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger......................................................... |
92 |
ARTICLE 8 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE.................................................. |
93 |
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SECTION 8.01 |
Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance.......................... |
93 |
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ii |
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SECTION 8.02 |
Conditions to Defeasance .............................................................. |
94 |
SECTION 8.03 |
Application of Trust Money........................................................... |
95 |
SECTION 8.04 |
Repayment to Issuer....................................................................... |
95 |
SECTION 8.05 |
Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations................................. |
96 |
SECTION 8.06 |
Reinstatement................................................................................. |
96 |
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS.......................................................................... |
96 |
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SECTION 9.01 |
Without Consent of the Holders .................................................... |
96 |
SECTION 9.02 |
With Consent of the Holders.......................................................... |
97 |
SECTION 9.03 |
[Reserved] ...................................................................................... |
98 |
SECTION 9.04 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers........................... |
98 |
SECTION 9.05 |
Notation on or Exchange of Securities .......................................... |
99 |
SECTION 9.06 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments......................................................... |
99 |
SECTION 9.07 |
Payment for Consent...................................................................... |
99 |
SECTION 9.08 |
Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount....... |
100 |
ARTICLE 10 GUARANTEES.................................................................................................... |
100 |
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SECTION 10.01 |
Guarantees.................................................................................... |
100 |
SECTION 10.02 |
Limitation on Liability................................................................. |
102 |
SECTION 10.03 |
Automatic Termination of Guarantees......................................... |
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SECTION 10.04 |
Successors and Assigns................................................................ |
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SECTION 10.05 |
No Waiver.................................................................................... |
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SECTION 10.06 |
Modification................................................................................. |
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SECTION 10.07 |
Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors...... |
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SECTION 10.08 |
Non-Impairment........................................................................... |
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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS ............................................................................................. |
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SECTION 11.01 |
Ranking........................................................................................ |
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SECTION 11.02 |
[Reserved] .................................................................................... |
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SECTION 11.03 |
Notices ......................................................................................... |
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SECTION 11.04 |
[Reserved] .................................................................................... |
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SECTION 11.05 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.................... |
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SECTION 11.06 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion............................ |
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SECTION 11.07 |
When Securities Disregarded....................................................... |
111 |
SECTION 11.08 |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar ............................ |
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SECTION 11.09 |
Legal Holidays............................................................................. |
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SECTION 11.10 |
GOVERNING LAW.................................................................... |
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SECTION 11.11 |
Consent to Jurisdiction and Service............................................. |
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SECTION 11.12 |
Currency Indemnity ..................................................................... |
112 |
SECTION 11.13 |
No Recourse Against Others........................................................ |
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SECTION 11.14 |
Successors.................................................................................... |
113 |
SECTION 11.15 |
USA PATRIOT Act..................................................................... |
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SECTION 11.16 |
Multiple Originals........................................................................ |
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SECTION 11.17 |
Table of Contents; Headings........................................................ |
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SECTION 11.18 |
Indenture Controls ....................................................................... |
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SECTION 11.19 |
Severability .................................................................................. |
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Appendix A |
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Provisions Relating to Original Securities and Additional |
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Securities |
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EXHIBIT INDEX |
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Exhibit A |
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Form of Original Security |
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Exhibit B |
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Form of Supplemental Indenture |
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INDENTURE dated as of June 30, 2020 among CONSTELLIUM SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (together with its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to as the "Issuer"), the GUARANTORS (as defined herein) and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (a) $325,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 5.625% Senior Notes due 2028 issued on the date hereof (the "Original Securities") and (b) any additional Securities that may be issued after the date hereof in the form of Exhibit A (the "Additional Securities" (all such securities in clauses (a) and (b) being referred to collectively as the "Securities"). Subject to the conditions and compliance with the covenants set forth herein, the Issuer may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities without the consent of Holders.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Definitions.
"2020 Transactions" means (i) the issuance of the Original Securities, (ii) the redemption of the 2021 Euro Notes, (iii) the granting of guarantees for the Original Securities, in each case by Subsidiaries of the Issuer in connection with the issuance of the Original Securities, and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses and premium in connection with any of the foregoing.
"2021 Euro Notes" means the 4.625% Senior Notes due 2021, issued pursuant to an indenture dated May 7, 2014 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
"ABL Facility" means any asset-based lending facility (including, without limitation, the Pan-U.S. ABL Facility), in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
"ABL Obligors" means the borrower or borrowers and guarantors under any ABL
Facility.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1)Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and
(2)Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
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Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to any Security on any applicable redemption date, the greater of the following, as calculated by the Issuer:
(1)1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Security; and
(2)the excess of:
(a)the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Security at June 15, 2023 (the redemption price being set forth in paragraph 5 of the Security) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Security through June 15, 2023 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate, as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over
(b)the then outstanding principal amount of such Security.
"Asset Sale" means:
(1)the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (each referred to in this definition as a "disposition") or
(2)the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors' qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),
in each case other than:
(a)a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or damaged, obsolete or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(b)transactions permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;
(c)any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;
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(d)any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than €25.0 million;
(e)any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(f)any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer;
(g)foreclosure or any similar action with respect to any property or any other assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h)any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i)the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j)any sale of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business, or which are no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(k)any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;
(l)an issuance of Capital Stock pursuant to an equity incentive or compensation plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer;
(m)dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;
(n)any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization permitted by this Indenture;
(o)any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;
(p)any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
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(q)a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary (w) under the Factoring Facilities, (x) in a Qualified Receivables Financing, (y) under any other factoring on arm's-length terms or (z) in the ordinary course of business;
(r)the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property; and
(s)dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements.
"Bank Credit Facilities" means Credit Facilities providing for term loan or revolving credit indebtedness that constitutes Bank Indebtedness.
"Bank Indebtedness" means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of any Credit Facilities provided by bank or other institutional lenders (excluding Credit Facilities providing for publicly offered or privately placed capital markets indebtedness), as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of the Bank Credit Facilities), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuer whether or not a claim for post- filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.
"Board of Directors" means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of any date, an amount equal to:
(1)85% of the face amount of accounts receivable owned by the ABL Obligors as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date; plus
(2)the lesser of (i) 80% of the lower of cost or market and (ii) 85% of net orderly liquidation value, in each case, of inventory owned by the ABL Obligors as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City, London, Luxembourg, or Paris, France.
"Capital Stock" means:
(1)in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;
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(2)in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3)in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4)any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with IFRS.
"Cash Equivalents" means:
(1)All cash, including without limitation U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, Swiss franc, the national currency of any country that is a member of the European Union as of the Issue Date or such other currencies held by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(2)Securities and other readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union as of the Issue Date, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition;
(3)certificates of deposit, time deposits and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million;
(4)repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5)commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) rated at least "A-2" or the equivalent thereof by Moody's or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
(6)readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having an Investment Grade Rating in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;
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(7)Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of "A" or higher from S&P or "A-2" or higher from Moody's in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;
(8)investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above;
(9)investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody's; and
(10)marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either
(i)having assets in excess of $250.0 million or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody's (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody's shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service).
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1)the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person; or
(2)the Issuer becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer; provided, however, that any entity (including the Issuer upon a sale of all or substantially all of its assets to a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted under this Indenture, if at such time the Issuer meets the requirements of this proviso) that conducts no material activities other than holding Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer and has no other material assets or liabilities other than such Equity Interests will not be considered a "Person or group" for purposes of this clause
(2).
"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1)consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, noncash interest payments, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations (but
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excluding unrealized mark-to-market gains and losses attributable to such Hedging Obligations, amortization of deferred financing fees and expensing of any bridge or other financing fees), and excluding interest expense attributable to the Factoring Facilities or any Qualified Receivables Financing or other factoring arrangements (to the extent accounted for as interest expense under IFRS), amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge commitment or other financing fees); plus
(2)consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus
(3)Preferred Stock dividends paid in cash in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer held by persons other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; plus
(4)Commissions based on draws, discounts and yield (but excluding other fees and charges, including commitment fees) Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; minus
(5)interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with IFRS.
"Consolidated Net Debt Ratio" means, with respect to any Person at any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of such Person, less 100% of the unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date. The second sentence of the first paragraph of the definition of "Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" and paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 thereof shall apply to the calculation of Consolidated Net Debt Ratio, and such calculation shall give pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds of any Indebtedness that is incurred on the calculation date (with any proceeds that are initially to be held as cash or Cash Equivalents being deemed to have been applied as of the calculation date).
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that:
(1)any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income, expenses or charges (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including, without limitation, any (i) severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses and fees, expenses or charges relating to new product lines, plant shutdown costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefits plans, excess pension charges, acquisition integration costs, facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing,
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retention or completion bonuses and (ii) any fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, receivables financing, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, incurrence, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by this Indenture (in each case, whether or not successful), in each case, shall be excluded;
(2)any increase in amortization or depreciation or any non-cash charges, in each case resulting from purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date shall be excluded;
(3)the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;
(4)any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;
(5)any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) shall be excluded;
(6)any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(7)the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
(8)solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (1) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;
(9)any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-offs resulting from the application of IFRS and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to IFRS shall be excluded;
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(10)any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, grants and sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded;
(11)any (a) severance or relocation costs or expenses, (b) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (c) the costs and expenses related to employment of terminated employees, (d) costs or expenses realized in connection with, resulting from or in anticipation of the 2020 Transactions or (e) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;
(12)accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted in accordance with IFRS as a result of the adoption of changes to or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;
(13)(a)(i) the non-cash portion of "straight-line" rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of "straight-line" rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting shall be excluded;
(14)unrealized gains and losses relating to hedging transactions and mark-to- market of Indebtedness denominated in foreign currencies shall be excluded;
(15)solely for the purpose of calculating Restricted Payments, the difference, if positive, of the Consolidated Taxes of the Issuer calculated in accordance with IFRS and the actual Consolidated Taxes paid in cash by the Issuer during any Reference Period shall be included;
(16)non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be
excluded;
(17)an adjustment (which may be a negative number) shall be made to the extent that Net Income was calculated on an average cost basis with respect to inventory, in order to reflect the additional Net Income (or the reduction to Net Income) which would have been recognized using an approximation of last in first out inventory accounting; and
(18)any loss on sale of receivables and related assets in a Factoring Facility or other Qualified Receivables Financing shall be excluded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clauses (5) and (6) of the definition of "Cumulative Credit."
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"Consolidated Non-cash Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization, accretion and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with IFRS, but excluding any such charge which consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period.
"Consolidated Secured Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of consolidated funded Indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien (other than any Indebtedness under the Factoring Facilities, any ABL Facility incurred pursuant to clause (b)(i) of Section 4.03, any Qualified Receivables Financing, the PBGC Obligations, any Indebtedness incurred under the French Inventory Facility pursuant to clause (xxvii) of Section 4.03(b) and any Capitalized Lease Obligations).
"Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio" means, with respect to any Person at any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness of such Person, less 100% of the unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date to (ii) EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date. The second sentence of the first paragraph of the definition of "Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" and paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 thereof shall apply to the calculation of the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio, and such calculation shall give pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds of any Indebtedness that is incurred on the calculation date (with any proceeds that are initially to be held as cash or Cash Equivalents being deemed to have been applied as of the calculation date).
"Consolidated Taxes" means provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes.
"Consolidated Total Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of consolidated funded Indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date (other than any Indebtedness under the Factoring Facilities, any Qualified Receivables Financing, the PBGC Obligations and any Capitalized Lease Obligations).
"Contingent Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness ("primary obligations") of any other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1)to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(2)to advance or supply funds:
(a)for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or
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(b)to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3)to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
"Credit Facilities" means, if designated by the Issuer to be included in the definition of "Credit Facilities," one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers' acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
"Cumulative Credit" means the sum of (without duplication):
(1)50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period, the "Reference Period") from January 1, 2018 to the end of the Issuer's most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus
(2)100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash, received by the Issuer after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xx) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions or Disqualified Stock, including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), plus
(3)100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Issuer received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xx), plus
(4)100% of the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Issuer (other than
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Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (provided that, in the case of any parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus
(5)100% of the aggregate amount received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from:
(a)the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances (including the release of any guarantee that constituted a Restricted Investment when made) that constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b)),
(b)the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(c)a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(6)in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Issuer has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Investment of the Issuer in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), after taking into account any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or combined or any Indebtedness associated with the assets so transferred or conveyed (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment), plus
(7)€200.0 million.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Designated Non-cash Consideration" means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer's Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
"Designated Preferred Stock" means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to
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the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer's Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:
(1)matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities than is customary in comparable transactions (as determined in good faith by the Issuer)),
(2)is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person, or
(3)is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities than is customary in comparable transactions (as determined in good faith by the Issuer)),
in each case prior to 91 days after (x) the maturity date of the Securities or (y) the date the Securities are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death or disability; provided, further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:
(1)Consolidated Taxes; plus
(2)Consolidated Interest Expense; plus
(3)Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus
(4)business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, plant closures, facility consolidations, retention,
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severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges); provided that the aggregate amount of business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or expenses added pursuant to this clause (4) shall not exceed the greater of (i) €20.0 million and (ii) 10% of EBITDA for such period;
less, without duplication,
(5)non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Equity Offering" means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1)public offerings with respect to the Issuer's or such direct or indirect parent's common stock registered on Form F-8 or F-4; and
(2)any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.
"Euros" and "€"each mean the single currency of the Member States of the European Union participating in the third stage of the economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Rate" means, as of any day, the rate at which the relevant currency may be exchanged into Euros or U.S. Dollars, as applicable, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date on the Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rates Page (or any successor page) for the relevant currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rates Page (or any successor page), the Exchange Rate shall be determined by the Issuer in good faith.
"Excluded Contributions" means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by the Issuer) received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from:
(1)contributions to its common equity capital, and
(2)the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee
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benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer's Certificate executed by an Officer of the Issuer on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.
"Existing Note Guarantees" means guarantees of any of the Existing Notes.
"Existing Notes" means, collectively, those certain (i) 5.750% Senior Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to an indenture dated May 7, 2014 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (ii) 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, issued pursuant to an indenture dated February 16, 2017 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (iii) 5.875% Senior Notes due 2026, issued pursuant to an indenture dated November 9, 2017 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and (iv) 4.250% Senior Notes due 2026, issued pursuant to an indenture dated November 9, 2017 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), to the extent outstanding on the Issue Date.
"Factoring Facilities" means the receivables purchase facilities granted to certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer pursuant to (a) the agreement dated as of December 3, 2015 between GE Factofrance S.A.S. as purchaser, Constellium Issoire S.A.S., Constellium Neuf Brisach S.A.S. and Constellium Extrusions France S.A.S as sellers, Constellium International S.A.S., as parent company and Constellium Switzerland AG, as seller's agent, (b) the agreement dated as of May 27, 2016 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Rolled Products Singen GmbH as seller (c) the agreement dated as of March 26, 2014 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Singen GmbH as seller, (d) the agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Extrusions Deutschland GmbH as seller, (e) the agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Valais AG as seller (f) the agreement dated as of June 26, 2015 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Extrusions Decin S.R.O. as seller, and (g) the receivables purchase agreement dated as of March 16, 2016 among Wise Alloys Funding II LLC, as seller, Wise Alloys LLC, as servicer, Hitachi Capital America Corp., as purchaser, and Greensill Capital Inc., as purchase agent, in each case, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original parties or otherwise), restructured, or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs, repays,
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repurchases, retires, extinguishes, defeases, discharges or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any receivables financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but on or prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the "Calculation Date"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase, retirement, extinguishment, defeasance, discharge or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with IFRS), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a "pro forma event") shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable pro forma event, and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of "Adjusted EBITDA" as set forth in "Summary Historical Financial Information" in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be
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deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with IFRS. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1)Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, and
(2)all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
"French Inventory Facility" means the Facility Agreement, dated April 21, 2017, among Constellium Issoire S.A.S and Constellium Neuf Brisach S.A.S, as borrowers, Constellium International S.A.S., as parent company, the lenders party thereto, and Factofrance, as agent, as amended by the Amendment to the Inventory Financing Facility Agreement dated June 13, 2017, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities by any Person in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
"guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations. The amount of any guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary
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obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined in good faith by the Issuer. The term "guarantee" as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Guarantor" means any Person that Incurs a Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Guarantor under this Indenture.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such
Person under:
(1)currency exchange, interest rate or commodity Swap Agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and
(2)other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Security is registered.
"IFRS" means International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated from time to time by the International Accounting Standards Board (or any successor board or agency, together the "IASB") and as adopted by the European Union and statements and pronouncements of the IASB or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time; provided that, at any time after adoption of GAAP by the Issuer (or the relevant reporting entity) for its financial statements and reports for all financial reporting purposes, the Issuer (or the relevant reporting entity) may irrevocably elect to apply GAAP for all purposes of this Indenture, and, upon any such election, references in this Indenture to IFRS shall be construed to mean GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that (1) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Indenture shall be prepared on the basis of GAAP,
(2)from and after such election, all ratios, computations, calculations and other determinations based on IFRS contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP with retroactive effect being given thereto assuming that such election had been made on the Issue Date, (3) such election shall not have the effect of rendering invalid any payment or Investment made prior to the date of such election pursuant to Section 4.04 or any Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens Incurred prior to the date of such election pursuant to Section 4.03 (or any other action conditioned on the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries having been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness) or Section 4.12 if such payment, Investment, Incurrence or other action was valid under this Indenture on the date made, Incurred or taken, as the case may be and (4) all accounting terms and references in this Indenture to accounting standards shall be deemed to be references to the most comparable terms or standards under GAAP. The Issuer shall give written notice of any election to the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities within 15 days of such election. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, and (ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or reporting entity from adopting or changing its functional or reporting currency in accordance with IFRS, or GAAP, as applicable; provided that such adoption or change shall not have the effect of rendering invalid any payment or Investment made prior to the date of such election pursuant to
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the covenant described under Section 4.04 or any Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens Incurred prior to the date of such adoption or change pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 4.12 (or any other action conditioned on the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries having been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness) if such payment, Investment, Incurrence or other action was valid under this Indenture on the date made, Incurred or taken, as the case may be. For purposes of this Indenture, all references to codified accounting standards specifically named in this Indenture shall be deemed to include any successor, replacement, amended or updated accounting standard under IFRS.
"Incur" means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person (without duplication):
(1)the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments (except any such obligation issued in the ordinary course of business in a transaction intended to extend payment terms of trade payables or similar obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business) or letters of credit or bankers' acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with IFRS and (iii) liabilities Incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with IFRS;
(2)to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); and
(3)to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; or (4) obligations under or in respect of Factoring Facilities or Qualified Receivables Financings.
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Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of International Accounting Standards No. 39 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
"Investment Grade Rating" means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody's and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
"Investment Grade Securities" means:
(1)securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(2)securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moody's or BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,
(3)investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution, and
(4)corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by IFRS to be classified on the balance sheet of the Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary" and Section 4.04:
(1)"Investments" shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a
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Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a)the Issuer's Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less
(b)the portion (proportionate to the Issuer's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2)any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Issuer.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Securities are originally issued.
"Issuer" means the party named as such in the Preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an option or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
"Limited Condition Transaction" means (1) any Investment or acquisition (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Capital Stock or otherwise), whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing, (2) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment and (3) any Restricted Payment requiring irrevocable notice in advance thereof.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with IFRS and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred
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payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer as a reserve in accordance with IFRS against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post- employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
"New Deed of Trust" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Settlement Agreement, dated January 26, 2001, between Ravenswood (f/k/a Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC) and the PBGC.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Securities shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the Holders of the Securities.
"Offering Memorandum" means the offering memorandum relating to the offering of the Original Securities dated June 16, 2020.
"Officer" means the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, president, any executive vice president, senior vice president or vice president, managing director, authorized signatory who has been granted a power of attorney, the treasurer or the secretary of the Issuer or its Subsidiary, as applicable.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiary (as applicable) by an Officer that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or any Subsidiary so long as such employee or counsel is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
"Pan-U.S. ABL Facility" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019, among Constellium International S.A.S., as parent guarantor, Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC, Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC and Constellium Bowling Green LLC, as borrowers, Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC, Constellium U.S. Holdings I, LLC and Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC, as the other loan parties, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank,
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National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof.
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means:
(1)with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Securities; and
(2)with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Guarantor's Guarantee.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"PBGC Obligations" means all existing and future obligations, including all "Obligations" (as defined under the New Deed of Trust), secured under the New Deed of Trust.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(1)any Investment in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2)any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3)any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(4)any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5)any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may only be increased as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date;
(6)advances to directors, officers or employees, taken together with all other advances made pursuant to this clause (6), not to exceed €15.0 million at any one time outstanding;
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(7)any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(a)in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default, or (c) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
(8)Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(xi);
(9)additional Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of
(x)€200.0 million and (y) 5.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment made pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above if permitted thereby, and shall, in such case, cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(10)loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business- related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business or to fund such Person's purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
(11)Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable; provided, however, that the issue of such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (2) of the definition of "Cumulative Credit";
(12)any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi), and (viii)(B) of such Section);
(13)Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(14)guarantees (including, for the avoidance of doubt secured guarantees) issued in accordance with Sections 4.03 and 4.11;
(15)Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
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(16)(i) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest and (ii) any other Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing or Factoring Facility;
(17)any Investment in an entity or purchase of a business or assets in each case owned (or previously owned) by a customer of a Restricted Subsidiary as a condition or in connection with such customer (or any member of such customer's group) contracting with a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(18)Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(19)any Investment in any Subsidiary (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary) or joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and
(20)guarantees by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of operating leases or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business.
"Permitted Liens" means, with respect to any Person:
(1)pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen's compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(2)Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics' Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;
(3)Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
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(4)Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(5)minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6)Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (v) of Section 4.03(b) (provided that such Lien extends only to the property and/or Capital Stock, the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of which is financed thereby and any income or profits therefrom);
(7)Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens that secure the Credit Facilities or any ABL Facility existing on the Issue Date);
(8)Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(9)Liens on assets or property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(10)Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03, other than Indebtedness owed to another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;
(11)Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this
Indenture;
(12)Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person's obligations in respect of bankers' acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
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(13)leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(14)Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15)Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Guarantor;
(16)Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and Factoring Facilities;
(17)deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(18)Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(19)grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of
business;
(20)Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
(21)Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer's or such Restricted Subsidiary's client at which such equipment is located;
(22)judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;
(23)Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(24)Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
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(25)Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions or under the general banking terms and conditions relating to banker's liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;
(26)any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(27)any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(28)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;
(29)Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
(30)Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Cash Equivalents;
(31)Liens on equity interests of a joint venture securing Indebtedness of such
joint venture;
(32)Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations Incurred pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 4.03(b) (other than Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause
(ii)of such paragraph if such Indebtedness is required to be unsecured pursuant to the proviso to sub-clause (B) thereof);
(33)Liens securing obligations which obligations do not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of (i) €250.0 million and (ii) 6.0% of Total Assets;
(34)Liens securing obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, which letters of credit or bank guarantees do not secure debt for borrowed money; and
(35)Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxvii) of Section
4.03(b).
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Preferred Stock" means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
"Purchase Money Note" means a promissory note of a Receivables Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, which
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note is intended to finance that portion of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a contribution of equity.
"Qualified Receivables Financing" means (1) the Receivables Financing pursuant to the Factoring Facilities (including any increase in the amount thereof); and (2) any Receivables Financing that meets the following conditions:
(1)the Issuer shall have determined in good faith that such Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Subsidiary in question;
(2)all sales of accounts receivable and related assets are made at Fair Market
Value; and
(3)the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and may include Standard Undertakings and provided that in the case of Receivables Financings under clause (2), such Receivables Financings shall have no greater recourse in any material respect to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the recourse to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Factoring Facilities.
"Rating Agency" means (1) each of Moody's and S&P and (2) if Moody's or S&P ceases to rate the Securities for reasons outside of the Issuer's control, a "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer as a replacement agency for Moody's or S&P, as the case may be.
"Ravenswood" means Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC.
"Receivables Fees" means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.
"Receivables Financing" means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by any of the Issuer's Subsidiaries pursuant to which such Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to any other Person, or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of such Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets, in each case, which are customarily transferred in or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions or factoring transactions involving accounts receivable.
"Receivables Repurchase Obligation" means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a
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receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take any action by or any other event relating to the seller.
"Receivables Subsidiary" means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with the Issuer in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer makes an Investment and to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Issuer as a Receivables Subsidiary and:
(1)no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer in any way other than pursuant to Standard Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Undertakings;
(2)with which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of the Issuer has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Issuer reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Issuer or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer; and
(3)to which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of the Issuer has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
"Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Indebtedness; provided that if, and for so long as, such Indebtedness lacks such a Representative, then the Representative for such Indebtedness shall at all times constitute the holder or holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of obligations under such Indebtedness.
"Responsible Officer of the Trustee" means:
(1)any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, associate trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; and
(2)who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
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"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
"S&P" means S&P Global Ratings or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.
"Securities" has the meaning given such term in the Preamble to this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a "Significant Subsidiary" of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
"Similar Business" means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
"Standard Undertakings" means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer that are determined by the Issuer in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of assets of a Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Undertaking.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).
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"Subordinated Indebtedness" means (a) with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, and (b) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its applicable Guarantee.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and
(2)any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
"Swap Agreement" means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
"Taxes" means all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, duties, and withholdings and any similar governmental charges (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) by any government or taxing authority.
"Total Assets" means, as of any date of determination, the total consolidated assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer, and determined as of the time of the occurrence of any event giving rise to the requirement to determine Total Assets and after giving pro forma effect to the occurrence of such event and all other acquisitions or dispositions of a Person, business or assets that have been completed or are subject to a definitive agreement from the date of such balance sheet to the date of such event giving rise to the requirement to determine Total Assets.
"Treasury Rate" means, as of any redemption date of the Securities, the yield to maturity as of the earlier of (a) such redemption date or (b) the date on which such Securities are defeased or satisfied and discharged, of the most recently issued U.S. Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) ("Statistical Release") that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such earlier date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to June 15, 2023; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date
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to June 15, 2023 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U. S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. Any such Treasury Rate shall be obtained by the Issuer.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:
(1)any Subsidiary of the Issuer that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below;
(2)any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(3)Constellium Engley (Changchun) Automotive Structures Co. Ltd.
The Board of Directors of the Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Issuer) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:
(a)the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000
or less; or
(b)if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.
The Board of Directors of the Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:
(x)(1) the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a) or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and
(y)no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer giving effect to such designation and an Officer's Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Dollars" and "$" each mean the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are:
(1)direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(2)obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (2) the sum of all such payments.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors' qualifying shares or shares required to be held by Foreign Subsidiaries) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions. |
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Defined |
Term |
in Section |
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"Additional Securities" ....................................................................................... |
Preamble |
"Additional Amounts" ........................................................................................ |
2.15(b) |
"Affiliate Transaction"......................................................................................... |
4.07(a) |
"Applicable Law" ................................................................................................ |
11.15 |
"Asset Sale Offer"................................................................................................ |
4.06(b) |
"Auditors' Determination" .................................................................................. |
10.02(b)(vi) |
"Bankruptcy Law" ............................................................................................... |
6.01 |
"Change of Control Offer"................................................................................... |
4.08(b) |
"Clearstream".................................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"covenant defeasance option".............................................................................. |
8.01 |
"Covenant Suspension Event" ............................................................................. |
4.14(a) |
"Custodian".......................................................................................................... |
6.01 |
"Definitive Security" ........................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Depository" ........................................................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"DPTA" ............................................................................................................... |
10.02(b)(ii) |
"Euroclear"...................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Event of Default" ............................................................................................... |
6.01 |
"Excess Proceeds" ............................................................................................... |
4.06(b) |
"French Guarantor" ............................................................................................. |
10.02(c)(i) |
"German Guarantor" ........................................................................................... |
10.02(b)(i) |
"Global Securities" .............................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"Global Securities Legend" ................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"GmbH" .............................................................................................................. |
10.02(b)(i) |
"GmbH & Co. KG" ............................................................................................ |
10.02(b)(i) |
"Guaranteed Obligations".................................................................................... |
10.01(a) |
"HGB" ................................................................................................................. |
10.02(b)(i) |
"IAI" .................................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Initial Purchasers" .............................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"LCT Election" .................................................................................................... |
1.06 |
"LCT Test Date" .................................................................................................. |
1.06 |
"legal defeasance option" .................................................................................... |
8.01 |
"Management Determination" ............................................................................ |
10.02(b)(v) |
"Maximum Guaranteed Amount" ....................................................................... |
10.02(c)(i) |
"Note Register" ................................................................................................... |
2.04(a) |
"Notice of Default" .............................................................................................. |
6.01 |
"Offer Period"...................................................................................................... |
4.06(d) |
"Original Securities"............................................................................................ |
Preamble |
"Payor" ................................................................................................................ |
2.15 |
"Principal Paying Agent" .................................................................................... |
2.04(a) |
"protected purchaser"........................................................................................... |
2.08 |
"QIB" ................................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Refinancing Indebtedness"................................................................................. |
4.03(b)(xv) |
"Refunding Capital Stock" .................................................................................. |
4.04(b)(ii) |
"Registrar" ........................................................................................................... |
2.04(a) |
"Regulation S" ..................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Regulation S Securities" .................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction" ........................................................................... |
2.15 |
"Restricted Global Securities" ............................................................................ |
Appendix A |
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"Restricted Payments" ......................................................................................... |
4.04(a) |
"Restricted Period" .............................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"Restricted Securities Legend" ............................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"Retired Capital Stock"........................................................................................ |
4.04(b)(ii)(A) |
"Reversion Date" ................................................................................................. |
4.14(b) |
"Rule 501" ........................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Rule 144A"......................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Rule 144A Securities"........................................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"Securities Custodian" ......................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Successor Company" ......................................................................................... |
5.01(a)(i) |
"Successor Guarantor"......................................................................................... |
5.01(b)(i) |
"Suspended Covenants"....................................................................................... |
4.14(a) |
"Suspension Period" ............................................................................................ |
4.14(b) |
"Swiss Agreement" ............................................................................................. |
2.15 |
"Swiss Guarantor" .............................................................................................. |
10.02(d)(i) |
"Transfer" ............................................................................................................ |
5.01 |
"Transfer Agent" ................................................................................................. |
2.04(a) |
"Transfer Restricted Securities" .......................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Trustee's Request" ............................................................................................ |
10.02(b)(vi) |
"Withholding Tax" .............................................................................................. |
10.02(d)(ii) |
"Written Order" .................................................................................................. |
2.03 |
"Unrestricted Definitive Security"....................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Unrestricted Global Security" ........................................................................... |
Appendix A |
SECTION 1.03 [Reserved].
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b)an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with IFRS;
(c)"or" is not exclusive;
(d)"including" means including without limitation;
(e)words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
(f)unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(g)the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with IFRS;
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(h)the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;
(i)unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with IFRS;
(j)for purposes of determining compliance with any Euro-denominated restriction or basket limitation under Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.06 and 4.12 hereof (including any defined terms referenced and utilized in such sections), as of any time of determination, any such basket limitation shall be deemed to be the greater of (i) the applicable Euro-denominated amount set forth in this Indenture and (ii) the amount of Euro obtained by multiplying the applicable Euro-denominated amount set forth in this Indenture by 1.1315 (which was the average of the dollar-to-Euro Exchange Rate for the five business days immediately preceding the date of the Offering Memorandum) and then multiplying the result by a number equal to the amount of Euros into which 1 U.S. Dollar may be converted using the Exchange Rate in effect at the time of determination; and
(k)for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.06 and
4.12hereof, utilized amounts under any such covenant or basket shall be tracked in Euro irrespective of what currency is actually used to make the Incurrence. When an Incurrence is made in a currency other than Euro, the amount of Euro for purposes of the applicable covenant(s) shall be calculated based on the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date such Incurrence was made, provided that if Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Euros, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Euro-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Euro-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.
(l)for all purposes under this Indenture, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction's laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
SECTION 1.05 Acts of Holders.
(a)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
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instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.
(b)The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c)The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(e)The Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuer prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.
(f)Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.
(g)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC that is the Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security through such depositary's standing instructions and customary practices.
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(h)The Issuer may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
SECTION 1.06 Limited Condition Transactions.
When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture or compliance with any provision of this Indenture in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales), in each case, at the option of the Issuer (the Issuer's election to exercise such option, an ''LCT Election''), the date of determination for availability under any such basket or ratio and whether any such action or transaction is permitted (or any requirement or condition therefor is complied with or satisfied (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default)) under this Indenture shall be deemed to be the date (the ''LCT Test Date'') the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (or, if applicable, the date of delivery of an irrevocable notice, declaration of a Restricted Payment or similar event), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales) and any related pro forma adjustments, the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such actions or consummate such transactions on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions), such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions) shall be deemed to have been complied with (or satisfied) for all purposes (in the case of Indebtedness, for example, whether such Indebtedness is committed, issued or incurred at the LCT Test Date or at any time thereafter); provided, that (a) if financial statements for one or more subsequent fiscal quarters shall have become available, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to re-determine all such ratios, tests or baskets on the basis of such financial statements, in which case, such date of redetermination shall thereafter be deemed to be the applicable LCT Test Date for purposes of such ratios, tests or baskets, (b) except as contemplated in the foregoing clause (a), compliance with such ratios, tests or baskets (and any related requirements and conditions) shall not be determined or tested at any time after the applicable LCT Test Date for such Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales) and (c) Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated using an assumed interest rate based on the indicative interest margin contained in any financing
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commitment documentation with respect to such Indebtedness or, if no such indicative interest margin exists, as reasonably determined by the Issuer in good faith.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Issuer shall have made an LCT Election, (1) if any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date have been exceeded or otherwise failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in EBITDA or Total Assets of the Issuer or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded or failed to have been complied with as a result of such fluctuations; (2) if any related requirements and conditions (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default) for which compliance or satisfaction was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date not have been complied with or satisfied (including due to the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default), such requirements and conditions will not be deemed to have been failed to be complied with or satisfied (and such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed not to have occurred or be continuing); and (3) in calculating the availability under any ratio, test or basket in connection with any action or transaction unrelated to such Limited Condition Transaction following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, purchase or repayment specified in an irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes, as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio, test or basket shall be determined or tested on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of debt and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting the cash proceeds thereof)) had been consummated.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount of Securities. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $325,000,000.
In addition, the Issuer may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Securities under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Securities is at such time permitted by Section
4.03and (ii) such Additional Securities are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Securities issued after the Issue Date (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 3.06, 4.08(c) or the Appendix), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer's Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Securities:
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(1)the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
(2)the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Securities, including the date from which interest on such Additional Securities shall accrue; and
(3)if applicable, that such Additional Securities shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of Appendix A in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Securities registered, or any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
If any of the terms of any Additional Securities are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer's Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Securities.
The Securities, including any Additional Securities, shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Additional Securities that are not fungible with the Original Securities for U.S. Federal income tax purposes shall have a separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number from such Original Securities. Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture, references to the Securities include any Additional Securities actually issued.
SECTION 2.02 Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Original Securities and the Additional Securities are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Original Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Securities (if issued as Transfer Restricted Securities) and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. Any Additional Securities issued other than as Transfer Restricted Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuer). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $250,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 2.03 Execution and Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Issuer (a "Written Order") in the form of an Officer's Certificate (a) Original Securities for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $325,000,000, consisting of $325,000,000 in initial aggregate
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principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2028 and (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Securities in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Appendix, any issuance of Securities after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $250,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $250,000. One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Issuer by manual, facsimile, pdf or other electronically transmitted signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually or electronically signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, paying agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent. (a) The Issuer shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar"), (ii) a transfer agent ("Transfer Agent"), and (ii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the "Principal Paying Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange (the "Note Register"). The Issuer may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrars. The Principal Paying Agent will be a paying agent hereunder. The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and the Securities Custodian with respect to the Global Securities.
(b)The Issuer may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Issuer or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as paying agent, Registrar, or Transfer Agent.
(c)The Issuer may remove any Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent upon written notice to such Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuer and such successor Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the
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Trustee shall serve as Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee.
The rights, powers, duties, obligations and actions of each agent under this Indenture are several and not joint or joint and several, and each agent hereunder shall only be obligated to perform the duties set out in this Indenture and shall have no implied duties.
SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. On each due date of the principal of and interest on any Security, the Issuer shall deposit with each paying agent (or if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as paying agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Issuer shall require each paying agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a paying agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by a paying agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. If the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as paying agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as paying agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Issuer at any time may require a paying agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such paying agent. Upon complying with this Section, a paying agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06 Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.
SECTION 2.07 Transfer and Exchange. The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When a Security is presented to the Registrar and Transfer Agent with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar and Transfer Agent with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Registrar and Transfer Agent shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Registrar and Transfer Agent need not register, transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the paying agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of
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receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the paying agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.08 Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Issuer or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuer or the Trustee prior to the Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a "protected purchaser") and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee or the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, a paying agent and the Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security (including without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements in replacing such Security). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may pay such Security instead of issuing a new Security in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Issuer.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Securities.
SECTION 2.09 Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 11.07, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuer receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser. A
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mutilated Security ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.
If a paying agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no paying agent is prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10 Temporary Securities. In the event that Definitive Securities are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate Definitive Securities and make them available for delivery in exchange for temporary Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Issuer, without charge to the Holder. Until such exchange, temporary Securities shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as Definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.11 Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the paying agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures. The Issuer may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in place of canceled Securities other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.12 Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, the Issuer shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Securities (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each affected Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc. The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers.
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SECTION 2.14 Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities. The aggregate principal amount of the Securities, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Securities outstanding at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Securities, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Securities, the Holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Securities then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 11.07 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officer's Certificate.
SECTION 2.15 Additional Amounts. All payments made by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any successor in interest to any of the foregoing (each, a "Payor") on or with respect to the Securities or any Guarantee shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any Taxes unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of:
(a)any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the Securities or any Guarantee is made or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (including the jurisdiction of any paying agent); or
(b)any other jurisdiction in which a Payor that actually makes a payment on the Securities or its Guarantee is organized or otherwise considered to be engaged in business or resident for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax
(each of clause (a) and (b), a "Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction"), shall at any time be required by law to be made from any payments made with respect to the Securities or any Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, interest or premium, if any, the Payor shall pay (together with such payments) such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments, after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts), shall not be less than the amounts that would have been received in respect of such payments on the Securities or the Guarantees in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable for or on account of:
(1)any Taxes that would not have been so imposed or levied but for the existence of any present or former connection between the holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, partner, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, the holder, if such holder is an estate, nominee, trust, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction) but excluding, in each case, any connection arising solely from the acquisition, ownership or holding of such Securities or the receipt of any payment in respect thereof;
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(2)any Taxes that would not have been so imposed or levied if the holder had complied with a reasonable request in writing of the Payor (such request being made at a time that would enable such holder acting reasonably to comply with that request) to make a declaration of non-residence or any other claim or filing or satisfy any certification, information or reporting requirement for exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, withholding to which it is entitled (provided that such declaration of non- residence or other claim, filing or requirement is required by the applicable law, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from the requirement to deduct or withhold all or a part of any such Taxes) but only to the extent such holder is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;
(3)any Taxes that are payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from a payment on the Securities or any Guarantee;
(4)any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or
similar Taxes;
(5)any Taxes imposed in connection with a Security presented for payment by or on behalf of a Holder who would have been able to avoid such Tax by presenting the relevant Security to another paying agent;
(6)any Taxes payable under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of the Offering Memorandum (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements (including any intergovernmental agreements) entered into pursuant thereto;
(7)any Taxes if the holder is a fiduciary or partnership or Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment and the Taxes that would otherwise give rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed on such payment had the holder been the beneficiary, partner or sole beneficial owner, as the case may be, of such Security (but only if there is no material cost or expense associated with transferring such Security to such beneficiary, partner or sole beneficial owner and no restriction on such transfer that is outside the control of such beneficiary, partner or sole beneficial owner);
(8)any Taxes required to be withheld or deducted from a payment in respect of the Securities required to be made pursuant to laws enacted by Switzerland changing the Swiss federal withholding tax system from an issuer-based system to a paying agent- based system pursuant to which, in particular, a paying agent in Switzerland is required to withhold or deduct Taxes on any interest payment; or
(9)any combination of the above.
Such Additional Amounts shall also not be payable (x) if the payment could have been made without such deduction or withholding if the relevant Security had been presented for payment (where presentation is required) within 30 days after the relevant payment was first made available for payment to the holder or (y) to the extent where, had the beneficial owner of the relevant Security been the Holder of such Security, such beneficial owner would not have
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been entitled to payment of Additional Amounts by reason of any of clauses (1) to (9) inclusive above.
The Payor shall (i) make any required withholding or deduction and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing authority of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. Upon request, the Payor shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each relevant taxing authority of each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes and shall provide such certified copies to the Trustee. If, notwithstanding the efforts of such Payor to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, such Payor shall provide the Trustee with other reasonable evidence of payment. Such receipts or other evidence received by the Trustee shall be made available by the Trustee to Holders on request.
If any Payor shall be obligated to pay Additional Amounts under or with respect to any payment made on the Securities or any Guarantee, at least 30 days prior to the date of such payment, the Payor shall deliver to the Trustee and the paying agent an Officer's Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts shall be payable and the amount so payable and such other information necessary to enable the paying agent to pay Additional Amounts on the relevant payment date (unless such obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises less than 45 days prior to the relevant payment date, in which case the Payor shall deliver such Officer's Certificate and such other information as promptly as practicable thereafter).
Wherever in this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee there is mentioned, in
any context:
(1)the payment of principal;
(2)redemption prices or purchase prices in connection with a redemption or purchase of Securities;
(3)interest; or
(4)any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Securities or any Guarantee;
such reference shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described under this heading to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
The Payor shall pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise, property or similar Taxes that arise in any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, issuance, initial resale, registration or enforcement of any Securities, Guarantee, Indenture or any other document or instrument in relation thereto (other than a transfer of the Securities occurring after the initial resale). The foregoing obligations shall survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor to a Payor is organized or otherwise considered to be engaged in business or resident for Tax purposes, or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Redemption. The Securities may be redeemed, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the form of Securities set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date.
SECTION 3.02 Applicability of Article. Redemption of Securities at the election of the Issuer or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.
SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee. If the Issuer elects to redeem Securities pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 of the Security, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price. The Issuer shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Security, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Issuer to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuer and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.04 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. In the case of any redemption of less than all of the Securities, selection of Securities for redemption will be made by the Registrar pro rata, by lot or such other manner in the case of Global Securities, as may be required by the applicable procedures of DTC; provided that no Securities of $250,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The Registrar shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Registrar may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $250,000. Securities and portions of them the Registrar selects shall be in amounts of $250,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Registrar shall notify the Issuer promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.05 Notice of Optional Redemption. (a) At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Security, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail a notice of redemption to the registered address of each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.
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Any such notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(i)the redemption date;
(ii)the redemption price;
(iii)the name and address of the paying agent;
(iv)that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the paying agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued interest;
(v)if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
(vi)that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(vii)the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or "Common Code" number, if any, printed on the Securities being redeemed; and
(viii)that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or "Common Code" number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
(b)At the Issuer's written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer's name and at the Issuer's expense. In such event, the Issuer shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least five Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be provided to Holders and such notice may not be canceled.
SECTION 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.05, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice, except as provided in paragraph 5 of the Securities. Upon surrender to the paying agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the interest payment date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant record date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
SECTION 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price. With respect to any Securities, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the paying agent (or, if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the paying agent, shall segregate
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and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuer has deposited with the paying agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities to be redeemed, unless the paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.08 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate for the Holder (at the Issuer's expense) a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities. The Issuer shall pay the principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the paying agent holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the paying agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Securities to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02 Reports and Other Information.
(a)So long as any Securities are outstanding and whether or not the Issuer is then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee: (i) within 65 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year, quarterly reports containing unaudited financial statements (including a balance sheet and statement of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flow) for and as of the end of such fiscal quarter and year to date period (with comparable financial statements for the corresponding fiscal quarter and year to date period of the immediately preceding fiscal year); (ii) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an annual report that includes all information that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 20-F (or any successor form); and (iii) at or prior to such times as would be required to be filed or furnished to the SEC as a "foreign private issuer" subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, all such other reports and information that the Issuer would have been required to file or furnish pursuant thereto; provided, however, that to the extent that the Issuer ceases to qualify as a "foreign private issuer" within the meaning of the Exchange Act, whether or not the Issuer is then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall either file or furnish with the SEC (as a "voluntary filer" if the Issuer is not then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
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Exchange Act) or furnish to the Trustee, so long as any Securities are outstanding, within 30 days of the respective dates on which the Issuer would be required to file such documents with the SEC if it was required to file such documents under the Exchange Act, all reports and other information that would be required to be filed with (or furnished to) the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as, in the Issuer's sole discretion, either a "foreign private issuer" or a U.S. domestic registrant.
(b)In addition, if required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Issuer shall electronically file or furnish, as the case may be, a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified above. In addition, for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Issuer shall furnish to the Holders and prospective investors identified by a Holder, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 4.02 to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities if the Issuer has filed or furnished such reports with the SEC and such reports are publicly available on the SEC's website; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been so filed or furnished. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this covenant is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer's compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates).
(d)So long as any Securities are outstanding, the Issuer shall also: (1) not later than 10 Business Days after furnishing to the Trustee the annual and quarterly reports required by clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 4.02(a), hold a publicly accessible conference call to discuss such reports and the results of operations for the relevant reporting period (including a question and answer portion of the call); and (2) issue a press release to an internationally recognized wire service no fewer than three Business Days prior to the date of the conference call required by the foregoing clause (1) of this paragraph, announcing the time and date of such conference call and either including all information necessary to access the call or directing Holders of the Securities, prospective investors, broker dealers and securities analysts to contact the appropriate person at the Issuer to obtain such information.
At any time that any of the Issuer's Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries are Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the first paragraph of this Section 4.02 shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto or in the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," of the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer, provided that the Issuer will
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not be required to provide such separate information to the extent such Unrestricted Subsidiaries are the subject of a confidential filing of a registration statement with the SEC.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuer will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its agreements pursuant to this Section 4.02 for purposes of Section 6.01(d) until 30 days after the date any report hereunder is required to be filed with the SEC (or otherwise made available to Holders or the Trustee) pursuant to this Section 4.02.
In the event that the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to report at such parent entity's level on a consolidated basis, the Issuer may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 by furnishing financial information and reports relating to such parent; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such direct or indirect parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the other Subsidiaries of the Issuer on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.
SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock. (a) (i) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Issuer shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Guarantor) to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, however, that Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock that may be incurred or issued, as applicable, by all Subsidiaries other than Guarantors pursuant to this paragraph may not, at the time Incurred, exceed the greater of (i) €220.0 million and (ii) 7.0% of Total Assets at such time.
(b)The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to any of the
following:
(i)the Incurrence by any Guarantor organized under the laws of the United States of Indebtedness under one or more ABL Facilities, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of incurrence does not exceed the greater of (x) $600.0 million and (y) the then applicable Borrowing Base, plus the amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related in connection with any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement of Indebtedness under any ABL Facility;
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(ii)the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Guarantor of (A) Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of Incurrence does not exceed the greater of (a) €900.0 million plus the amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, in connection with any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (b)(ii)(A)(a) and (b) an aggregate principal amount that does not cause the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio of the Issuer to exceed 1.50 to 1.00 as of the time of Incurrence (provided that solely for the purpose of determining compliance with this covenant, any Indebtedness that is Incurred and outstanding or proposed to be Incurred pursuant to this clause (b)(ii)(A)(b) (in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, to the extent such unsecured Indebtedness has not been reclassified as being Incurred pursuant to another clause of this covenant in accordance with this Indenture), will be deemed to be Secured Indebtedness for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio) and (B) Indebtedness under Credit Facilities incurred to refinance, refund, extend, renew or replace Indebtedness Incurred and outstanding pursuant to clause (b)(ii)(A)(b); provided, however that (x) any such Indebtedness that is Incurred pursuant to this clause (B) satisfies the requirements of sub-clauses (1) through (4) of clause (xv) of this Section 4.03(b) and (y) if the Indebtedness being refinanced thereby is unsecured, such Indebtedness that is Incurred pursuant to this clause (B) is also unsecured;
(iii)the Incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by (A) the Existing Notes and the Existing Note Guarantees and (ii) the Original Securities and the Guarantees;
(iv)Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock existing and/or committed to on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (xxvii) of this Section 4.03(b));
(v)Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, Disqualified Stock issued by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the purchase, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) (whether through the direct purchase of property or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property); provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock Incurred pursuant to this clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b), together with any Refinancing Indebtedness (as defined below) Incurred with respect to such Indebtedness pursuant to clause (xv) of this Section 4.03(b), shall not exceed the greater of (A) €450.0 million and (B) 15.0% of Total Assets as of the date of any Incurrence pursuant to this clause (v);
(vi)Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers' compensation claims,
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health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers' compensation claims;
(vii)Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with an acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary of the Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(viii)Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(ix)shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock;
(x)Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
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(xi)Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes and are either: (A) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (B) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; (C) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales or (D) for any combination of the foregoing;
(xii)obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees) in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;
(xiii)Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xiii), does not exceed the greater of (A) €200.0 million and (B) 5.5% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause
(xiii)shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause
(xiii)but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Issuer, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xiii));
(xiv)any guarantee by (x) the Issuer or a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (y) Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other obligations of another Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or the applicable Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor's Guarantee with respect to the Securities substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or such Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;
(xv)the Incurrence by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer which serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or committed or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (iii), (iv), (v), this clause (xv), (xvi), (xx), (xxi), (xxiv) and (xxv) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund, refinance or defease
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such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, "Refinancing Indebtedness"); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
(1)has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the shorter of
(x)the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased that were due on or after the date that is one year following the maturity date of the Securities then outstanding were instead due on such date;
(2)has a Stated Maturity which is not earlier than the earlier of
(x)the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or defeased or (y) 91 days following the maturity date of the Securities;
(3)to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (a) Indebtedness subordinated to the Securities or the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or such Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock;
(4)is Incurred in an aggregate amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus premium, expenses, costs and fees Incurred in connection with such refinancing;
(5)shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(6)in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance Indebtedness outstanding under clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b), shall be deemed to have been Incurred and to be outstanding under such clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b), and not this clause (xv) for purposes of determining amounts outstanding under such clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b);
(xvi)Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred to finance an acquisition or
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(y)Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or merged or amalgamated with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or amalgamation, either:
(1)(A) the Issuer would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first sentence of Section 4.03(a) or (B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation; or
(2)such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock
(A)is unsecured Subordinated Indebtedness with subordination terms no more favorable to the Holders thereof than subordination terms that are customarily obtained in connection with "high-yield" senior subordinated note issuances at the time of Incurrence (provided that, in the case of any such Subordinated Indebtedness incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary, such subordination terms will be customary for "high-yield" senior subordinated note issuances by issuers resident in the jurisdiction of formation or organization of such Foreign Subsidiary, including, without limitation, provisions for the automatic release of guarantees upon the release of the Guarantees);
(B)is not Incurred while a Default exists and no Default shall result therefrom; and
(C)does not mature (and is not mandatorily redeemable in the case of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock) and does not require any payment of principal prior to the final scheduled maturity of the Securities;
(xvii)Indebtedness Incurred under (A) the Factoring Facilities and (B) any other Qualified Receivables Financing;
(xviii)Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten Business Days of its Incurrence;
(xix)Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to the Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit or bank guarantee;
(xx)Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or
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liquidation preference, together with the aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred with respect to such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock pursuant to clause (xv) above, not exceeding at any time outstanding 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (which proceeds are contributed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Issuer (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), as determined in accordance with clauses (B) and (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.04(b) of this Indenture or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);
(xxi)Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii)Indebtedness arising as a result of implementing composite accounting or other cash pooling arrangements involving solely the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or solely among Restricted Subsidiaries and entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii)Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent permitted under Section 4.04(b)(iv);
(xxiv)Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xxiv), when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (xv) above that was Incurred to refinance Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xxiv), does not exceed the greater of (A) €200.0 million and (B) 5.5% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;
(xxv)Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess (when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (xv) above that was Incurred to refinance Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xxv)), at any one time
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outstanding, of the greater of (A) €100.0 million and (B) 3.0% of Total Assets at the time that such Indebtedness is incurred;
(xxvi)Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or stock-based compensation to employees of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(xxvii)Indebtedness incurred under the French Inventory Facility not to exceed €100.0 million.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (i) through (xxvii) above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Pan-U.S. ABL Facility and the French Inventory Facility on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been Incurred on such date in reliance on clause (i) and clause (xxvii), respectively, of this Section 4.03(b) and the Issuer shall not be permitted to reclassify all or any portion of such Indebtedness. The Issuer will also be entitled to treat a portion of any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as having been Incurred under Section 4.03(a) and thereafter the remainder of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as having been Incurred under this Section 4.03(b). Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.
SECTION 4.04 Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i)declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Issuer's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Issuer (other than (A) dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer; or
(B)dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);
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(ii)purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
(iii)make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (viii) and (x) of Section 4.03(b)); or
(iv)make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, as of the time of such Restricted Payment:
(1)no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2)immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and
(3)such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (and not returned or rescinded) (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses
(i)and (viii)(b) of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than an amount equal to the Cumulative Credit.
(b)The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i)the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii)(A) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests ("Retired Capital Stock") of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or contributions to the equity capital of the Issuer (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (collectively, including any such contributions, "Refunding Capital Stock"); and
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(B)the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding Capital Stock; and if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under Section 4.04(b)(vi) and not made pursuant to this Section 4.04(b)(ii)(B), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(iii)the redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (or as promptly as practicable after giving any requisite notice to the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness) of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor which is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as:
(A)the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired plus any tender premiums, defeasance costs or other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith),
(B)such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or the related Guarantee, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value,
(C)such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired or
(y)91 days following the maturity date of the Securities, and
(D)such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date one year following the maturity date of any Securities then outstanding, in each case were instead due on such date;
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(iv)the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition (or dividends to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to finance any such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition) for value of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iv) do not exceed €15.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the two succeeding calendar years); provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A)the cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a)(3)); plus
(B)the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) or the Issuer's Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less
(C)the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(iv)(A) and Section 4.04(b)(iv)(B)
provided that the Issuer may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any calendar year;
(v)the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;
(vi)(a) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date, (b) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer issued after the Issue Date and (c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ii); provided, however, that, (x) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of
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such Designated Preferred Stock or Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the Issuer would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to
1.00and (y) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to subclauses (a) and (b) of this clause (vi) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;
(vii)Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and joint ventures having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) €100.0 million and (b) 2.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided that the amount of Investments deemed to have been made pursuant to this clause (vii) at any time shall be reduced by the Fair Market Value of the proceeds received by the Issuer and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries from the subsequent sale, disposition or other transfer of such Investments without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;
(viii)the payment of dividends on the Issuer's common stock in an aggregate amount per calendar year not to exceed the sum of (a) €50.0 million, plus (b) an amount per annum up to 6.0% of the net proceeds received after the Issue Date (including, without limitation, contributions to the Issuer with the proceeds of sales of common stock of any direct or indirect parent) by the Issuer from any public offering of common stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
(ix)Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(x)(a) Restricted Payments pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 4.04(a) hereof after the Issue Date and (b) Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 4.04(a) hereof at any time outstanding in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (x) not to exceed €125.0 million;
(xi)the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xii)the payment of dividends or other distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in amounts required for such parent to pay federal, state or local income taxes (or other applicable political subdivision, as the case may be) imposed directly on such parent to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, by virtue of such parent being the common parent of a consolidated or combined tax group of which the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries are members);
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(xiii)repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(xiv)purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;
(xv)payments of cash, or dividends, distributions or advances by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
(xvi)the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Securities tendered in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
(xvii)payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with Article 5 of this Indenture; provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuer shall have made or shall make a Change of Control Offer (if required by this Indenture) and that all Securities tendered in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value or shall be so when required by the terms hereof;
(xviii)other Restricted Payments; provided that Restricted Payments may only be made pursuant to this clause (xviii) at such time as the Consolidated Net Debt Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payments, is less than 2.00 to 1.00; and
(xix)the payment of any Restricted Payment, if applicable:
(A)in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, (i) to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence and its status as a public company, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, and general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, in each case to the extent such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer, if applicable, and its Subsidiaries and (ii) to pay tax liabilities incurred as a result of transactions that occurred prior to the Issue Date;
(B)in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds
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of which have been contributed to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Issuer Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and
(C)in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses, other than to Affiliates of the Issuer, related to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering of such parent.
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (vi), (vii), (x), (xi) and (xviii) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.
(c)The amount of any Restricted Payment (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Issuer or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.04 will be determined in good faith by the Issuer.
(d)As of the Issue Date, all of the Issuer's Subsidiaries shall be Restricted Subsidiaries other than Constellium Engley (Changchun) Automotive Structures Co Ltd. The Issuer shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary." For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of "Investments." Such designation shall only be permitted if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.05 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(a)on its Capital Stock, or (b) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(a)contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Pan-U.S. ABL Facility, the Existing Notes and the related documentation in effect on the Issue Date and in each case, any similar contractual encumbrances effected by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of such agreements or instruments;
(b)this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees;
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(c)applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(d)any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person or its Subsidiaries, so acquired;
(e)contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(f)Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(g)restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(h)customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i)purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations for property acquired or leased in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property so acquired or leased;
(j)customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property subject to such lease;
(k)any encumbrance or restriction effected in connection with (A) a Factoring Facility (provided that such encumbrance or restriction (i) exists on the date hereof or (ii) is in the good faith determination of the Issuer (x) necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Financing and applies only to the relevant Subsidiaries to which such Receivables Financing is made available or (y) not materially more burdensome than the encumbrances and restrictions under the Factoring Facilities in effect on the date hereof) or (B) a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (B), such encumbrances or restrictions (i) apply only to a Receivables Subsidiary or (ii) are in the good faith determination of the Issuer (x) necessary or advisable to effect such Qualified Receivables Financing and applicable only to the relevant Subsidiaries to which such Receivables Financing is made available or (y) not materially more burdensome than the encumbrances and restrictions under the Factoring Facilities in effect on the date hereof;
(l)(A) other Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (B) Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case that is Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03;
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(m)any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment;
(n)any encumbrance or restriction that, as determined by the Issuer, will not materially adversely affect the Issuer's ability to make principal or interest payments on the Securities; or
(o)any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a) and
(b)above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (m) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions than those contained in the encumbrances or other restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.
SECTION 4.06 Asset Sales. (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(i)any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities or any applicable Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets,
(ii)any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), and
(iii)any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (A) 2.0% of Total
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Assets and (B) €80.0 million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non- cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non- cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value)
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).
(b)Within 15 months after the Issuer's or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer's receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option:
(i)to repay Indebtedness constituting Credit Facilities or Secured Indebtedness (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), Pari Passu Indebtedness (provided that if the Issuer or any Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness (other than Credit Facilities or Secured Indebtedness), the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of the Securities to equally and ratably reduce a pro rata principal amount of the Securities through a repurchase offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) at a purchase price equal to or greater than (in the Issuer's sole discretion) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any) or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer,
(ii)to make an investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case used or useful in a Similar Business, or
(iii)to make an investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer), properties or assets that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.
In the case of Sections 4.06(b)(ii) and (iii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another binding commitment within nine months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further that the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into such a commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale.
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not applied as provided and
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within the time period set forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Securities, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested per Section 4.06(b), whether or not such offer is accepted) shall be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds €75.0 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of Securities (and, at the option of the Issuer, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Securities (and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness, on a pro rata basis), that is at least $250,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Issuer shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within 10 Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds €75.0 million by electronically delivering or mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee and the paying agent. To the extent that the aggregate amount of the Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Registrar shall select the Securities to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(c)To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(d)Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Issuer shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as the paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Issuer, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the "Offer Period"), the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Securities or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Issuer. The Trustee (or the paying agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Securities
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tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Issuer immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with Section 4.06.
(e)Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuer receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Issuer is required to purchase, selection of such Securities for purchase shall be made by the Registrar pro rata, by lot or such other manner in the case of Global Securities, as may be required by the applicable procedures of DTC; provided that no Securities of $250,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be made pursuant to the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness.
(f)Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be electronically delivered or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid by the Issuer, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each Holder of Securities at such Holder's registered address. If any Security is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.
(g)The provisions under this Indenture relating to the Issuer's obligation to make an Asset Sale Offer may be waived or modified with the written consent of Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities.
SECTION 4.07 Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction") involving aggregate consideration in excess of €10.0 million, unless:
(i)such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person (or, in the event that there are no comparable transaction involving Persons who are not Affiliates to apply for comparative purposes, is otherwise on terms that, taken as a whole, the Issuer has determined to be fair to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole);
(ii)with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of €25.0 million (excluding any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions substantially limited to the sale of inventory), the Issuer delivers to
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the Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above; and
(iii)with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of €50.0 million (excluding any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions substantially limited to the sale of inventory), the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer's Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.
(b)The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:
(i)transactions between or among the Issuer and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Issuer and any direct parent of the Issuer; provided that at the time of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation such parent shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Issuer and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;
(ii)Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted
Investments;
(iii)the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
(iv)transactions in which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivered to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);
(v)payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to directors, officers, employees or consultants which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;
(vi)any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by the Issuer;
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(vii)the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any transaction, agreement or arrangement in effect on the Issue Date and described in the Offering Memorandum (or the documents incorporated by reference therein) and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (vii) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date;
(viii)(A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Issuer, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix)any transaction effected as part of a Factoring Facility or a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(x)the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Person;
(xi)the issuances of securities or other payments, loans (or cancellation of loans), awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, as appropriate, in good faith;
(xii)transactions permitted by, and complying with, Sections 4.06
and/or 5.01;
(xiii)transactions between the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;
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(xiv)pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xv)the provision to Unrestricted Subsidiaries of cash management, accounting and other overhead services in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture;
(xvi)any employment agreements entered into by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and any termination of employment agreements and payments in connection therewith at the net present value of future payments;
(xvii)intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture;
(xviii)the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement providing for, and the making of, any payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)(xii); and
(xix)any agreements or arrangements between a third party and an Affiliate of the Issuer that are acquired or assumed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or merger of such third party (or assets of such third party) by or with the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (A) such acquisition or merger is permitted under this Indenture and
(B)such agreements or arrangements are not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition or merger or otherwise for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this section.
SECTION 4.08 Change of Control. (a) Upon a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall not be obligated to purchase any Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem such Securities in accordance with Article 3 of this Indenture.
(b)Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with Article 3 of this Indenture, the Issuer shall electronically deliver or mail a notice (a "Change of Control Offer") to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee and the paying agent stating:
(i)that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Holder's Securities at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of repurchase (subject to the right
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of the Holders of record on a record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);
(ii)the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed, except that such notice may provide that, if the Change of Control does not occur on the repurchase date so designated, then the repurchase date may be delayed until such time as the applicable Change of Control shall occur);
(iii)the instructions determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Securities purchased; and
(iv)if such notice is electronically delivered or mailed prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control pursuant to a definitive agreement for the Change of Control, that such offer is conditioned on the occurrence of such Change of Control.
(c)Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. The Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuer receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased. Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
(d)On the purchase date, all Securities purchased by the Issuer under this Section 4.08 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Holders entitled thereto.
(e)For the avoidance of doubt, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and be conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place in respect of the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
(f)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Securities upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.08 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(g)If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities validly tender and do not withdraw such Securities in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuer, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuer as described above, purchases all of the Securities validly tendered and not
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withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuer or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to repurchase all Securities that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of repurchase.
(h)Securities repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Securities issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuer. Securities purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding clause (f) will have the status of Securities issued and outstanding.
(i)At the time the Issuer delivers Securities to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Issuer shall also deliver an Officer's Certificate stating that such Securities are to be accepted by the Issuer pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.
(j)Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Issuer to make such offer have been complied with.
(k)To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue thereof.
(l)The provisions under this Indenture relating to the Issuer's obligation to make an offer to repurchase Securities as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities.
SECTION 4.09 Compliance Certificate. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2020, an Officer's Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Issuer they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.10 [Reserved].
SECTION 4.11 Future Guarantors. The Issuer shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary) that guarantees any Indebtedness under the Existing Notes or any Credit Facilities of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee, within 45 days of the date thereof, a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall guarantee payment of the Securities.
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SECTION 4.12 Liens. (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset or property of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness unless the Securities are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Securities) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
(b)Section 4.12(a) shall not require the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to secure the Securities if the Lien is a Permitted Lien. Any Lien that is granted to secure the Securities or such Guarantee under Section 4.12(a) shall be automatically released and discharged at the same time as the release of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Securities or such Guarantee.
SECTION 4.13 Maintenance of Office or Agency. (a) The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee as set forth in Section 11.03.
(b)The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
(c)The Issuer hereby designates the corporate trust office of the Trustee or its Agent as such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.04.
SECTION 4.14 Termination and Suspension of Certain Covenants. (a) If, on any date following the Issue Date, (i) the Securities have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and the Issuer has delivered an Officer's Certificate of such Investment Grade Ratings to the Trustee, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a "Covenant Suspension Event"), then, beginning on such date, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Section 4.03 hereof, Section 4.04 hereof, Section
4.05hereof, Section 4.06 hereof, Section 4.07 hereof, Section 4.08 hereof, Section 4.11 hereof, clause (iv) of Section 5.01(a) hereof, Section 5.01(b) hereof and the penultimate paragraph of Section 5.01 hereof (collectively, the "Suspended Covenants").
(b)In the event that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the "Reversion Date") one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to
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the Securities below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time between the Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date is referred to herein as the "Suspension Period".
(c)Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period. During any Suspension Period, the Issuer may not designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless the Issuer would have been permitted to designate such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Indenture if a Suspension Period had not been in effect for any period, and such designation shall be deemed to have created a Restricted Payment under this Indenture pursuant to Section 4.04 following the Reversion Date.
(d)On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or one of the clauses set forth in Section 4.03(b) (in each case, to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be Incurred thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or Section 4.03(b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(iv). For purposes of Section 4.11, all Indebtedness Incurred during the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor will be deemed to have been Incurred on the Reversion Date. Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 will be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a) and the items specified in clauses (1) through (6) of the definition of "Cumulative Credit" will increase the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the first paragraph thereof. For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.06 on the Reversion Date, the Net Proceeds from all Asset Sales not applied in accordance with the covenant will be deemed to be reset to zero.
(e)In addition, in the event that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date the Issuer or any of its Affiliates enters into an agreement to effect a transaction that would result in a Change of Control and one or more of the Rating Agencies determine and state in writing that if consummated, such transaction (alone or together with any related recapitalization or refinancing transactions) would cause such Rating Agency to withdraw its Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the ratings assigned to Securities below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to Section 4.08 hereof until the occurrence, if any, of another Covenant Suspension Event, or the
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termination of such agreement, or the withdrawal by such Rating Agency of such indication, whichever occurs earliest.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01 When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets. (a) The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(i)the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or other Person existing under the laws of any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, of Switzerland, of the United Kingdom or of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the "Successor Company"); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation or limited liability company (or equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company in any permitted jurisdiction listed in this clause (i)), a co-obligor of the Securities is a corporation;
(ii)the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;
(iii)immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv)immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either
(A)the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(B)the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such
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ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;
(v)if the Successor Company is not the Issuer, each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities; and
(vi)the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities, and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 5.01(a), (A) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary, and (B) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, a state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby. This Article 5 will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b)Subject to the provisions of Section 10.03 (which govern the release of a Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a Guarantor), no Guarantor shall, and the Issuer shall not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:
(i)either (A) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or other Person organized or existing under the laws of any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, of Switzerland, of the United Kingdom or of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the "Successor Guarantor" ) and the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Security, such Guarantor's Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents
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or instruments, or (B) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and
(ii)in the case of clause (i)(A) above, the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor's Guarantee, and such Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Guarantor's Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor in any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, or a state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Guarantor is not increased thereby and (2) a Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another Guarantor or the Issuer.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (collectively, a "Transfer") to (x) the Issuer or any Guarantor or (y) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor; provided that at the time of each such Transfer pursuant to clause (y) the aggregate amount of all such Transfers since the Issue Date shall not exceed 5.0% of the consolidated assets of the Issuer and the Guarantors as shown on the most recent available balance sheet of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries after giving effect to each such Transfer and including all Transfers occurring from and after the Issue Date.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default. An "Event of Default" with respect to the Securities occurs if:
(a)there is a default in any payment of interest (including any Additional Amounts) on any Security, when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b)there is a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, of any Security, when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;
(c)the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with its obligations under Section 5.01;
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(d)the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with any of its agreements in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (a),
(b)or (c) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;
(e)the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds €50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent;
(f)the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i)commences a voluntary case;
(ii)consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
(iii)consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iv)makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
(g)a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i)is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(ii)appoints a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iii)orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(h)the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of €50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days following the entry thereof; or
(i)any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary with respect to the Securities ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Guarantor that qualifies as a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations
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under this Indenture or any Guarantee with respect to the Securities and such Default continues for 10 days.
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar federal or state law or similar applicable law of any jurisdiction for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (d) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities notify the Issuer of the Default and the Issuer does not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (d) above after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default." The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer) occurs with respect to the Securities and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of Securities, by notice to the Issuer may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (i) five (5) Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Representative under the Bank Credit Facilities and (ii) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind any such acceleration and its consequences.
In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuer delivers an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being
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understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Securities as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. Provided the Securities are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Security, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal or financial liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification and security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits. (a) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(i)the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;
(ii)the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(iii)such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
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(iv)the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(v)the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
(b)A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
SECTION 6.07 Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the legal right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and of interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Securities, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in such Securities) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the Holders of the Securities then outstanding allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any Guarantor, its creditors or its property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.10 Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (in all of its roles and capacities) for amounts due under Section 7.07;
SECOND: to the Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
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kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Issuer.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Issuer a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
SECTION 6.12 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b)Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i)the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and
(ii)in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
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and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the form required by this Indenture.
(c)The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i)this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section 7.01;
(ii)the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee unless it is proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii)the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and
(iv)no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur financial or personal liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(d)Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e)The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
(f)Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g)Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact, calculation or matter stated in the document.
(b)Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
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(c)The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or gross negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d)The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(e)The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f)The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Issuer and shall Incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(g)The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses) and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(h)The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its roles and capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person appointed or employed to act hereunder.
(i)The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.
(j)Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon future Holders of Securities and upon Securities executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.
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(k)Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.
(l)The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge or deemed with notice of any Default of Event of Default with respect to the Securities unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (B) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its corporate trust office by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Holder of the Securities, such notice specifically identifying this Indenture and the Securities. For purposes of determining the Trustee's responsibility and liability hereunder, whenever reference is made in this Indenture to a Default or Event of Default, such reference shall be construed to refer only to such Default or Event of Default for which the Trustee is deemed to have notice pursuant to this Section 7.02(l).
(m)The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officer's Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer's Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer's Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(n)The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.
(o)In respect of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by electronic transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such electronic transmission; and the Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information. Each other party agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of electronic methods to submit instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
(p)In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(q)The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to ensure compliance with the securities laws of any country or state except to request such certificates or other documents required to be obtained by the Trustee or any Registrar hereunder in connection with any exchange or transfer pursuant to the terms hereof.
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(r)The Trustee shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Trustee (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, epidemic, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).
SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any paying agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights.
SECTION 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, any Guarantee or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 11.03 hereof from the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Holder. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the Holders of the Securities and not in its individual capacity and all persons, including without limitation the Holders of Securities and the Issuer having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein.
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall electronically deliver or mail to each Holder of the Securities notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 7.06 Affiliate Subordination Agreement. By its acceptance of the Securities issued hereunder, each Holder hereby authorizes and directs the Trustee to, and upon the request of the Company the Trustee shall, enter into and perform an affiliate subordination agreement on behalf of the Holders, on terms substantially similar (as conclusively determined by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) to that certain Affiliate Subordination Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2014, among the subordinated lenders and subordinated borrowers party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
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SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a)The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.
(b)The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out- of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall indemnify the Trustee and it's officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the Trustee's acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) of enforcing this Indenture or Guarantee against the Issuer or a Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person). The obligation to indemnify and pay such amounts shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Securities or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The applicable indemnified party shall notify the Issuer of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer's expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties' defense and, in such indemnified parties' reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuer and such parties in connection with such defense. The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party through such party's own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable ruling.
(c)To secure the Issuer's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities.
(d)The Issuer's payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or
(g)with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
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(e)No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity or security against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if:
(i)[reserved];
(ii)the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii)a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(iv)the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b)If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuer or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
(c)A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07.
(d)If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e)[Reserved].
(f)Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
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In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance. This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Securities when:
(a)either (i) all the Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities pursuant to Section 2.08 which have been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all of the Securities (A) have become due and payable, (B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or (C) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or its designee money, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient in the written opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor delivered to the Trustee (which opinion shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to the date of deposit together with irrevocable written instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(b)the Issuer and/or the Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and
(c)the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture (with respect to such Securities) ("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11 and 4.12 for the benefit of the Securities and the operation of Section 5.01 and
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Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(h) and 6.01(i) ("covenant defeasance option") for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities. The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to the Securities, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee of such Securities shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of the obligations terminated pursuant to such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance.
If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Securities so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g), 6.01(h) or 6.01(i) or because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with Section 5.01.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request and at the expense of the Issuer, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Issuer terminates.
(d)Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Issuer's obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in this Article 8 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuer's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 8.02 Conditions to Defeasance. (a) The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, in each case, with respect to the Securities only if:
(i)the Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee or its designee money, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof sufficient, in the case any U.S. Government Obligations are deposited, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor, for the payment of principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Securities when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;
(ii)the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a certificate from an Independent Financial Advisor expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(iii)123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
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(iv)the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuer;
(v)in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(vi)such exercise does not impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Holder's Securities on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder's Securities;
(vii)in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(viii)the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.
(b)Before or after a deposit, the Issuer may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Securities at a future date in accordance with Article 3.
SECTION 8.03 Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through each paying agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities so discharged or defeased.
SECTION 8.04 Repayment to Issuer. Each of the Trustee and each paying agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuer upon request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the written opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article 8.
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Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each paying agent shall pay to the Issuer upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each paying agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 8.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuer shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any paying agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee or any paying agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; provided, however, that, if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of or interest on, any such Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or any paying agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of the Holders. The Issuer and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the Securities without notice to or consent of any Holder:
(i)to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(ii)to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities;
(iii)to provide for the assumption by a Successor Guarantor of the obligations of a Guarantor under this Indenture and the applicable Guarantee;
(iv)to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);
(v)to add a Guarantee with respect to the Securities;
(vi)to make any change that would provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under this Indenture;
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(vii)to make changes relating to the transfer and legending of the
Securities;
(viii)to secure the Securities;
(ix)to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor;
(x)to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;
(xi)to effect any provision of this Indenture;
(xii)to provide for the issuance of Additional Securities, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Original Securities, and which shall be treated, together with any outstanding Original Securities, as a single issue of securities;
(xiii)to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
(xiv)to conform and evidence the release, termination and discharge of any Guarantee or Lien securing the Securities when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by this Indenture; and
(xv)to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Securities to any provision of the "Description of the Notes" contained in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such provision in the "Description of the Notes" contained in the Offering Memorandum was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Securities.
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuer shall deliver electronically or mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of the Holders. The Issuer and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the Securities with respect to the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Securities). However, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Security affected, an amendment may not:
(i)reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment,
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(ii)reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any
Security,
(iii)reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any
Security,
(iv)reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in accordance with Article 3,
(v)make any Security payable in money other than that stated in such
Security,
(vi)expressly subordinate the Securities or any Guarantee to any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor,
(vii)impair the legal right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Holder's Securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder's Securities,
(viii)make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of this Section 9.02, or
(ix)except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary, or the Guarantee of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries that collectively would, at the time of such amendment, represent a Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the Holders.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer is required to deliver electronically or mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
For the avoidance of doubt, no amendment to, or deletion of any of the covenants described in Article 4 (other than Section 4.01) or Article 5 shall be deemed to impair or affect any legal rights of Holders of the Securities to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities on or after the due dates therefor.
SECTION 9.03 [Reserved].
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. (a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the
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Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer's Certificate from the Issuer certifying that the requisite principal amount of Securities have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Issuer or the Trustee of consents by the Holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Issuer and the Trustee.
(b)The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Issuer may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuer so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (notwithstanding that no Opinion of Counsel is required in the case of the addition of a Guarantor) stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).
SECTION 9.07 Payment for Consent. Neither the Issuer nor any Affiliate of the Issuer shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such
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consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
SECTION 9.08 Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount. Except as otherwise set forth herein, all Securities issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent separately on all matters as to which any of such Securities may vote. Determinations as to whether Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article 9 and Section 2.14.
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEES
SECTION 10.01 Guarantees. (a) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees on a senior unsecured basis, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any or interest on or in respect of the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(b)Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.03.
(c)Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, such that such Guarantor's obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuer first be used and
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depleted as payment of the Issuer's or such Guarantor's obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuer be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(d)Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(e)The Guarantee of each Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in this Article 10, equal in right of payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer and is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.
(f)Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01, 10.02 and 10.06, 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 of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(g)Each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to the other terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.
(h)In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to
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the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuer to the Holders and the Trustee.
(i)Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(j)Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.
(k)[Reserved].
(l)To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law but subject to the limitations set out in Section 10.02 below, each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Issuer or any other Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Issuer or any other Guarantor, other than the payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Subject to the limitations set out in Section 10.02below, the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05) may, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Issuer or any Guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy available to it against the Issuer or any other Guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash. 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 Issuer or any other Guarantor, as the case may be.
SECTION 10.02 Limitation on Liability. (a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without (i) rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or (ii) resulting in any breach of corporate benefit, financial assistance, fraudulent preference, thin capitalization laws, retention of title claims, capital maintenance rules, general statutory limitations, or the laws or regulations (or analogous restrictions) of any applicable jurisdiction or any similar principles which may limit the ability of
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any Foreign Subsidiary to provide a Guarantee or may require that the Guarantee be limited by an amount or scope or otherwise. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee.
(b)(i) To the extent that any Guarantee is granted by a German entity (a "German Guarantor") incorporated as a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) ("GmbH") or a limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft) ("KG") with a GmbH as sole general partner ("GmbH & Co. KG") and that such Guarantee secures liabilities other than the own liabilities of the relevant German Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, the enforcement of the Guarantee will be limited to such amount (I) as is required to ensure that the amount of the German Guarantor's net assets (or the net assets of its general partner if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG), calculated as the sum of the balance sheet positions shown under section 266 sub- section (2) (A), (B), (C) and (D) of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) ("HGB") less the sum of the amounts shown under balance sheet positions shown under section 266 (3) (B), (C), (D) and (E) HGB and any amounts not available for distribution to its shareholders in accordance with section 268 sub-section (8) HGB, does not fall below the amount of its registered share capital (Stammkapital); or (II) where the amount of the German Guarantor's net assets (or the net assets of its general partner if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG) already is below the amount of its registered share capital, as is required as to ensure that such amount is not further reduced.
(ii)The limits in clauses (I) and (II) of Section 10.02(b)(i) will not apply (A) to the extent that the Guarantee of the relevant German Guarantor relates to any amount of the proceeds of the Securities to the extent on-lent to the relevant German Guarantor plus any accrued and unpaid interest and costs and fees in respect of or attributable to that on-lending (and such amounts are not repaid); (B) if following the first date upon which the relevant German Guarantor is called upon to make payment in respect of its Guarantee, the relevant German Guarantor (or its general partner if the relevant German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG) does not provide financial statements in accordance with Section 10.02(b)(iv) and (v) below; (C) if the relevant German Guarantor (or, if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner) (as dominated entity) is party to a domination and/or profit and loss transfer agreement (Beherrschungs- und/oder Gewinnabführungsvertrag) (a "DPTA"), unless the Guarantor's claim for absorption of losses pursuant to section 302 German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) is or cannot be expected to be fully recoverable (unless a higher or supreme court has found by way of a final judgment that the requirement of a fully recoverable counterclaim is not applicable if a DPTA is in place); or (D) if and to the extent the German Guarantor holds on the date hereof a fully recoverable indemnity claim or claim for refund (vollwertiger Gegenleistungs- oder Rückgewähranspruch) against its shareholder.
(iii)[Reserved].
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(iv)For the purpose of the calculation of the net assets of a German Guarantor, the following balance sheet items shall be adjusted as follows: (A) the amount of any increase of the German Guarantor's or its general partner's registered share capital after the date of this Indenture, to the extent that it is not fully paid up, shall be deducted from the German Guarantor's or its general partner's registered share capital; (B) loans provided to the German Guarantor or its general partner by any member of the group shall be disregarded if and to the extent those loans are subordinated or are considered subordinated pursuant to section 39 para. 1 no. 5 and/or para. 2 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung); and (C) loans or other liabilities incurred in violation of the provisions of this Indenture shall be disregarded.
(v)For the purpose of the calculation of the net assets, the relevant German Guarantor will deliver (within 15 Business Days following the first date upon which the relevant German Guarantor is called upon to make payment in respect of its Guarantee) to the Trustee a notification stating to which extent the amount payable in respect of its Guarantee shall be limited in accordance with clauses (b)(i)(I) and (b)(i)(II) of this Section 10.02 above and taking into account the adjustments in clause (b)(iv) of this Section 10.02 above, such notification to be supported by interim financial statements (Stichtagsbilanz) showing the balance sheet positions mentioned in clause (b)(i)(I) above as of the relevant date (the "Management Determination").
(vi)Following the Trustee's receipt of the Management Determination, upon the Trustee's request (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof) (the "Trustee's Request"), the relevant German Guarantor (or its general partner if the relevant German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG) will deliver (within 25 Business Days following receipt of the Trustee's Request) to the Trustee an up-to-date balance sheet drawn-up by a firm of auditors of international standing and repute together with a determination of the net assets. Such balance sheet and determination of net assets shall be prepared in accordance with accounting principles pursuant to the HGB and be based on the same principles that were applied when establishing the previous year's balance sheet. The determination by the auditors (as set forth above, the "Auditors' Determination") pertaining to the relevant German Guarantor or, in the case of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner shall have been prepared as of the first date upon which the relevant German Guarantor is called upon to make payment in respect of its Guarantee.
(vii)The Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05) shall be entitled to demand payment under the Guarantee in an amount which would, in accordance with the Management Determination or, if applicable and taking into account any previous enforcement in accordance with the Management Determination, the Auditors' Determination, not cause the German Guarantor's net assets (or if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner's net assets) to be reduced below zero or further reduced if already below zero. If and to the extent the net assets as determined by the Auditors' Determination are lower than the amount enforced in accordance with
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the Management Determination, the Trustee shall release to the relevant German Guarantor (or if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, to its general partner) such exceeding enforcement proceeds. The Trustee may (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05) withhold any amount received pursuant to an enforcement of this Guarantee until final determination of the amount of the net assets pursuant to the Auditors' Determination.
(viii)In a situation where the relevant German Guarantor does not have sufficient net assets to maintain its registered share capital the relevant German Guarantor shall within three months after a written request by the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05), to the extent commercially justifiable, dispose of all assets which are not necessary for its business (nicht betriebsnotwendig) on market terms where the relevant assets are shown in the balance sheet of the relevant German Guarantor with a book value which is significantly lower than the market value of such assets. After the expiry of such three-month period the German Guarantor shall, within three Business Days, notify the Trustee of the amount of the net proceeds from the sale and submit a statement with a new calculation of the amount of the net assets of the German Guarantor (or if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, of its general partner) taking into account such proceeds. Such calculation shall, upon the Trustee's request (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05), be confirmed by one of the auditors of the German Guarantor within a period of 15 Business Days following the request.
(c)(i) Subject to clause (v) below and notwithstanding any contrary indication in this Indenture, in relation to a Guarantor organized under the laws of France (a "French Guarantor"), its Guarantee shall be limited to the payment obligations of the Issuer up to an amount equal to the aggregate of all outstanding amounts under the Securities and this Indenture to the extent (i) directly or indirectly on-lent to such French Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries or (ii) used to refinance any indebtedness previously directly or indirectly on-lent to such French Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries and in all cases to the extent of the amounts so on-lent remaining due by such French Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries from time to time (the "Maximum Guaranteed Amount"); it being specified that any payment made by such French Guarantor under this Article 10 in respect of the obligations of the Issuer shall reduce pro tanto the outstanding amount of the intercompany loans (if any) due by such French Guarantor to the Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, any payment made by a French Guarantor under this clause (B) shall reduce the Maximum Guaranteed Amount by the amount paid.
(ii)It is acknowledged that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Indenture, no French Guarantor is acting jointly and severally with the other Guarantors and no French Guarantor shall therefore be considered as "co-débiteurs solidaires" within the meaning of article 1216 of the French Code civil with the other Guarantors as to its Guarantee.
(iii)For the purpose of Section 10.02(c)(i) above "Subsidiary" means, in relation to any company, any other company which is controlled by it within the meaning of article L.233-3 of the French Code de commerce.
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(iv)For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations set out in Section 10.02(c)(i) and Section 10.02(c)(ii) above with respect to the payment obligation of any French Guarantor under the Guarantee shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to any other indemnity, guarantee or any other undertaking of any French Guarantor contained in this Indenture having the same or a similar effect. Any payment made by a French Guarantor under any such indemnity, guarantee or undertaking shall reduce the Maximum Guaranteed Amount by the amount paid.
(v)Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no French Guarantor shall grant a Guarantee covering any Indebtedness which would result in such French Guarantor not complying with French financial assistance rules as set out in article L. 225-216 of the French Code de Commerce or any other law or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts and/or would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the meaning of articles L. 241-3, L. 242-6 or L. 244-1 of the French Code de Commerce or any other law or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts.
(d)(i) Notwithstanding any contrary indication in this Indenture, in relation to a Guarantor organized or incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (a "Swiss Guarantor"), its Guarantee and any other indemnity, security or other benefit, as well as any other undertaking contained in this Indenture having the same or a similar effect, such as, but not limited to, the waiver of set-off or subrogation rights or the subordination of intra-group claims, under this Indenture and the Securities for, or with respect to, obligations of any other obligor (other than the direct or indirect Subsidiaries of such Swiss Guarantor) shall not exceed at any time the amount of such Swiss Guarantor's freely disposable equity in accordance with then applicable Swiss law, presently being the total shareholder equity less the total of (A) the aggregate share capital, (B) statutory reserves (including reserves for own shares and revaluations as well as agio) and (C) any freely disposable equity that has to be blocked for any loans granted by such Swiss Guarantor to a direct or indirect subsidiary of any parent company of such Swiss Guarantor, other than a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Swiss Guarantor. The amount of equity freely disposable shall be determined on the basis of an audited annual or interim balance sheet of the relevant Swiss Guarantor. This limitation shall only apply to the extent it is a requirement under applicable law at the time the respective Swiss Guarantor is required to perform. Such limitation shall not free the respective Swiss Guarantor from its obligations in excess of the freely disposable equity, but merely postpone the performance date therefor until such times as performance is again permitted notwithstanding such limitation.
(ii)If so required under applicable law (including double tax treaties) at the time it is required to make a payment under this Indenture, each Swiss Guarantor: (A) may deduct the withholding tax due under the Swiss Federal Act on the Withholding Tax (the "Withholding Tax") at the rate of 35 per cent (or such other rate as is in force at that time) from any payment deemed to be a constructive dividend; (B) may pay the Withholding Tax to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration; and (C) shall notify and provide evidence to the Trustee that the Withholding Tax has been paid to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration. The respective Swiss Guarantor shall as soon as possible after the deduction of the
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Withholding Tax ensure that any Person which is, as a result of a payment under this Indenture, entitled to a full or partial refund of the Withholding Tax, is in a position to apply for such refund under any applicable law (including double tax treaties) and, in case it has received any refund of the Withholding Tax, pay such refund to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders upon receipt thereof.
(iii)Each Swiss Guarantor shall, and any shareholder of such Swiss Guarantor being a party hereto shall procure that such Swiss Guarantor will, take and cause to be taken all and any other action, including without limitation,
(A)preparation of an up-to-date audited balance sheet of such Swiss Guarantor,
(B)the passing of any shareholders' resolutions to approve any payment or other performance under this Indenture or the Securities, (C) the obtaining of any confirmations (including confirmations by the respective Swiss Guarantor's auditors) which may be required as a matter of Swiss mandatory law in force at the time the respective Swiss Guarantor is required to make a payment or perform other obligations under this Indenture or the Securities, and (D) all such other measures necessary or useful in order to allow the Swiss Guarantor to make a prompt payment as well as perform any of its other obligations under this Indenture or the Securities with a minimum of limitations.
(iv)If the enforcement of obligations of a Swiss Guarantor would be limited due to the effects referred to in this clause, the Swiss Guarantor affected shall further, to the extent permitted by applicable law and Swiss accounting standards, write up or realize any of its assets that are shown in its balance sheet with a book value that is significantly lower than the market value of the assets, in the case of a realization, however, only if such assets are not necessary for the Swiss Guarantor's business (nicht betriebsnotwendig).
SECTION 10.03 Automatic Termination of Guarantees. A Guarantee as to any Guarantor shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Guarantor shall automatically be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article 10 upon:
(i)(A) the sale, disposition or other transfer (including through merger or consolidation) of (x) the Capital Stock of the applicable Guarantor to a Person who is not (either before or after giving effect to the transaction) the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, following which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, disposition or other transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture,
(B)the Issuer designating such Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions set forth under Section 4.04 and the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary,"
(C)in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that after the Issue Date is required to guarantee the Securities pursuant to Section 4.11, the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of the Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or the repayment of the
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Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, in each case, which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Securities, or
(D)the Issuer's exercise of its defeasance option under Article 8, or if the Issuer's obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
In connection with the termination of any Guarantee pursuant to this Section 10.03, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and any Guarantor, at the Issuer or such Guarantor's expense, all documents that the Issuer or such Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel regarding such release before executing and delivering such documents.
SECTION 10.04 Successors and Assigns. This Article 10 shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.05 No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 10 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 10 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 10.06 Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 10, nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee (acting in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Indenture), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 10.07 Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors. Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section
4.11shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Guarantor under this Article 10 and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
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SECTION 10.08 Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Ranking. The indebtedness evidenced by the Securities will be unsecured senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, equal in right of payment to all existing and future senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer. The indebtedness evidenced by the Guarantees will be unsecured senior Indebtedness of the applicable Guarantor, equal in right of payment to all existing and future senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
SECTION 11.02 [Reserved].
SECTION 11.03 Notices. (a) Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and in English and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class mail or electronic mail with portable document format attached, addressed as follows:
if to the Issuer or a Guarantor: Constellium SE
Washington Plaza – 40/44, rue Washington 75008 Paris, France
Attn: Mark Kirkland
Fax: +33 1 73 01 46 59
Email: mark.kirkland@constellium.com
With a copy to
Constellium SE
Washington Plaza – 40/44, rue Washington 75008 Paris, France
Attn: Jeremy Leach
Tel: +33 1 73 01 46 51
Email: jeremy.leach@constellium.com
Constellium Switzerland AG Max Högger-Strasse 6
8048 Zürich, Switzerland
Attn: Mark Kirkland, Group Treasurer
Tel: +41 44 438 6642
Email: mark.kirkland@constellium.com And
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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Attn: Joshua A. Feltman Tel: (212) 403-1109 Fax: (212) 403-2109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
if to the Trustee:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Agency Services
60 Wall Street, 24th Floor
Mail Stop: NYC60-2405
New York, New York 10005
Attn: Corporates Team Deal Manager – Constellium SE Deal ID
SF4728
Fax: 732-578-4635
The Issuer or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(b)Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed, first class mail, to the Holder at the Holder's address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
(c)Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.
SECTION 11.04 [Reserved].
SECTION 11.05 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a request pursuant to Section 7.06), the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:
(a)an Officer's Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b)an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
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SECTION 11.06 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include:
(a)a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b)a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c)a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d)a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer's Certificate or certificates of public officials.
SECTION 11.07 When Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Issuer, any Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION 11.08 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the Holders. The Registrar and a paying agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 11.09 Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.
SECTION 11.10 GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
SECTION 11.11 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service. In relation to any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, the Trustee (in the case of clauses (a) and (b) below only), the Issuer and each Guarantor that is organized under laws other than the United States or a state thereof (a)
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irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in the City, County and State of New York, United States, (b) consent that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waive any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agree not to plead or claim the same, (c) designate and appoint Constellium U.S. Holdings I, LLC, 300 East Lombard Street, 17th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202 as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such action or proceeding that may be instituted in any such court and (d) agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail addressed to such agent for service of process, with written notice of said service to such Person at the address of the agent for service of process set forth in clause (c) of this Section 11.11 shall be effective service of process for any such action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, paying agent, Registrar, and Transfer Agent hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 11.12 Currency Indemnity. The U.S. Dollar is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer or any Guarantor under or in connection with the Securities, including damages. Any amount with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees thereof received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, whether as a result of, or the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or any Guarantor or otherwise by any Holder or by the Trustee, in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer or any Guarantor will only constitute a discharge to the Issuer or any Guarantor to the extent of the U.S. Dollar amount that the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in such other currency on the date of such receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make such purchase on such date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so).
If that U.S. Dollar amount is less than the U.S. Dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient or the Trustee under the Securities, the Issuer and each Guarantor will indemnify such recipient and/or the Trustee against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Issuer and each Guarantor will indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Section 11.12, it shall be prima facie evidence of the matter stated therein, for the Holder of a Security or the Trustee to certify in a manner satisfactory to the Issuer (indicating the sources of information used) the loss it incurred in making any such purchase. These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Issuer's and each Guarantor's other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any waiver granted by any Holder of a Security or the Trustee (other than a waiver of the indemnities set out herein) and will continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Security or to the Trustee. For the purposes of this Section 11.12, it shall be sufficient for the Trustee or the Holder, as applicable, to certify (indicating the sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss had the actual purchase of U.S. Dollars been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of U.S. Dollars on such date had not been practicable due to current market conditions generally, on the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above).
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SECTION 11.13 No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, manager or incorporator of, or holder of any Equity Interests in, the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.
SECTION 11.14 Successors. All agreements of the Issuer and each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 11.15 USA PATRIOT Act. In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States ("Applicable Law"), the Trustee and agents are required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee and agents. Accordingly, each of the parties agree to provide to the Trustee and agents, upon their request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee and agents to comply with Applicable Law.
SECTION 11.16 Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture by manual, facsimile, pdf or other electronically transmitted signature. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. Facsimile, documents executed, scanned and transmitted electronically and electronic signatures, including those created or transmitted through a software platform or application, shall be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Indenture and all other related documents and all matters and agreements related thereto, with such facsimile, scanned and electronic signatures having the same legal effect as original signatures. The parties agree that this Indenture or any other related documents or any instrument, agreement or document necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or the other related documents or related hereto or thereto (including, without limitation, addendums, amendments, notices, instructions, communications with respect to the delivery of securities or the wire transfer of funds or other communications) ("Executed Documentation") may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations in effect from time to time applicable to the effectiveness and enforceability of electronic signatures. Any Executed Documentation accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws, rules and regulations will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any third party electronic signature capture service providers as may be reasonably chosen by a signatory hereto or thereto.
SECTION 11.17 Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross- reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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SECTION 11.18 Indenture Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of the Securities limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.
SECTION 11.19 Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
CONSTELLIUM SE
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS
RAVENSWOOD, LLC
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE
SHOALS LLC (F/K/A WISE METALS GROUP
LLC)
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC (F/K/A WISE ALLOYS LLC)
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
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CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC (F/K/A CONSTELLIUM-UACJ ABS LLC)
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM FRANCE HOLDCO S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM ISSOIRE S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
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CONSTELLIUM FINANCE S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM NEUF BRISACH S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
ENGINEERED PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM W S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM SWITZERLAND AG
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
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CONSTELLIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM SINGEN GMBH
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM GERMANY HOLDCO GMBH & CO. KG
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS SINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By: /s/ Bridgette Casasnovas
Name: Bridgette Casasnovas
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Robert Peschler
Name: Robert Peschler
Title: Vice President
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APPENDIX A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORIGINAL SECURITIES AND ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
1.Definitions. 1.1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.
"Definitive Security" means a certificated Security (bearing the Restricted Securities Legend if the transfer of such Security is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Securities Legend.
"Depository" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.Y., as operator of Euroclear systems Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.
"Global Securities Legend" means the legend set forth under that caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture.
"IAI" means an institutional "accredited investor" as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"Initial Purchasers" means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Société Générale and such other initial purchasers listed on Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement entered into in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Securities" means all Securities offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
"Restricted Period," with respect to any Securities, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Securities are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuer to the Trustee, and (b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days.
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"Restricted Securities Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(f)(i)
herein.
"Rule 501" means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A Securities" means all Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance
on Rule 144A.
"Securities Custodian" means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
"Transfer Restricted Securities" means Definitive Securities and any other Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Securities Legend.
"Unrestricted Definitive Security" means Definitive Securities and any other Securities that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Securities Legend.
"Unrestricted Global Security" means a Global Security which is not a Restricted Global Security.
1.2. Other Definitions. |
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Term: |
Defined in Section: |
Global Securities |
2.1(b) |
Regulation S Global Securities |
2.1(b) |
Rule 144A Global Securities |
2.1(b)(i) |
2.The Securities.
2.1.Form and Dating; Global Securities.
(a)The Original Securities issued on the date hereof will be (i) offered and sold by the Issuer pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Original Securities may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in accordance with Rule 501. Additional Securities offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Issuer from time to time pursuant to one or more purchase agreements in accordance with applicable law.
(b)Global Securities. (i) Rule 144A Securities initially shall be represented by one or more Securities in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the "Rule 144A Global Securities").
Regulation S Securities initially shall be represented by one or more Securities in fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the "Regulation S Global Securities"), which shall be registered in the name of the
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Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.
The provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream Banking S.A. shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities that are held by participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
The term "Global Securities" means the Rule 144A Global Securities and the Regulation S Global Securities. The Global Securities shall bear the Global Security Legend. The Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Securities. The Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Securities for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository, or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(ii)Transfers of Global Securities shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Securities only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Security shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities if (x) the Depository (1) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Security and the Issuer thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Global Securities be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Securities prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. In all cases, Definitive Securities delivered in exchange for any Global Security or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.
(iii)In connection with the transfer of a Global Security as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer
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shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations.
(iv)Any Transfer Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to Section 2.2 shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
(v)Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Security may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.2.
(vi)The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
2.2.Transfer and Exchange.
(a)Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Securities will not be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Securities except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.10 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b) or 2.2(g).
(b)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Securities which are Global Securities ("Restricted Global Securities") shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Securities. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i)Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Securities Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Security may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
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Security. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(i).
(ii)All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Security that is not subject to Section 2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities contained in this Indenture and the Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section 2.2(g).
(iii)Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security; and
(B)if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security.
(iv)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or
(B)if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
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Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer's Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).
(v)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.
(c)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities for Definitive Securities. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be exchanged for a Definitive Security except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). In any case, beneficial interests in Global Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only for Definitive Securities.
(d)Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (ii) below, as applicable:
(i)Transfer Restricted Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities. If any Holder of a Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security or to transfer such Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(B)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
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(C)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(D)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(E)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable; or
(F)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Security, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Restricted Global Security.
(ii)Transfer Restricted Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of a Transfer Restricted Security that is a Definitive Security may exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A)the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or
(B)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Securities proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Securities and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security. If any such
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transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Written Order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer's Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).
(iii)Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security may exchange such Unrestricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Written Order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer's Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).
(iv)Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities. An Unrestricted Definitive Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.
(e)Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Securities and such Holder's compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.2(e).
(i)Transfer Restricted Securities to Transfer Restricted Securities. A Transfer Restricted Security may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Security if the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(B)if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;
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(C)if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(D)if the transfer will be made to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) above, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security; and
(E)if such transfer will be made to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security.
(ii)Transfer Restricted Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. Any Transfer Restricted Security may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security if the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or
(B)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to transfer such Securities to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii)Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Securities to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Transfer Restricted Securities. An Unrestricted Definitive Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Security.
At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee
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to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(f)Legend.
(i)Except as permitted by the following paragraph (ii), (iii) or (iv), each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the Definitive Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only):
"THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE ISSUER OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE."
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Each Definitive Security shall bear the following additional legends:
"IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS."
"THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT."
(ii)Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security that is a Definitive Security, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security).
(iii)Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted Period of any Security acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Security bear the Restricted Securities Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Security be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(iv)Any Additional Securities sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
(g)Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h)Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities.
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(i)To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Securities and Global Securities at the Registrar's request.
(ii)No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii)Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Issuer, the Trustee, a paying agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the paying agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv)All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
(i)No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i)None of the Trustee, Registrar or paying agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to the Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee, Registrar or paying agent may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii)None of the Trustee, Registrar or paying agent shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Appendix A - 12
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF ORIGINAL OR ADDITIONAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
&CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Securities Legend]
"THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a)
TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE
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REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE ISSUER OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN
(A) ABOVE.
Each Definitive Security shall bear the following additional legends:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Exhibit A - 2
[FORM OF ORIGINAL SECURITY]
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5.625% Senior Note due 2028
CUSIP No.
ISIN No.
Constellium SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France, promises to pay to ____________, or registered assigns, the principal sum [of Dollars] [listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto]1 on June 15, 2028.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this
Security.
1Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Security is in Global Form.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
CONSTELLIUM SE
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the Indenture.
By:
Authorized Signatory
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Exhibit A - 5
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF ORIGINAL SECURITY]
5.625% Senior Note due 2028
1.Interest
CONSTELLIUM SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (together with its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to as the "Issuer"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security semiannually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15 commencing on December 15, 2020. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Interest on the Securities will accrue at a rate of 5.625% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Securities are originally issued.
2.Method of Payment
The Issuer shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Securities to the paying agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuer shall make all payments in respect of certificated Securities (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the certificated Securities or, if no such account is specified, by mailing a check to each such Holder's registered address.
3.Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the "Trustee"), will act as Principal Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may appoint and change any paying agent or Registrar without notice. The Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as paying agent or Registrar.
4.Indenture
The Issuer issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of June 30, 2020 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") and the Trustee.
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The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture. Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms and provisions.
The Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer. This Security is one of the Original Securities referred to in the Indenture. The Securities include the Original Securities and any issued Additional Securities. The Original Securities and any Additional Securities are treated as a single series of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of Capital Stock of the Issuer and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer and each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Securities and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Securities when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior unsecured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5.Optional Redemption
Except as set forth in the following two paragraphs, the Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the Issuer prior to June 15, 2023. On or after June 15, 2023, the Issuer may redeem the Securities, at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice delivered electronically or by first- class mail to each Holder's registered address, in accordance with DTC's applicable procedure, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on June 15 of the years set forth below:
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Redemption Price |
2023 |
102.813% |
2024 |
101.406% |
2025 and thereafter |
100.000% |
In addition, prior to June 15, 2023, the Issuer may redeem the Securities, at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but
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excluding the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2023, the Issuer may redeem Securities in an aggregate amount equal to up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities), with an amount equal to the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by the Issuer, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 105.625%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' notice electronically delivered or mailed to each Holder of Securities being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Any redemption or notice of any redemption may, at the Issuer's discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of an Equity Offering, other debt or equity financing, acquisition or other corporate transaction or event, and, at the Issuer's discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all of such conditions have been satisfied. In addition, the Issuer may provide in any notice of redemption that payment of the redemption price and the performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person; provided, however, that the Issuer will remain obligated to pay the redemption price and perform its obligations with respect to such redemption in the event such other person fails to do so and all conditions to such redemption, if any, are satisfied.
If an optional redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on such record date.
6.Redemption for Taxation Reasons.
The Issuer may redeem the Securities, at its option, in whole, but not in part, at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice to Holders (which notice shall be irrevocable but may be conditional) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date fixed for redemption of the Securities (a "Tax Redemption Date") (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date) and all Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 2.15 of the Indenture), if any, then due or that will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise, if the Issuer determines in good faith that, as a result of:
(a)any change in, or amendment to, the law or treaties (or any regulations, protocols or rulings promulgated thereunder) of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (as defined in Section 2.15 of the Indenture) affecting taxation; or
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(b)any change in official position regarding the application, administration or
interpretation of such laws, treaties, regulations, protocols or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a government agency or court of competent jurisdiction)
(each of the foregoing in clauses (a) and (b), a "Change in Tax Law"), any Payor (as defined in Section 2.15 of the Indenture), with respect to the Securities or a Guarantee is, or on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Securities would be, required to pay any Additional Amounts, and such obligation cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to such Payor (including the appointment of a new paying agent or, where such payment would be reasonable, the payment through another Payor); provided that no Payor shall be required to take any measures that in the Issuer's good faith determination would result in the imposition on such person of any legal or regulatory burden (other than any such burden that is de minimis to the Issuer) or the incurrence by such person of additional costs (other than any such costs that are de minimis to the Issuer) or would otherwise result in any adverse consequences to such person (other than any such adverse consequences that are de minimis).
In the case of any Payor, any Change in Tax Law described in clauses (a) or (b) above must be announced and become effective on or after the date of the Offering Memorandum (or if the applicable Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the date of the Offering Memorandum, then such later date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice of redemption will be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Payor would be obligated to make such payment of Additional Amounts. Prior to the publication, mailing or delivery of any notice of redemption of the Securities pursuant to the foregoing, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee and the paying agent (a) an Officer's Certificate stating that it is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to its right so to redeem have been satisfied and (b) an opinion of an independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Payor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a Change in Tax Law. The Trustee will accept such Officer's Certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on the Holders of the Securities.
The foregoing provisions will apply mutatis mutandis to any successor to a Payor. The foregoing provisions will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture.
7.Sinking Fund
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
8.Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Securities in denominations larger than $250,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a paying agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after
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such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
9.Repurchase of Securities at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase Securities upon the occurrence of certain events.
10.Ranking
The Securities and the Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and will be of equal ranking with all present and future senior unsecured indebtedness.
11.Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $250,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Securities in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
12.Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes.
13.Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a paying agent shall pay the money back to the Issuer at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a paying agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
14.Discharge and Defeasance
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Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
15.Amendment; Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(ii)to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Securities; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Guarantor of the obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture and its Guarantee; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); (v) to add additional Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (vi) to make any change that would provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights of the Holders; (vii) to make changes relating to the transfer and legending of the Securities; (viii) to secure the Securities; (ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor; (x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect; (xi) to effect any provision of the Indenture; (xii) to provide for the issuance of the Additional Securities, as defined in the Indenture; (xiii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof; or (xiv) to conform the text of the Indenture, Guarantees or Securities to any provision of the section entitled "Description of the Notes" in the Offering Memorandum.
16.Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities, in each case, by notice to the Issuer, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Representative under the Credit Facilities and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal
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amount of the outstanding Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Securities and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal or financial liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture at the instruction of Holders in respect of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification or security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
17.Trustee Dealings with the Issuer
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuer or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18.No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests (as defined in the Indenture) in the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.
19.Authentication
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually or electronically signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
20.Abbreviations
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Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21.Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
22.CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
The Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuer will furnish to any Holder of Securities upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
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Signature Guarantee:
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Signature must be guaranteed by a Signature of Signature Guarantee participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES
This certificate relates to $_________ principal amount of Securities held in (check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Security held by the Depository a Security or Securities in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Security (or the portion thereof indicated above);
has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
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(1) to the Issuer; or
(2) to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without
transfer; or
(3) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5) outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and such Security shall be held immediately after the transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture); or
(6) to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements; or
(7) pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Exhibit A - 15
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuer or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
Date: |
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Your Signature: |
Signature Guarantee:
Date:
Signature must be guaranteed by a Signature of Signature Guarantee participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
Exhibit A - 16
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer
Exhibit A - 17
[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $______________. The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in |
Amount of increase in |
Principal amount of this |
Signature of authorized |
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Principal Amount of this |
Principal Amount of this |
Global Security following |
signatory of Trustee or |
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Global Security |
Global Security |
such decrease or increase |
Securities Custodian |
Exhibit A - 18
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:
Asset Sale |
Change of Control |
If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($250,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):
$
Date: |
Your Signature: |
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
Exhibit A - 19
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of June 30, 2020 (the "Indenture") among CONSTELLIUM SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (the "Issuer"), the Guarantors party thereto and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or in respect of the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.02) and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
Exhibit A - 20
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture") dated as of [ ], among [GUARANTOR] (the "New Guarantor"), a subsidiary of CONSTELLIUM SE, (or its successor), a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (the "Issuer") and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Issuer and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Indenture") dated as of June 30, 2020, providing initially for the issuance of $325,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 5.625% Senior Notes due 2028 (the "Securities");
WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer is required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuer's Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the New Guarantor are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:
1.Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term "Holders" in this Guarantee shall refer to the term "Holders" as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereby" and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
2.Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer's Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
3.Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 11.03 of the Indenture.
Exhibit C - 1
4.Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5.Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
6.Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
7.Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture by manual, facsimile, pdf or other electronically transmitted signature. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
8.Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.
Exhibit B - 2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[NEW GUARANTOR]
By:
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit B - 3
Exhibit 99.3
Execution Version
CONSTELLIUM SE
and
certain Guarantors from time to time parties hereto
$500,000,000 3.750% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2029
________________________
INDENTURE
Dated as of February 24, 2021
________________________
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Trustee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS............................................................................................................ |
1 |
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SECTION 1.01 |
Definitions........................................................................................ |
1 |
SECTION 1.02 |
Other Definitions ........................................................................... |
37 |
SECTION 1.03 |
[Reserved] ...................................................................................... |
38 |
SECTION 1.04 |
Rules of Construction .................................................................... |
38 |
SECTION 1.05 |
Acts of Holders .............................................................................. |
39 |
SECTION 1.06 |
Limited Condition Transactions .................................................... |
41 |
ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES ................................................................................................... |
42 |
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SECTION 2.01 |
Amount of Securities ..................................................................... |
42 |
SECTION 2.02 |
Form and Dating ............................................................................ |
43 |
SECTION 2.03 |
Execution and Authentication........................................................ |
44 |
SECTION 2.04 |
Registrar and Paying Agent ........................................................... |
44 |
SECTION 2.05 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust........................................... |
45 |
SECTION 2.06 |
Holder Lists.................................................................................... |
45 |
SECTION 2.07 |
Transfer and Exchange .................................................................. |
45 |
SECTION 2.08 |
Replacement Securities .................................................................. |
46 |
SECTION 2.09 |
Outstanding Securities ................................................................... |
47 |
SECTION 2.10 |
Temporary Securities ..................................................................... |
47 |
SECTION 2.11 |
Cancellation ................................................................................... |
47 |
SECTION 2.12 |
Defaulted Interest........................................................................... |
48 |
SECTION 2.13 |
CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc............................................................ |
48 |
SECTION 2.14 |
Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities .............................. |
48 |
SECTION 2.15 |
Additional Amounts....................................................................... |
48 |
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION ......................................................................................................... |
51 |
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SECTION 3.01 |
Redemption .................................................................................... |
51 |
SECTION 3.02 |
Applicability of Article .................................................................. |
51 |
SECTION 3.03 |
Notices to Trustee .......................................................................... |
51 |
SECTION 3.04 |
Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed ........................................ |
52 |
SECTION 3.05 |
Notice of Optional Redemption ..................................................... |
52 |
SECTION 3.06 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption..................................................... |
53 |
SECTION 3.07 |
Deposit of Redemption Price ......................................................... |
53 |
SECTION 3.08 |
Securities Redeemed in Part .......................................................... |
53 |
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS .......................................................................................................... |
54 |
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SECTION 4.01 |
Payment of Securities .................................................................... |
54 |
SECTION 4.02 |
Reports and Other Information ...................................................... |
54 |
SECTION 4.03 |
Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of |
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Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock ......................................... |
56 |
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SECTION 4.04 |
Limitation on Restricted Payments ................................................ |
63 |
SECTION 4.05 |
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting |
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Subsidiaries .................................................................................... |
69 |
SECTION 4.06 |
Asset Sales ..................................................................................... |
71 |
SECTION 4.07 |
Transactions with Affiliates ........................................................... |
74 |
SECTION 4.08 |
Change of Control.......................................................................... |
77 |
SECTION 4.09 |
Compliance Certificate .................................................................. |
80 |
SECTION 4.10 |
[Reserved] ...................................................................................... |
80 |
SECTION 4.11 |
Future Guarantors .......................................................................... |
80 |
SECTION 4.12 |
Liens............................................................................................... |
80 |
SECTION 4.13 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................. |
80 |
SECTION 4.14 |
Termination and Suspension of Certain Covenants....................... |
81 |
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR COMPANY....................................................................................... |
82 |
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SECTION 5.01 |
When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets ................................. |
82 |
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES................................................................................ |
85 |
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SECTION 6.01 |
Events of Default ........................................................................... |
85 |
SECTION 6.02 |
Acceleration ................................................................................... |
87 |
SECTION 6.03 |
Other Remedies.............................................................................. |
88 |
SECTION 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults ................................................................. |
89 |
SECTION 6.05 |
Control by Majority ....................................................................... |
89 |
SECTION 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits......................................................................... |
89 |
SECTION 6.07 |
Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment .................................... |
90 |
SECTION 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee ............................................................. |
90 |
SECTION 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim ................................................. |
90 |
SECTION 6.10 |
Priorities......................................................................................... |
90 |
SECTION 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs .................................................................... |
91 |
SECTION 6.12 |
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws ................................................ |
91 |
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE |
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91 |
SECTION 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee............................................................................ |
91 |
SECTION 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee............................................................................ |
92 |
SECTION 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee .......................................................... |
95 |
SECTION 7.04 |
Trustee's Disclaimer ...................................................................... |
95 |
SECTION 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults .......................................................................... |
96 |
SECTION 7.06 |
Affiliate Subordination Agreement................................................ |
96 |
SECTION 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity ........................................................ |
96 |
SECTION 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee ................................................................. |
97 |
SECTION 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger......................................................... |
98 |
ARTICLE 8 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE.................................................. |
98 |
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SECTION 8.01 |
Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance .......................... |
98 |
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SECTION 8.02 |
Conditions to Defeasance ............................................................ |
100 |
SECTION 8.03 |
Application of Trust Money......................................................... |
101 |
SECTION 8.04 |
Repayment to Issuer..................................................................... |
101 |
SECTION 8.05 |
Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations............................... |
101 |
SECTION 8.06 |
Reinstatement............................................................................... |
101 |
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS........................................................................ |
102 |
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SECTION 9.01 |
Without Consent of the Holders .................................................. |
102 |
SECTION 9.02 |
With Consent of the Holders........................................................ |
103 |
SECTION 9.03 |
[Reserved] .................................................................................... |
104 |
SECTION 9.04 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers......................... |
104 |
SECTION 9.05 |
Notation on or Exchange of Securities ........................................ |
104 |
SECTION 9.06 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments....................................................... |
105 |
SECTION 9.07 |
Payment for Consent.................................................................... |
105 |
SECTION 9.08 |
Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount....... |
105 |
ARTICLE 10 GUARANTEES .................................................................................................... |
105 |
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SECTION 10.01 |
Guarantees.................................................................................... |
105 |
SECTION 10.02 |
Limitation on Liability................................................................. |
108 |
SECTION 10.03 |
Automatic Termination of Guarantees......................................... |
113 |
SECTION 10.04 |
Successors and Assigns................................................................ |
114 |
SECTION 10.05 |
No Waiver.................................................................................... |
114 |
SECTION 10.06 |
Modification................................................................................. |
114 |
SECTION 10.07 |
Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors...... |
114 |
SECTION 10.08 |
Non-Impairment........................................................................... |
114 |
ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS ............................................................................................. |
115 |
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SECTION 11.01 |
Ranking ........................................................................................ |
115 |
SECTION 11.02 |
[Reserved] .................................................................................... |
115 |
SECTION 11.03 |
Notices ......................................................................................... |
115 |
SECTION 11.04 |
[Reserved] .................................................................................... |
116 |
SECTION 11.05 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent .................... |
116 |
SECTION 11.06 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion ............................ |
117 |
SECTION 11.07 |
When Securities Disregarded....................................................... |
117 |
SECTION 11.08 |
Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar ............................ |
117 |
SECTION 11.09 |
Legal Holidays ............................................................................. |
117 |
SECTION 11.10 |
GOVERNING LAW.................................................................... |
117 |
SECTION 11.11 |
Consent to Jurisdiction and Service............................................. |
118 |
SECTION 11.12 |
Currency Indemnity ..................................................................... |
118 |
SECTION 11.13 |
No Recourse Against Others........................................................ |
119 |
SECTION 11.14 |
Successors .................................................................................... |
119 |
SECTION 11.15 |
USA PATRIOT Act .................................................................... |
119 |
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SECTION 11.16 |
Multiple Originals ........................................................................ |
119 |
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SECTION 11.17 |
Table of Contents; Headings........................................................ |
120 |
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SECTION 11.18 |
Indenture Controls ....................................................................... |
120 |
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SECTION 11.19 |
Severability .................................................................................. |
120 |
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Appendix A |
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Provisions Relating to Original Securities and Additional |
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Securities |
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EXHIBIT INDEX |
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Exhibit A |
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Form of Original Security |
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Exhibit B |
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Form of Supplemental Indenture |
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INDENTURE dated as of February 24, 2021 among CONSTELLIUM SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (together with its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to as the "Issuer"), the GUARANTORS (as defined herein) and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (a) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 3.750% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2029 issued on the date hereof (the "Original Securities") and (b) any additional Securities that may be issued after the date hereof in the form of Exhibit A (the "Additional Securities" (all such securities in clauses (a) and (b) being referred to collectively as the "Securities"). Subject to the conditions and compliance with the covenants set forth herein, the Issuer may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities without the consent of Holders.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Definitions.
"2021 Transactions" means (i) the issuance of the Original Securities, (ii) the tender offer for any and all of the outstanding 2025 Notes, repurchase of the 2025 Notes that are validly tendered and accepted for payment in the tender offer and redemption of any 2025 Notes that are not validly tendered and accepted for payment in the tender offer, (iii) the granting of guarantees for the Original Securities, in each case by Subsidiaries of the Issuer in connection with the issuance of the Original Securities, and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses and premium in connection with any of the foregoing.
"2025 Notes" means the $650.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 6.625% Senior Notes due 2025, issued pursuant to an indenture dated February 16, 2017 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
"ABL Facility" means any asset-based lending facility (including, without limitation, the Pan-U.S. ABL Facility), in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
"ABL Obligors" means the borrower or borrowers and guarantors under any ABL
Facility.
"Acquired Indebtedness" means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1)Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and
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(2)Indebtedness, Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
"Applicable Premium" means, with respect to any Security on any applicable redemption date, the greater of the following, as calculated by the Issuer:
(1)1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Security; and
(2)the excess of:
(a)the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of such Security at April 15, 2024 (the redemption price being set forth in paragraph 5 of the Security) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Security through April 15, 2024 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate, as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over
(b)the then outstanding principal amount of such Security.
"Asset Sale" means:
(1)the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (each referred to in this definition as a "disposition") or
(2)the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors' qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),
in each case other than:
(a)a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or damaged, obsolete or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(b)transactions permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;
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(c)any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;
(d)any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than €25.0 million;
(e)any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(f)any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer;
(g)foreclosure or any similar action with respect to any property or any other assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h)any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i)the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j)any sale of inventory or other assets in the ordinary course of business, or which are no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(k)any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;
(l)an issuance of Capital Stock pursuant to an equity incentive or compensation plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer;
(m)dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;
(n)any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including any Sale/Leaseback Transaction or asset securitization permitted by this Indenture;
(o)any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;
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(p)any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
(q)a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary (w) under the Factoring Facilities, (x) in a Qualified Receivables Financing, (y) under any other factoring on arm's-length terms or (z) in the ordinary course of business;
(r)the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property; and
(s)dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements.
"Assurance Letter" means an assurance letter from the External Verifier as to whether the applicable Sustainability Performance Target has been attained.
"Bank Credit Facilities" means Credit Facilities providing for term loan or revolving credit indebtedness that constitutes Bank Indebtedness.
"Bank Indebtedness" means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of any Credit Facilities provided by bank or other institutional lenders (excluding Credit Facilities providing for publicly offered or privately placed capital markets indebtedness), as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of the Bank Credit Facilities), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuer whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.
"Board of Directors" means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of any date, an amount equal to:
(1)85% of the face amount of accounts receivable owned by the ABL Obligors as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date; plus
(2)the lesser of (i) 80% of the lower of cost or market and (ii) 85% of net orderly liquidation value, in each case, of inventory owned by the ABL Obligors as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date.
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"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City, London, Luxembourg, or Paris, France.
"Capital Stock" means:
(1)in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;
(2)in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3)in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(4)any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with IFRS.
"Cash Equivalents" means:
(1)All cash, including without limitation U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, Swiss franc, the national currency of any country that is a member of the European Union as of the Issue Date or such other currencies held by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(2)Securities and other readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union as of the Issue Date, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years from the date of acquisition;
(3)certificates of deposit, time deposits and Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers' acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million;
(4)repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5)commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the
Issuer) rated at least "A-2" or the equivalent thereof by Moody's or S&P (or reasonably
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equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
(6)readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having an Investment Grade Rating in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;
(7)Indebtedness issued by Persons with a rating of "A" or higher from S&P or "A-2" or higher from Moody's in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;
(8)investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above;
(9)investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in mutual funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody's; and
(10)marketable short-term money market and similar highly liquid funds either
(i)having assets in excess of $250.0 million or (ii) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody's (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody's shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service).
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1)the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person; or
(2)the Issuer becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer; provided, however, that any entity (including the Issuer upon a sale of all or substantially all of its assets to a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted under this Indenture, if at such time the Issuer meets the requirements of this proviso) that conducts no material activities other than holding Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer and has no other material assets or liabilities other than such Equity Interests will not be considered a "Person or group" for purposes of this clause
(2).
"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1)consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, noncash interest payments, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations (but excluding unrealized mark-to-market gains and losses attributable to such Hedging Obligations, amortization of deferred financing fees and expensing of any bridge or other financing fees), and excluding interest expense attributable to the Factoring Facilities or any Qualified Receivables Financing or other factoring arrangements (to the extent accounted for as interest expense under IFRS), amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge commitment or other financing fees); plus
(2)consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus
(3)Preferred Stock dividends paid in cash in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer held by persons other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; plus
(4)Commissions based on draws, discounts and yield (but excluding other fees and charges, including commitment fees) Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; minus
(5)interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with IFRS.
"Consolidated Net Debt Ratio" means, with respect to any Person at any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of such Person, less 100% of the unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date. The second sentence of the first paragraph of the definition of "Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" and paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 thereof shall apply to the calculation of Consolidated Net Debt Ratio, and such calculation shall give pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds of any Indebtedness that is incurred on the calculation date (with any proceeds that are initially to be held as cash or Cash Equivalents being deemed to have been applied as of the calculation date).
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that:
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(1)any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income, expenses or charges (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including, without limitation, any (i) severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses and fees, expenses or charges relating to new product lines, plant shutdown costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefits plans, excess pension charges, acquisition integration costs, facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses and (ii) any fees, expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, receivables financing, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, incurrence, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by this Indenture (in each case, whether or not successful), in each case, shall be excluded;
(2)any increase in amortization or depreciation or any non-cash charges, in each case resulting from purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue Date shall be excluded;
(3)the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;
(4)any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;
(5)any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) shall be excluded;
(6)any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;
(7)the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;
(8)solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (1) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the
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Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;
(9)any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-offs resulting from the application of IFRS and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to IFRS shall be excluded;
(10)any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, grants and sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded;
(11)any (a) severance or relocation costs or expenses, (b) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (c) the costs and expenses related to employment of terminated employees, (d) costs or expenses realized in connection with, resulting from or in anticipation of the 2021 Transactions or (e) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;
(12)accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted in accordance with IFRS as a result of the adoption of changes to or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;
(13)(a)(i) the non-cash portion of "straight-line" rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of "straight-line" rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting shall be excluded;
(14)unrealized gains and losses relating to hedging transactions and mark-to-market of Indebtedness denominated in foreign currencies shall be excluded;
(15)solely for the purpose of calculating Restricted Payments, the difference, if positive, of the Consolidated Taxes of the Issuer calculated in accordance with IFRS and the actual Consolidated Taxes paid in cash by the Issuer during any Reference Period shall be included;
(16)non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be
excluded;
(17)an adjustment (which may be a negative number) shall be made to the extent that Net Income was calculated on an average cost basis with respect to inventory, in order to reflect the additional Net Income (or the reduction to Net Income) which would have been recognized using an approximation of last in first out inventory accounting; and
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(18)any loss on sale of receivables and related assets in a Factoring Facility or other Qualified Receivables Financing shall be excluded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clauses (5) and (6) of the definition of "Cumulative Credit."
"Consolidated Non-cash Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization, accretion and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with IFRS, but excluding any such charge which consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period.
"Consolidated Secured Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of consolidated funded Indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien (other than any Indebtedness under the Factoring Facilities, any ABL Facility incurred pursuant to clause (b)(i) of Section 4.03, any Qualified Receivables Financing, the PBGC Obligations, any Indebtedness incurred under the French Inventory Facility pursuant to clause (xxvii) of Section 4.03(b) and any Capitalized Lease Obligations).
"Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio" means, with respect to any Person at any date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness of such Person, less 100% of the unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date to (ii) EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date. The second sentence of the first paragraph of the definition of "Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" and paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 thereof shall apply to the calculation of the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio, and such calculation shall give pro forma effect to the application of the proceeds of any Indebtedness that is incurred on the calculation date (with any proceeds that are initially to be held as cash or Cash Equivalents being deemed to have been applied as of the calculation date).
"Consolidated Taxes" means provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes.
"Consolidated Total Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of consolidated funded Indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date (other than any Indebtedness under the Factoring Facilities, any Qualified Receivables Financing, the PBGC Obligations and any Capitalized Lease Obligations).
"Contingent Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness ("primary obligations") of any other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner,
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whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:
(1)to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(2)to advance or supply funds:
(a)for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or
(b)to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or
(3)to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
"Credit Facilities" means, if designated by the Issuer to be included in the definition of "Credit Facilities," one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers' acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
"Cumulative Credit" means the sum of (without duplication):
(1)50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period, the "Reference Period") from January 1, 2021 to the end of the Issuer's most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus
(2)100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash, received by the Issuer after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xx) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions or Disqualified Stock, including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), plus
(3)100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Issuer received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of
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property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xx), plus
(4)100% of the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (provided that, in the case of any parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus
(5)100% of the aggregate amount received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from:
(a)the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances (including the release of any guarantee that constituted a Restricted Investment when made) that constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b)),
(b)the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(c)a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(6)in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Issuer has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Investment of the Issuer in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), after taking into account any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or combined or any Indebtedness associated with the assets so transferred or conveyed (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (vii) or (x) of Section 4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment), plus
(7) €300.0 million.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
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"Derivative Instrument" with respect to a Person, means any contract, instrument or other right to receive payment or delivery of cash or other assets to which such Person or any Affiliate of such Person that is acting in concert with such Person in connection with such Person's investment in the Securities (other than a Screened Affiliate) is a party (whether or not requiring further performance by such Person), the value and/or cash flows of which (or any material portion thereof) are materially affected by the value and/or performance of the Securities and/or the creditworthiness of the Issuer or any one or more Guarantors.
"Designated Non-cash Consideration" means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer's Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
"Designated Preferred Stock" means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer's Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:
(1)matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities than is customary in comparable transactions (as determined in good faith by the Issuer)),
(2)is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person, or
(3)is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities than is customary in comparable transactions (as determined in good faith by the Issuer)),
in each case prior to 91 days after (x) the maturity date of the Securities or (y) the date the Securities are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee's termination, death or disability;
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provided, further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:
(1)Consolidated Taxes; plus
(2)Consolidated Interest Expense; plus
(3)Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus
(4)business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, plant closures, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges); provided that the aggregate amount of business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or expenses added pursuant to this clause (4) shall not exceed the greater of (i) €20.0 million and (ii) 10% of
EBITDA for such period;
less, without duplication,
(5)non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Equity Offering" means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1)public offerings with respect to the Issuer's or such direct or indirect parent's common stock registered on Form F-8 or F-4; and
(2)any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.
"Euros" and "€"each mean the single currency of the Member States of the European Union participating in the third stage of the economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Exchange Rate" means, as of any day, the rate at which the relevant currency may be exchanged into Euros or U.S. Dollars, as applicable, at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date on the Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rates Page (or any successor page) for the relevant currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rates Page (or any successor page), the Exchange Rate shall be determined by the Issuer in good faith.
"Excluded Contributions" means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by the Issuer) received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from:
(1)contributions to its common equity capital, and
(2)the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer's Certificate executed by an Officer of the Issuer on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.
"Existing Notes" means, collectively, those certain (i) 5.750% Senior Notes due 2024 issued pursuant to an indenture dated May 7, 2014 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (ii) 5.875% Senior Notes due 2026, issued pursuant to an indenture dated November 9, 2017 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (iii) 4.250% Senior Notes due 2026, issued pursuant to an indenture dated November 9, 2017 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and (iv) 5.625% Senior Notes due 2028, issued pursuant to an indenture dated June 30, 2020 between Constellium SE, as issuer, certain guarantors thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), to the extent outstanding on the Issue Date.
"Existing Note Guarantees" means guarantees of any of the Existing Notes.
"External Verifier" a qualified provider of third-party assurance or attestation services appointed by the Issuer to review the Sustainability Performance Targets and provide related assurance services.
"Factoring Facilities" means the receivables purchase facilities granted to certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer pursuant to (a) the agreement dated as of December 3, 2015 between GE Factofrance S.A.S. as purchaser, Constellium Issoire S.A.S., Constellium Neuf Brisach S.A.S. and Constellium Extrusions France S.A.S as sellers, Constellium International S.A.S., as parent company and Constellium Switzerland AG, as seller's agent, (b) the agreement dated as of
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May 27, 2016 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Rolled Products Singen GmbH as seller (c) the agreement dated as of March 26, 2014 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Singen GmbH as seller, (d) the agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Extrusions Deutschland GmbH as seller, (e) the agreement dated as of December 16, 2010 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Valais AG as seller (f) the agreement dated as of June 26, 2015 between GE Capital Bank AG as purchaser and Constellium Extrusions Decin S.R.O. as seller, and (g) the receivables purchase agreement dated as of March 16, 2016 among Wise Alloys Funding II LLC, as seller, Wise Alloys LLC, as servicer, Hitachi Capital America Corp., as purchaser, and Greensill Capital Inc., as purchase agent, in each case, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original parties or otherwise), restructured, or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs, repays, repurchases, retires, extinguishes, defeases, discharges or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of revolving credit borrowings or revolving advances under any receivables financing, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) or issues, repurchases or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but on or prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the "Calculation Date"), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase, retirement, extinguishment, defeasance, discharge or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with IFRS), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a "pro forma event") shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment,
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acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable pro forma event, and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of "Adjusted EBITDA" as set forth in "Summary Historical Financial Information" in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with IFRS. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1)Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, and
(2)all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
"French Inventory Facility" means the Facility Agreement, dated April 21, 2017, among Constellium Issoire S.A.S and Constellium Neuf Brisach S.A.S, as borrowers, Constellium International S.A.S., as parent company, the lenders party thereto, and Factofrance, as agent, as amended by the Amendment to the Inventory Financing Facility Agreement dated
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June 13, 2017, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
"GHG Emissions Intensity" means (a) tCO2e from Scope 1 emissions and Scope 2 emissions, all as determined in accordance with the GHG Protocol and calculated in good faith by the Issuer divided by (b) metric tons sold.
"GHG Protocol" means the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Greenhouse Gas Protocols (March 2004).
"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities by any Person in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
"guarantee" means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations. The amount of any guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined in good faith by the Issuer. The term "guarantee" as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
"Guarantor" means any Person that Incurs a Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Guarantor under this Indenture.
"Hedging Obligations" means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such
Person under:
(1)currency exchange, interest rate or commodity Swap Agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and
(2)other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.
"Holder" means the Person in whose name a Security is registered.
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"IFRS" means International Financial Reporting Standards promulgated from time to time by the International Accounting Standards Board (or any successor board or agency, together the "IASB") and as adopted by the European Union and statements and pronouncements of the IASB or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time; provided that, at any time after adoption of GAAP by the Issuer (or the relevant reporting entity) for its financial statements and reports for all financial reporting purposes, the Issuer (or the relevant reporting entity) may irrevocably elect to apply GAAP for all purposes of this Indenture, and, upon any such election, references in this Indenture to IFRS shall be construed to mean GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that (1) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Indenture shall be prepared on the basis of GAAP,
(2) from and after such election, all ratios, computations, calculations and other determinations based on IFRS contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP with retroactive effect being given thereto assuming that such election had been made on the Issue Date, (3) such election shall not have the effect of rendering invalid any payment or Investment made prior to the date of such election pursuant to Section 4.04 or any Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens Incurred prior to the date of such election pursuant to Section 4.03 (or any other action conditioned on the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries having been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness) or Section 4.12 if such payment, Investment, Incurrence or other action was valid under this Indenture on the date made, Incurred or taken, as the case may be and (4) all accounting terms and references in this Indenture to accounting standards shall be deemed to be references to the most comparable terms or standards under GAAP. The Issuer shall give written notice of any election to the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities within 15 days of such election. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, and (ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or reporting entity from adopting or changing its functional or reporting currency in accordance with IFRS, or GAAP, as applicable; provided that such adoption or change shall not have the effect of rendering invalid any payment or Investment made prior to the date of such election pursuant to the covenant described under Section 4.04 or any Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens Incurred prior to the date of such adoption or change pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 4.12 (or any other action conditioned on the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries having been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness) if such payment, Investment, Incurrence or other action was valid under this Indenture on the date made, Incurred or taken, as the case may be. For purposes of this Indenture, all references to codified accounting standards specifically named in this Indenture shall be deemed to include any successor, replacement, amended or updated accounting standard under IFRS.
"Incur" means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person (without duplication):
(1)the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments (except any such obligation issued in the
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ordinary course of business in a transaction intended to extend payment terms of trade payables or similar obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business) or letters of credit or bankers' acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with IFRS and (iii) liabilities Incurred in the ordinary course of business), (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with IFRS;
(2)to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business);
(3)to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;
provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; or (4) obligations under or in respect of Factoring Facilities or Qualified Receivables Financings.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of International Accounting Standards No. 39 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Independent Financial Advisor" means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.
"Investment Grade Rating" means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody's and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
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"Investment Grade Securities" means:
(1)securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),
(2)securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moody's or BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,
(3)investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution, and
(4)corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.
"Investments" means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by IFRS to be classified on the balance sheet of the Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary" and Section 4.04:
(1) "Investments" shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:
(a) the Issuer's Investment in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less
(b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer's equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Issuer.
"Issue Date" means the date on which the Securities are originally issued.
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"Issuer" means the party named as such in the Preamble to this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an option or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
"Limited Condition Transaction" means (1) any Investment or acquisition (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination or the acquisition of Capital Stock or otherwise), whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing, (2) any redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock requiring irrevocable notice in advance of such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, satisfaction and discharge or repayment and (3) any Restricted Payment requiring irrevocable notice in advance thereof.
"Long Derivative Instrument" means, as to any person, a Derivative Instrument
(i) the value of which to such person generally increases, and/or the payment or delivery obligations of such person under which generally decrease, with positive changes in the financial performance and/or position of the Issuer or any one or more Guarantors and/or (ii) the value of which to such person generally decreases, and/or the payment or delivery obligations of such person under which generally increase, with negative changes in the financial performance and/or position of the Issuer or any one or more Guarantors.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with IFRS and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
"Net Proceeds" means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of
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appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer as a reserve in accordance with IFRS against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
"Net Short" means, with respect to a noteholder or beneficial owner, as of a date of determination, either (i) the value of its Short Derivative Instruments exceeds the sum of (x) the value of its Securities plus (y) the value of its Long Derivative Instruments as of such date of determination or (ii) it is reasonably expected that such would have been the case were a Failure to Pay or Bankruptcy Credit Event (each as defined in the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions) to have occurred with respect to the Issuer or any Guarantor immediately prior to such date of determination.
"New Deed of Trust" has the meaning assigned to such term in the Settlement Agreement, dated January 26, 2001, between Ravenswood (f/k/a Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC) and the PBGC.
"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Securities shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the Holders of the Securities.
"Offering Memorandum" means the offering memorandum relating to the offering of the Original Securities dated February 9, 2021.
"Officer" means the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, president, any executive vice president, senior vice president or vice president, managing director, authorized signatory who has been granted a power of attorney, the treasurer or the secretary of the Issuer or its Subsidiary, as applicable.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiary (as applicable) by an Officer that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or any Subsidiary so long as such employee or counsel is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
"Pan-U.S. ABL Facility" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2019, among Constellium International S.A.S., as parent guarantor, Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC, Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC and Constellium Bowling Green LLC, as borrowers, Constellium Holdings Muscle Shoals LLC, Constellium U.S. Holdings I, LLC and Constellium Property and Equipment Company, LLC, as the other loan parties, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original
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lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof.
"Pari Passu Indebtedness" means:
(1)with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Securities; and
(2)with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Guarantor's Guarantee.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"PBGC Obligations" means all existing and future obligations, including all "Obligations" (as defined under the New Deed of Trust), secured under the New Deed of Trust.
"Permitted Investments" means:
(1)any Investment in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2)any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3)any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(4)any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5)any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may only be increased as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date;
(6)advances to directors, officers or employees, taken together with all other advances made pursuant to this clause (6), not to exceed €15.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(7)any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any
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such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default, or (c) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
(8)Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(xi);
(9)additional Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of
(x) €220.0 million and (y) 5.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment made pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above if permitted thereby, and shall, in such case, cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
(10) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case
Incurred in the ordinary course of business or to fund such Person's purchase of Equity
Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
(11)Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable; provided, however, that the issue of such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (2) of the definition of
"Cumulative Credit";
(12)any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi), and (viii)(B) of such Section);
(13)Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;
(14)guarantees (including, for the avoidance of doubt secured guarantees) issued in accordance with Sections 4.03 and 4.11;
(15)Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(16) (i) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables
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Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest and (ii) any other Investment in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing or Factoring Facility;
(17)any Investment in an entity or purchase of a business or assets in each case owned (or previously owned) by a customer of a Restricted Subsidiary as a condition or in connection with such customer (or any member of such customer's group) contracting with a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(18)Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;
(19)any Investment in any Subsidiary (including any Unrestricted Subsidiary) or joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and
(20)guarantees by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of operating leases or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business.
"Permitted Liens" means, with respect to any Person:
(1)pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen's compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(2)Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics'
Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;
(3)Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(4)Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;
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(5)minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6)Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause
(v)of Section 4.03(b) (provided that such Lien extends only to the property and/or Capital Stock, the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of which is financed thereby and any income or profits therefrom);
(7)Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens that secure the Credit Facilities or any ABL Facility existing on the Issue Date);
(8)Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(9)Liens on assets or property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(10)Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03, other than Indebtedness owed to another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;
(11)Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of this
Indenture;
(12)Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any
Person securing such Person's obligations in respect of bankers' acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(13)leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(14)Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15)Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Guarantor;
(16)Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of "Receivables Financing" Incurred in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Financing and Factoring Facilities;
(17)deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(18)Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(19)grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of
business;
(20)Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
(21)Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer's or such Restricted Subsidiary's client at which such equipment is located;
(22)judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;
(23)Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(24)Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(25)Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions or under the general banking terms and conditions relating to banker's liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;
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(26)any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(27)any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;
(28)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;
(29)Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
(30)Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Cash Equivalents;
(31)Liens on equity interests of a joint venture securing Indebtedness of such
joint venture;
(32)Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations Incurred pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 4.03(b) (other than Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause
(ii)of such paragraph if such Indebtedness is required to be unsecured pursuant to the proviso to sub-clause (B) thereof);
(33)Liens securing obligations which obligations do not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, the greater of (i) €250.0 million and (ii) 6.0% of Total Assets;
(34)Liens securing obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, which letters of credit or bank guarantees do not secure debt for borrowed money; and
(35)Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (xxvii) of Section
4.03(b).
In the event that a Permitted Lien (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (35) above, (x) the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien (or a portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Indenture and (y) the Issuer shall in its sole discretion, when Incurring such Lien (or any portion thereof) pursuant to a clause, clauses or paragraph that is a ratio based basket, calculate the applicable ratio with respect to any such action under the applicable ratio-based basket without giving pro forma effect to any action under a non- ratio-based basket made in connection with such transaction or series of related transactions.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
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"Preferred Stock" means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.
"Purchase Money Note" means a promissory note of a Receivables Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, which note is intended to finance that portion of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a contribution of equity.
"Qualified Receivables Financing" means (1) the Receivables Financing pursuant to the Factoring Facilities (including any increase in the amount thereof); and (2) any Receivables Financing that meets the following conditions:
(1)the Issuer shall have determined in good faith that such Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Subsidiary in question;
(2)all sales of accounts receivable and related assets are made at Fair Market
Value; and
(3)the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and may include Standard Undertakings and provided that in the case of Receivables Financings under clause (2), such Receivables Financings shall have no greater recourse in any material respect to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the recourse to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Factoring Facilities.
"Rating Agency" means, with respect to the Securities, (1) each of Moody's and S&P and (2) if Moody's or S&P ceases to rate the Securities for reasons outside of the Issuer's control, a "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer as a replacement agency for Moody's or S&P, as the case may be.
"Ravenswood" means Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC.
"Receivables Fees" means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.
"Receivables Financing" means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by any of the Issuer's Subsidiaries pursuant to which such Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to any other Person, or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of such Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets, in each case, which are customarily transferred in or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in
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connection with asset securitization transactions or factoring transactions involving accounts receivable.
"Receivables Repurchase Obligation" means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take any action by or any other event relating to the seller.
"Receivables Subsidiary" means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with the Issuer in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer makes an Investment and to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Issuer as a Receivables Subsidiary and:
(1)no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer in any way other than pursuant to Standard Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Undertakings;
(2)with which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of the Issuer has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Issuer reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Issuer or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer; and
(3)to which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary of the Issuer has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity's financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.
"Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Indebtedness; provided that if, and for so long as, such Indebtedness lacks such a Representative, then the Representative for such Indebtedness shall at all times constitute the holder or holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of obligations under such Indebtedness.
"Responsible Officer of the Trustee" means:
(1)any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, associate trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee
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who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; and
(2)who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Indenture, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
"Satisfaction Notice" has the meaning given such term in Paragraph 1 of the form of Securities set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
"S&P" means S&P Global Ratings or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
"Screened Affiliate" means any Affiliate of a noteholder (i) that makes investment decisions independently from such noteholder and any other Affiliate of such noteholder that is not a Screened Affiliate, (ii) that has in place customary information screens between it and such noteholder and any other Affiliate of such noteholder that is not a Screened Affiliate and such screens prohibit the sharing of information with respect to the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, (iii) whose investment policies are not directed by such noteholder or any other Affiliate of such noteholder that is acting in concert with such noteholder in connection with its investment in the Securities, and (iv) whose investment decisions are not influenced by the investment decisions of such noteholder or any other Affiliate of such noteholder that is acting in concert with such noteholders in connection with its investment in the Securities.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.
"Securities" has the meaning given such term in the Preamble to this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
"Short Derivative Instrument" means, as to any person, a Derivative Instrument
(i)the value of which to such person generally decreases, and/or the payment or delivery obligations of such person under which generally increase, with positive changes in the financial
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performance and/or position of the Issuer or any one or more Guarantors and/or (ii) the value of which to such person generally increases, and/or the payment or delivery obligations of such person under which generally decrease, with negative changes in the financial performance and/or position of the Issuer or any one or more Guarantors.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a "Significant Subsidiary" of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
"Similar Business" means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
"Standard Undertakings" means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer that are determined by the Issuer in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of assets of a Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Undertaking.
"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means (a) with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, and (b) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its applicable Guarantee.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, and
(2)any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
"Sustainability Performance Target 1" means attaining the Issuer's target set forth in the Sustainability- Linked Securities Framework to achieve GHG Emissions Intensity of equal
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or lower than 0.615 for the year ended December 31, 2025; provided, however, that for purposes of determining if Sustainability Performance Target 1 has been attained, the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries may exclude (A) tCO2e and tons sold attributable to any single or related series of material acquisitions completed since the Issue Date by the Issuer or any of its consolidated subsidiaries or (B) the impact of any material amendment to, or change in, any applicable laws, regulations, rules, guidelines and policies, applicable or relating to the business of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries following the Issue Date.
"Sustainability Performance Target 2" means attaining the Issuer's target set forth in the Sustainability- Linked Securities Framework to achieve recycled aluminium input equal or higher than 685 thousand metric tons for the year ended December 31, 2026; provided, however, that for purposes of determining if Sustainability Performance Target 2 has been attained, the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries may exclude (A) recycled aluminium input attributable to any single or related series of material acquisitions completed since the Issue Date by the Issuer or any of its consolidated subsidiaries or (B) the impact of any material amendment to, or change in, any applicable laws, regulations, rules, guidelines and policies, applicable or relating to the business of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries following the Issue Date.
"Sustainability Performance Targets" means the Sustainability Performance Target 1 and the Sustainability Performance Target 2, together.
"Sustainability-Linked Securities Framework" means the Sustainability-Linked Securities Framework adopted by the Issuer in February 2021.
"Swap Agreement" means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
"Taxes" means all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, duties, and withholdings and any similar governmental charges (including interest and penalties with respect thereto) by any government or taxing authority.
"tCO2e" means the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted during a given period, measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, determined substantially in accordance with the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Greenhouse Gas Protocols (March 2004).
"Total Assets" means, as of any date of determination, the total consolidated assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer, and determined as of the time of the occurrence of any event giving rise to the requirement to determine Total Assets and after giving pro forma effect to the occurrence of such event and all other acquisitions or dispositions of a Person, business or assets that have been completed or are subject to a definitive agreement from the date of such balance sheet to the date of such event giving rise to the requirement to determine Total Assets.
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"Treasury Rate" means, as of any redemption date of the Securities, the yield to maturity as of the earlier of (a) such redemption date or (b) the date on which such Securities are defeased or satisfied and discharged, of the most recently issued U.S. Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) ("Statistical Release") that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such earlier date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to April 15, 2024; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to April 15, 2024 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U. S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. Any such Treasury Rate shall be obtained by the Issuer.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:
(1)any Subsidiary of the Issuer that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below;
(2)any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(3)Constellium Engley (Changchun) Automotive Structures Co. Ltd.
The Board of Directors of the Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Issuer) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:
(a)the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000
or less; or
(b)if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.
The Board of Directors of the Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:
(x)(1) the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a) or (2) the Fixed
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Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and
(y)no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer giving effect to such designation and an Officer's Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
"U.S. Dollars" and "$" each mean the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are:
(1)direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or
(2)obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (2) the sum of all such payments.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than
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directors' qualifying shares or shares required to be held by Foreign Subsidiaries) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 1.02 Other Definitions. |
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Defined |
Term |
in Section |
"Additional Securities" ....................................................................................... |
Preamble |
"Additional Amounts" ........................................................................................ |
2.15(b) |
"Affiliate Transaction"......................................................................................... |
4.07(a) |
"Applicable Law" ................................................................................................ |
11.15 |
"Asset Sale Offer"................................................................................................ |
4.06(b) |
"Auditors' Determination" .................................................................................. |
10.02(b)(vi) |
"Bankruptcy Law" ............................................................................................... |
6.01 |
"Change of Control Offer"................................................................................... |
4.08(b) |
"Clearstream" ................................................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"covenant defeasance option".............................................................................. |
8.01 |
"Covenant Suspension Event" ............................................................................. |
4.14(a) |
"Custodian".......................................................................................................... |
6.01 |
"Definitive Security" ........................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Depository" ........................................................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"DPTA" ............................................................................................................... |
10.02(b)(ii) |
"Euroclear".................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Event of Default" ............................................................................................... |
6.01 |
"Excess Proceeds" ............................................................................................... |
4.06(b) |
"French Guarantor" ............................................................................................. |
10.02(c)(i) |
"German Guarantor" ........................................................................................... |
10.02(b)(i) |
"Global Securities" .............................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"Global Securities Legend" ................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"GmbH" .............................................................................................................. |
10.02(b)(i) |
"GmbH & Co. KG" ............................................................................................ |
10.02(b)(i) |
"Guaranteed Obligations" .................................................................................... |
10.01(a) |
"HGB" ................................................................................................................. |
10.02(b)(i) |
"IAI" .................................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Initial Purchasers" .............................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"LCT Election" .................................................................................................... |
1.06 |
"LCT Test Date" .................................................................................................. |
1.06 |
"legal defeasance option" .................................................................................... |
8.01 |
"Management Determination" ............................................................................ |
10.02(b)(v) |
"Maximum Guaranteed Amount" ....................................................................... |
10.02(c)(i) |
"Note Register" ................................................................................................... |
2.04(a) |
"Notice of Default" .............................................................................................. |
6.01 |
"Offer Period" ...................................................................................................... |
4.06(d) |
"Original Securities" ............................................................................................ |
Preamble |
"Payor" ................................................................................................................ |
2.15 |
"Principal Paying Agent" .................................................................................... |
2.04(a) |
"protected purchaser"........................................................................................... |
2.08 |
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"QIB" ................................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Refinancing Indebtedness"................................................................................. |
4.03(b)(xv) |
"Refunding Capital Stock" .................................................................................. |
4.04(b)(ii) |
"Registrar" ........................................................................................................... |
2.04(a) |
"Regulation S" ..................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Regulation S Securities" .................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction" ........................................................................... |
2.15 |
"Restricted Global Securities" ............................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"Restricted Payments" ......................................................................................... |
4.04(a) |
"Restricted Period" .............................................................................................. |
Appendix A |
"Restricted Securities Legend" ............................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"Retired Capital Stock"........................................................................................ |
4.04(b)(ii)(A) |
"Reversion Date" ................................................................................................. |
4.14(b) |
"Rule 501" ........................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Rule 144A"......................................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Rule 144A Securities"........................................................................................ |
Appendix A |
"Securities Custodian" ......................................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Successor Company" ......................................................................................... |
5.01(a)(i) |
"Successor Guarantor"......................................................................................... |
5.01(b)(i) |
"Suspended Covenants"....................................................................................... |
4.14(a) |
"Suspension Period" ............................................................................................ |
4.14(b) |
"Swiss Agreement" ............................................................................................. |
2.15 |
"Swiss Guarantor" .............................................................................................. |
10.02(d)(i) |
"Transfer" ............................................................................................................ |
5.01 |
"Transfer Agent" ................................................................................................. |
2.04(a) |
"Transfer Restricted Securities" .......................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Trustee's Request" ............................................................................................ |
10.02(b)(vi) |
"Withholding Tax" .............................................................................................. |
10.02(d)(ii) |
"Written Order" .................................................................................................. |
2.03 |
"Unrestricted Definitive Security"....................................................................... |
Appendix A |
"Unrestricted Global Security" ........................................................................... |
Appendix A |
SECTION 1.03 [Reserved].
SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b)an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with IFRS;
(c)"or" is not exclusive;
(d)"including" means including without limitation;
(e)words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
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(f)unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(g)the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the Issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with IFRS;
(h)the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;
(i)unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with IFRS;
(j)for purposes of determining compliance with any Euro-denominated restriction or basket limitation under Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.06 and 4.12 hereof (including any defined terms referenced and utilized in such sections), as of any time of determination, any such basket limitation shall be deemed to be the greater of (i) the applicable Euro-denominated amount set forth in this Indenture and (ii) the amount of Euro obtained by multiplying the applicable Euro-denominated amount set forth in this Indenture by 1.2013 (which was the average of the dollar-to-Euro Exchange Rate for the five business days immediately preceding the date of the Offering Memorandum) and then multiplying the result by a number equal to the amount of Euros into which 1 U.S. Dollar may be converted using the Exchange Rate in effect at the time of determination;
(k)for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.06 and 4.12 hereof, utilized amounts under any such covenant or basket shall be tracked in Euro irrespective of what currency is actually used to make the Incurrence. When an Incurrence is made in a currency other than Euro, the amount of Euro for purposes of the applicable covenant(s) shall be calculated based on the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date such Incurrence was made, provided that if Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Euros, and such refinancing would cause the applicable Euro-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Euro-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced; and
(l)for all purposes under this Indenture, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction's laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
SECTION 1.05 Acts of Holders.
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(a)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.
(b)The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c)The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Note Register.
(d)Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(e)The Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuer prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.
(f)Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.
(g)Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC that is the Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies
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duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security through such depositary's standing instructions and customary practices.
(h)The Issuer may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
SECTION 1.06 Limited Condition Transactions.
When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture or compliance with any provision of this Indenture in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales), in each case, at the option of the Issuer (the Issuer's election to exercise such option, an ''LCT Election''), the date of determination for availability under any such basket or ratio and whether any such action or transaction is permitted (or any requirement or condition therefor is complied with or satisfied (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default)) under this Indenture shall be deemed to be the date (the ''LCT Test Date'') the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into (or, if applicable, the date of delivery of an irrevocable notice, declaration of a Restricted Payment or similar event), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales) and any related pro forma adjustments, the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would have been permitted to take such actions or consummate such transactions on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions), such ratio, test or basket (and any related requirements and conditions) shall be deemed to have been complied with (or satisfied) for all purposes (in the case of Indebtedness, for example, whether such Indebtedness is committed, issued or incurred at the LCT Test Date or at any time thereafter); provided, that (a) if financial statements for one or more subsequent fiscal quarters shall have become available, the Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to re-determine all such ratios, tests or baskets on the basis of such financial statements, in which case, such date of redetermination shall thereafter be deemed to be the applicable LCT Test Date for purposes of such ratios, tests or baskets, (b) except as contemplated in the foregoing clause (a), compliance with such ratios, tests or baskets (and any related requirements and conditions) shall not be determined or tested at
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any time after the applicable LCT Test Date for such Limited Condition Transaction and any actions or transactions related thereto (including acquisitions, Investments, the incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock and the use of proceeds thereof, the incurrence of Liens, repayments, Restricted Payments and Asset Sales) and (c) Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated using an assumed interest rate based on the indicative interest margin contained in any financing commitment documentation with respect to such Indebtedness or, if no such indicative interest margin exists, as reasonably determined by the Issuer in good faith.
For the avoidance of doubt, if the Issuer shall have made an LCT Election, (1) if any of the ratios, tests or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date have been exceeded or otherwise failed to have been complied with as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio, test or basket, including due to fluctuations in EBITDA or Total Assets of the Issuer or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction, such baskets, tests or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded or failed to have been complied with as a result of such fluctuations; (2) if any related requirements and conditions (including as to the absence of any continuing Default or Event of Default) for which compliance or satisfaction was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date would at any time after the LCT Test Date not have been complied with or satisfied (including due to the occurrence or continuation of a Default or Event of Default), such requirements and conditions will not be deemed to have been failed to be complied with or satisfied (and such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed not to have occurred or be continuing); and (3) in calculating the availability under any ratio, test or basket in connection with any action or transaction unrelated to such Limited Condition Transaction following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement or date for redemption, purchase or repayment specified in an irrevocable notice for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated, expires or passes, as applicable, without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio, test or basket shall be determined or tested on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of debt and the use of proceeds thereof (but without netting the cash proceeds thereof)) had been consummated.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount of Securities.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $500,000,000.
In addition, the Issuer may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Securities under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Securities is at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and (ii) such Additional Securities are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Securities issued after the Issue Date (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in
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exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 2.10, 3.06, 4.08(c) or the Appendix), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer's Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Securities:
(1)the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
(2)the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Securities, including the date from which interest on such Additional Securities shall accrue; and
(3)if applicable, that such Additional Securities shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of Appendix A in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Securities registered, or any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
If any of the terms of any Additional Securities are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer's Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Securities.
The Securities, including any Additional Securities, shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Additional Securities that are not fungible with the Original Securities for U.S. Federal income tax purposes shall have a separate CUSIP, ISIN or other identifying number from such Original Securities. Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture, references to the Securities include any Additional Securities actually issued.
SECTION 2.02 Form and Dating.
Provisions relating to the Original Securities and the Additional Securities are set forth in the Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Original Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Securities (if issued as Transfer Restricted Securities) and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. Any Additional Securities issued other than as Transfer Restricted Securities and the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is
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in a form acceptable to the Issuer). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $250,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 2.03 Execution and Authentication.
The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Issuer (a "Written Order") in the form of an Officer's Certificate (a) Original Securities for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, consisting of $500,000,000 in initial aggregate principal amount of 3.750% Sustainability- Linked Senior Notes due 2029 and (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Securities in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Appendix, any issuance of Securities after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $250,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $250,000. One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Issuer by manual, facsimile, pdf or other electronically transmitted signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually or electronically signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate the Securities. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, paying agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
SECTION 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent.
(a)The Issuer shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar"), (ii) a transfer agent ("Transfer Agent"), and (ii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the "Principal Paying Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange (the "Note Register"). The Issuer may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrars. The Principal Paying Agent will be a paying agent hereunder. The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Transfer Agent, Principal Paying Agent and the Securities Custodian with respect to the Global Securities.
(b)The Issuer may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuer shall notify the
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Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Issuer or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as paying agent, Registrar, or Transfer Agent.
(c)The Issuer may remove any Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent upon written notice to such Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuer and such successor Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause
(i)above. The Registrar, Transfer Agent, or paying agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee.
The rights, powers, duties, obligations and actions of each agent under this Indenture are several and not joint or joint and several, and each agent hereunder shall only be obligated to perform the duties set out in this Indenture and shall have no implied duties.
SECTION 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
On each due date of the principal of and interest on any Security, the Issuer shall deposit with each paying agent (or if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as paying agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Issuer shall require each paying agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a paying agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by a paying agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. If the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as paying agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as paying agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Issuer at any time may require a paying agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such paying agent. Upon complying with this Section, a paying agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.
SECTION 2.07 Transfer and Exchange.
The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When a Security is presented to the Registrar and Transfer Agent with a request to register a
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transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar and Transfer Agent with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Registrar and Transfer Agent shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Registrar and Transfer Agent need not register, transfers or exchanges of Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the paying agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee, the paying agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.08 Replacement Securities.
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Issuer or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuer or the Trustee prior to the Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a "protected purchaser") and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee or the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, a paying agent and the Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security (including without limitation, attorneys' fees and disbursements in replacing such Security). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has
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become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may pay such Security instead of issuing a new Security in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Issuer.
The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Securities.
SECTION 2.09 Outstanding Securities.
Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 11.07, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuer receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.
If a paying agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no paying agent is prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.10 Temporary Securities.
In the event that Definitive Securities are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate Definitive Securities and make them available for delivery in exchange for temporary Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Issuer, without charge to the Holder. Until such exchange, temporary Securities shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as Definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.11 Cancellation.
The Issuer at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the paying agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures. The Issuer may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for
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cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Securities in place of canceled Securities other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, the Issuer shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Securities (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each affected Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13 CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc.
The Issuer in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and "Common Code" numbers.
SECTION 2.14 Calculation of Principal Amount of Securities.
The aggregate principal amount of the Securities, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Securities outstanding at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Securities, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Securities, the Holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Securities then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 11.07 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officer's Certificate.
SECTION 2.15 Additional Amounts.
All payments made by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any successor in interest to any of the foregoing (each, a "Payor") on or with respect to the Securities or any Guarantee shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any Taxes unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of:
(a)any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the Securities or any Guarantee is made or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (including the jurisdiction of any paying agent); or
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(b)any other jurisdiction in which a Payor that actually makes a payment on the Securities or its Guarantee is organized or otherwise considered to be engaged in business or resident for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax
(each of clause (a) and (b), a "Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction"), shall at any time be required by law to be made from any payments made with respect to the Securities or any Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, interest or premium, if any, the Payor shall pay (together with such payments) such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments, after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts), shall not be less than the amounts that would have been received in respect of such payments on the Securities or the Guarantees in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable for or on account of:
(1)any Taxes that would not have been so imposed or levied but for the existence of any present or former connection between the holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, partner, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, the holder, if such holder is an estate, nominee, trust, partnership, limited liability company or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction) but excluding, in each case, any connection arising solely from the acquisition, ownership or holding of such Securities or the receipt of any payment in respect thereof;
(2)any Taxes that would not have been so imposed or levied if the holder had complied with a reasonable request in writing of the Payor (such request being made at a time that would enable such holder acting reasonably to comply with that request) to make a declaration of non-residence or any other claim or filing or satisfy any certification, information or reporting requirement for exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, withholding to which it is entitled (provided that such declaration of non-residence or other claim, filing or requirement is required by the applicable law, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from the requirement to deduct or withhold all or a part of any such Taxes) but only to the extent such holder is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;
(3)any Taxes that are payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from a payment on the Securities or any Guarantee;
(4)any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property or
similar Taxes;
(5)any Taxes imposed in connection with a Security presented for payment by or on behalf of a Holder who would have been able to avoid such Tax by presenting the relevant Security to another paying agent;
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(6)any Taxes payable under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of the Offering Memorandum (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements (including any intergovernmental agreements) entered into pursuant thereto;
(7)any Taxes if the holder is a fiduciary or partnership or Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment and the Taxes that would otherwise give rise to such Additional Amounts would not have been imposed on such payment had the holder been the beneficiary, partner or sole beneficial owner, as the case may be, of such Security (but only if there is no material cost or expense associated with transferring such Security to such beneficiary, partner or sole beneficial owner and no restriction on such transfer that is outside the control of such beneficiary, partner or sole beneficial owner); or
(8)any combination of the above.
Such Additional Amounts shall also not be payable (x) if the payment could have been made without such deduction or withholding if the relevant Security had been presented for payment (where presentation is required) within 30 days after the relevant payment was first made available for payment to the holder or (y) to the extent where, had the beneficial owner of the relevant Security been the Holder of such Security, such beneficial owner would not have been entitled to payment of Additional Amounts by reason of any of clauses (1) to (9) inclusive above.
The Payor shall (i) make any required withholding or deduction and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing authority of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. Upon request, the Payor shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld from each relevant taxing authority of each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes and shall provide such certified copies to the Trustee. If, notwithstanding the efforts of such Payor to obtain such receipts, the same are not obtainable, such Payor shall provide the Trustee with other reasonable evidence of payment. Such receipts or other evidence received by the Trustee shall be made available by the Trustee to Holders on request.
If any Payor shall be obligated to pay Additional Amounts under or with respect to any payment made on the Securities or any Guarantee, at least 30 days prior to the date of such payment, the Payor shall deliver to the Trustee and the paying agent an Officer's Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts shall be payable and the amount so payable and such other information necessary to enable the paying agent to pay Additional Amounts on the relevant payment date (unless such obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises less than 45 days prior to the relevant payment date, in which case the Payor shall deliver such Officer's Certificate and such other information as promptly as practicable thereafter).
Wherever in this Indenture, the Securities or any Guarantee there is mentioned, in
any context:
(1)the payment of principal;
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(2)redemption prices or purchase prices in connection with a redemption or purchase of Securities;
(3)interest; or
(4)any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Securities or any Guarantee;
such reference shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described under this heading to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
The Payor shall pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise, property or similar Taxes that arise in any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, issuance, initial resale, registration or enforcement of any Securities, Guarantee, Indenture or any other document or instrument in relation thereto (other than a transfer of the Securities occurring after the initial resale). The foregoing obligations shall survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor to a Payor is organized or otherwise considered to be engaged in business or resident for Tax purposes, or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Redemption.
The Securities may be redeemed, in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the form of Securities set forth in Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date.
SECTION 3.02 Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities at the election of the Issuer or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.
SECTION 3.03 Notices to Trustee.
If the Issuer elects to redeem Securities pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 of the Security, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price. The Issuer shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Security, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Issuer to the effect that such redemption
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will comply with the conditions herein. If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Issuer and given to the Trustee, which record date shall be not fewer than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.04 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.
In the case of any redemption of less than all of the Securities, selection of Securities for redemption will be made by the Registrar pro rata, by lot or such other manner in the case of Global Securities, as may be required by the applicable procedures of DTC; provided that no Securities of $250,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The Registrar shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Registrar may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $250,000. Securities and portions of them the Registrar selects shall be in amounts of $250,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Registrar shall notify the Issuer promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.05 Notice of Optional Redemption.
(a)At least 10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 of the Security, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail a notice of redemption to the registered address of each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.
Any such notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(i)the redemption date;
(ii)the redemption price;
(iii)the name and address of the paying agent;
(iv)that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the paying agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued interest;
(v)if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be outstanding after such partial redemption;
(vi)that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
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(vii)the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or "Common Code" number, if any, printed on the Securities being redeemed; and
(viii)that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or "Common Code" number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
(b)At the Issuer's written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer's name and at the Issuer's expense. In such event, the Issuer shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least five Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be provided to Holders and such notice may not be canceled.
SECTION 3.06 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.05, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice, except as provided in paragraph 5 of the Securities. Upon surrender to the paying agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that if the redemption date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the interest payment date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant record date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
SECTION 3.07 Deposit of Redemption Price.
With respect to any Securities, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the paying agent (or, if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the paying agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Securities or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuer has deposited with the paying agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities to be redeemed, unless the paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.08 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate for the Holder (at the Issuer's expense) a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities.
The Issuer shall pay the principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the paying agent holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the paying agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Securities to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.02 Reports and Other Information.
(a)So long as any Securities are outstanding and whether or not the Issuer is then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee: (i) within 65 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year, quarterly reports containing unaudited financial statements (including a balance sheet and statement of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flow) for and as of the end of such fiscal quarter and year to date period (with comparable financial statements for the corresponding fiscal quarter and year to date period of the immediately preceding fiscal year); (ii) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an annual report that includes all information that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 20-F (or any successor form); and (iii) at or prior to such times as would be required to be filed or furnished to the SEC as a "foreign private issuer" subject to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, all such other reports and information that the Issuer would have been required to file or furnish pursuant thereto; provided, however, that to the extent that the Issuer ceases to qualify as a "foreign private issuer" within the meaning of the Exchange Act, whether or not the Issuer is then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall either file or furnish with the
SEC (as a "voluntary filer" if the Issuer is not then subject to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act) or furnish to the Trustee, so long as any Securities are outstanding, within 30 days of the respective dates on which the Issuer would be required to file such documents with the SEC if it was required to file such documents under the Exchange Act, all reports and other information that would be required to be filed with (or furnished to) the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as, in the Issuer's sole discretion, either a "foreign private issuer" or a U.S. domestic registrant.
(b)In addition, if required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Issuer shall electronically file or furnish, as the case may be, a copy of all such information and reports with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified above. In addition, for so long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Issuer shall furnish to the Holders and prospective investors identified by a Holder, upon their request, the
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information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to in the first paragraph of this Section 4.02 to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities if the Issuer has filed or furnished such reports with the
SEC and such reports are publicly available on the SEC's website; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine whether or not such information, documents or reports have been so filed or furnished. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this covenant is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer's compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officer's Certificates).
(d)So long as any Securities are outstanding, the Issuer shall also: (1) not later than 10 Business Days after furnishing to the Trustee the annual and quarterly reports required by clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 4.02(a), hold a publicly accessible conference call to discuss such reports and the results of operations for the relevant reporting period (including a question and answer portion of the call); and (2) issue a press release to an internationally recognized wire service no fewer than three Business Days prior to the date of the conference call required by the foregoing clause (1) of this paragraph, announcing the time and date of such conference call and either including all information necessary to access the call or directing Holders of the Securities, prospective investors, broker dealers and securities analysts to contact the appropriate person at the Issuer to obtain such information.
At any time that any of the Issuer's Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries are Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the first paragraph of this Section 4.02 shall include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto or in the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," of the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer, provided that the Issuer will not be required to provide such separate information to the extent such Unrestricted Subsidiaries are the subject of a confidential filing of a registration statement with the SEC.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuer will not be deemed to have failed to comply with any of its agreements pursuant to this Section 4.02 for purposes of Section 6.01(d) until 30 days after the date any report hereunder is required to be filed with the SEC (or otherwise made available to Holders or the Trustee) pursuant to this Section 4.02.
In the event that the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to report at such parent entity's level on a consolidated basis, the Issuer may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 by furnishing financial information and reports relating to such parent; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the
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information relating to such direct or indirect parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer, the Guarantors and the other Subsidiaries of the Issuer on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.
SECTION 4.03 Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.
(a)(i) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Issuer shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Guarantor) to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, however, that Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock that may be incurred or issued, as applicable, by all Subsidiaries other than Guarantors pursuant to this paragraph may not, at the time Incurred, exceed the greater of (i) €280.0 million and (ii) 7.0% of Total Assets at such time.
(b)The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to any of the
following:
(i)the Incurrence by any Guarantor organized under the laws of the United States of Indebtedness under one or more ABL Facilities, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of incurrence does not exceed the greater of (x) $600.0 million and (y) the then applicable Borrowing Base, plus the amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related in connection with any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement of Indebtedness under any ABL Facility;
(ii)the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Guarantor of (A) Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of Incurrence does not exceed the greater of (a) €900.0 million plus the amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, in connection with any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (b)(ii)(A)(a) and (b) an aggregate principal amount that does not cause the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio of the Issuer to exceed 1.50 to 1.00 as of the time of Incurrence (provided that solely for the purpose of determining compliance with this covenant, any Indebtedness that is Incurred and outstanding or proposed to be Incurred pursuant to this clause
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(b)(ii)(A)(b) (in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, to the extent such unsecured Indebtedness has not been reclassified as being Incurred pursuant to another clause of this covenant in accordance with this Indenture), will be deemed to be Secured Indebtedness for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Secured Net Debt Ratio) and (B) Indebtedness under Credit Facilities incurred to refinance, refund, extend, renew or replace Indebtedness Incurred and outstanding pursuant to clause (b)(ii)(A)(b); provided, however that (x) any such Indebtedness that is Incurred pursuant to this clause (B) satisfies the requirements of sub-clauses (1) through (4) of clause (xv) of this Section 4.03(b) and (y) if the Indebtedness being refinanced thereby is unsecured, such Indebtedness that is Incurred pursuant to this clause (B) is also unsecured;
(iii)the Incurrence by the Issuer and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by (A) the Existing Notes and the Existing Note Guarantees and (ii) the Original Securities and the Guarantees;
(iv)Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock existing and/or committed to on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (xxvii) of this Section 4.03(b));
(v)Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) Incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, Disqualified Stock issued by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the purchase, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of property (real or personal) (whether through the direct purchase of property or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property); provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock Incurred pursuant to this clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b), together with any Refinancing Indebtedness (as defined below) Incurred with respect to such Indebtedness pursuant to clause (xv) of this Section 4.03(b), shall not exceed the greater of (A) €550.0 million and (B) 15.0% of Total Assets as of the date of any Incurrence pursuant to this clause (v);
(vi)Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers' compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other
Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers' compensation claims;
(vii)Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with an acquisition or disposition
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of any business, assets or a Subsidiary of the Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(viii)Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuer under the Securities; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(ix)shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock;
(x)Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(xi)Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes and are either: (A) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (B) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; (C) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales or (D) for any combination of the foregoing;
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(xii)obligations (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bank guarantees) in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;
(xiii)Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xiii), does not exceed the greater of (A) €220.0 million and (B) 5.5% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred under this clause
(xiii)shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause
(xiii)but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Issuer, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xiii));
(xiv)any guarantee by (x) the Issuer or a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (y) Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other obligations of another Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or the applicable Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee of such Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantor's Guarantee with respect to the Securities substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or such Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;
(xv)the Incurrence by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer which serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or committed or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (iii), (iv), (v), this clause (xv), (xvi), (xx), (xxi), (xxiv) and (xxv) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund, refinance or defease such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, "Refinancing Indebtedness"); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:
(1)has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the shorter of
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(x)the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased that were due on or after the date that is one year following the maturity date of the Securities then outstanding were instead due on such date;
(2)has a Stated Maturity which is not earlier than the earlier of
(x)the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refunded, refinanced or defeased or (y) 91 days following the maturity date of the Securities;
(3)to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (a) Indebtedness subordinated to the Securities or the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or such Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock;
(4)is Incurred in an aggregate amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus premium, expenses, costs and fees Incurred in connection with such refinancing;
(5)shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; and
(6)in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance Indebtedness outstanding under clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b), shall be deemed to have been Incurred and to be outstanding under such clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b), and not this clause (xv) for purposes of determining amounts outstanding under such clause (v) of this Section 4.03(b);
(xvi)Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred to finance an acquisition or
(y)Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or merged or amalgamated with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or amalgamation, either:
(1)(A) the Issuer would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first sentence of Section 4.03(a) or (B) the Fixed Charge
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Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation; or
(2)such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock
(A)is unsecured Subordinated Indebtedness with subordination terms no more favorable to the Holders thereof than subordination terms that are customarily obtained in connection with "high-yield" senior subordinated note issuances at the time of Incurrence (provided that, in the case of any such Subordinated Indebtedness incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary, such subordination terms will be customary for "high-yield" senior subordinated note issuances by issuers resident in the jurisdiction of formation or organization of such Foreign Subsidiary, including, without limitation, provisions for the automatic release of guarantees upon the release of the Guarantees);
(B)is not Incurred while a Default exists and no Default shall result therefrom; and
(C)does not mature (and is not mandatorily redeemable in the case of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock) and does not require any payment of principal prior to the final scheduled maturity of the Securities;
(xvii)Indebtedness Incurred under (A) the Factoring Facilities and (B) any other Qualified Receivables Financing;
(xviii)Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten Business Days of its Incurrence;
(xix)Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to the Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit or bank guarantee;
(xx)Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, together with the aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred with respect to such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock pursuant to clause (xv) above, not exceeding at any time outstanding 200% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (which proceeds are contributed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Issuer (in each case other than proceeds of
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Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries), as determined in accordance with clauses (B) and (C) of the definition of Cumulative Credit, to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.04(b) of this Indenture or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);
(xxi)Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (x) the financing of insurance premiums or (y) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(xxii)Indebtedness arising as a result of implementing composite accounting or other cash pooling arrangements involving solely the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or solely among Restricted Subsidiaries and entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii)Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, or their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent permitted under Section 4.04(b)(iv);
(xxiv)Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xxiv), when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (xv) above that was Incurred to refinance Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xxiv), does not exceed the greater of (A) €220.0 million and (B) 5.5% of Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;
(xxv)Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess (when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to clause (xv) above that was Incurred to refinance Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xxv)), at any one time outstanding, of the greater of (A) €115.0 million and (B) 3.0% of Total Assets at the time that such Indebtedness is incurred;
(xxvi)Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or stock-based compensation to employees of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(xxvii)Indebtedness incurred under the French Inventory Facility not to exceed €100.0 million.
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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (i) through (xxvii) above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), (x) the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03 and (y) the Issuer shall in its sole discretion, when Incurring such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) pursuant to a clause, clauses or paragraph that is a ratio-based basket, calculate the applicable ratio with respect to any such action under the applicable ratio-based basket without giving pro forma effect to any action under a non-ratio-based basket made in connection with such transaction or series of related transactions; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Pan-U.S. ABL Facility and the French Inventory Facility on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been Incurred on such date in reliance on clause (i) and clause (xxvii), respectively, of this Section 4.03(b) and the Issuer shall not be permitted to reclassify all or any portion of such Indebtedness. For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer will also be entitled to treat a portion of any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as having been Incurred under Section 4.03(a) and thereafter the remainder of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as having been Incurred under this Section 4.03(b). Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section
4.03.Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.
SECTION 4.04 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a)The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(i)declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Issuer's or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries' Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Issuer (other than (A) dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer; or
(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);
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(ii)purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
(iii)make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (viii) and (x) of Section 4.03(b)); or
(iv)make any Restricted Investment
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as "Restricted Payments"), unless, as of the time of such Restricted Payment:
(1)no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2)immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and
(3)such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (and not returned or rescinded) (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses
(i)and (viii)(b) of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than an amount equal to the Cumulative Credit.
(b)The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
(i)the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii)(A) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests ("Retired Capital Stock") of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or contributions to the equity capital of the Issuer (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) (collectively, including any such contributions, "Refunding Capital Stock"); and
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(B)the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding Capital Stock; and if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under Section 4.04(b)(vi) and not made pursuant to this Section 4.04(b)(ii)(B), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;
(iii)the redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (or as promptly as practicable after giving any requisite notice to the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness) of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor which is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as:
(A)the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired plus any tender premiums, defeasance costs or other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith),
(B)such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Securities or the related Guarantee, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value,
(C)such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired or
(y)91 days following the maturity date of the Securities, and
(D)such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date one year following the maturity date of any Securities then outstanding, in each case were instead due on such date;
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(iv)the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition (or dividends to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to finance any such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition) for value of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (iv) do not exceed €15.0 million in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being permitted to be carried over for the two succeeding calendar years); provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:
(A)the cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date (provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a)(3)); plus
(B)the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) or the Issuer's Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue
Date; less
(C)the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made
pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(iv)(A) and Section 4.04(b)(iv)(B)
provided that the Issuer may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A) and (B) above in any calendar year;
(v)the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;
(vi)(a) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date, (b) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer issued after the Issue Date and (c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ii); provided, however, that, (x) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of
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such Designated Preferred Stock or Refunding Capital Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the Issuer would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (y) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to subclauses (a) and (b) of this clause (vi) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;
(vii)Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and joint ventures having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) €100.0 million and (b) 2.5% of Total Assets at the time of such
Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided that the amount of Investments deemed to have been made pursuant to this clause (vii) at any time shall be reduced by the Fair Market Value of the proceeds received by the Issuer and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries from the subsequent sale, disposition or other transfer of such Investments without giving effect to subsequent changes in value;
(viii)the payment of dividends on the Issuer's common stock in an aggregate amount per calendar year not to exceed the sum of (a) €50.0 million, plus (b) an amount per annum up to 6.0% of the net proceeds received after the Issue Date (including, without limitation, contributions to the Issuer with the proceeds of sales of common stock of any direct or indirect parent) by the Issuer from any public offering of common stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
(ix)Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;
(x)(a) Restricted Payments pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 4.04(a) hereof after the Issue Date and (b) Restricted Payments pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 4.04(a) hereof at any time outstanding in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (x) not to exceed €150.0 million;
(xi)the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xii)the payment of dividends or other distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in amounts required for such parent to pay federal, state or local income taxes (or other applicable political subdivision, as the case may be) imposed directly on such parent to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, by virtue of such parent being the common parent of a consolidated or combined tax group of which the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries are members);
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(xiii)repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;
(xiv)purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;
(xv)payments of cash, or dividends, distributions or advances by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
(xvi)the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Securities tendered in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;
(xvii)payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with Article 5 of this Indenture; provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuer shall have made or shall make a Change of Control Offer (if required by this Indenture) and that all Securities tendered in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value or shall be so when required by the terms hereof;
(xviii)other Restricted Payments; provided that Restricted Payments may only be made pursuant to this clause (xviii) at such time as the Consolidated Net Debt Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payments, is less than 2.50 to 1.00; and
(xix)the payment of any Restricted Payment, if applicable:
(A)in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, (i) to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence and its status as a public company, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, and general corporate overhead expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, in each case to the extent such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer, if applicable, and its Subsidiaries and (ii) to pay tax liabilities incurred as a result of transactions that occurred prior to the Issue Date;
(B)in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, if applicable, to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds
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of which have been contributed to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Issuer Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and
(C)in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses, other than to Affiliates of the Issuer, related to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering of such parent.
provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (vi), (vii), (x), (xi) and (xviii) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.
(c)The amount of any Restricted Payment (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Issuer or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.04 will be determined in good faith by the Issuer.
(d)In the event that a Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Restricted Payments described in clauses (i) through (xix) of Section 4.04(b) or is permitted pursuant to Section 4.04(a) and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of "Permitted Investment", the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.04, including as an Investment pursuant to one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of "Permitted Investment".
(e)As of the Issue Date, all of the Issuer's Subsidiaries shall be Restricted
Subsidiaries other than Constellium Engley (Changchun) Automotive Structures Co Ltd. The Issuer shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary." For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of "Investments." Such designation shall only be permitted if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.05 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries.
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(a)on its Capital Stock, or (b) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured
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by, its profits; except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(a)contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Pan-U.S. ABL Facility, the Existing Notes and the related documentation in effect on the Issue Date and in each case, any similar contractual encumbrances effected by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of such agreements or instruments;
(b)this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees;
(c)applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;
(d)any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person or its Subsidiaries, so acquired;
(e)contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(f)Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;
(g)restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(h)customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i)purchase money obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations for property acquired or leased in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property so acquired or leased;
(j)customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property subject to such lease;
(k)any encumbrance or restriction effected in connection with (A) a Factoring Facility (provided that such encumbrance or restriction (i) exists on the date hereof or (ii) is in the good faith determination of the Issuer (x) necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Financing and applies only to the relevant Subsidiaries to which such Receivables Financing is made available or (y) not materially more burdensome than the encumbrances and restrictions under the Factoring Facilities in effect on the date hereof)
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or (B) a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (B), such encumbrances or restrictions (i) apply only to a Receivables Subsidiary or (ii) are in the good faith determination of the Issuer (x) necessary or advisable to effect such Qualified Receivables Financing and applicable only to the relevant Subsidiaries to which such Receivables Financing is made available or (y) not materially more burdensome than the encumbrances and restrictions under the Factoring Facilities in effect on the date hereof;
(l)(A) other Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (B) Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case that is Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03;
(m)any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment;
(n)any encumbrance or restriction that, as determined by the Issuer, will not materially adversely affect the Issuer's ability to make principal or interest payments on the Securities; or
(o)any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a) and
(b)above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (m) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions than those contained in the encumbrances or other restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.
SECTION 4.06 Asset Sales.
(a)The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(i)any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Issuer or any
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Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities or any applicable Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets,
(ii)any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), and
(iii)any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (A) 2.0% of Total Assets and (B) €80.0 million at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value)
shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).
(b)Within 15 months after the Issuer's or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer's receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary of the Issuer may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option:
(i)to repay Indebtedness constituting Credit Facilities or Secured Indebtedness (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), Pari Passu Indebtedness (provided that if the Issuer or any Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness (other than Credit Facilities or Secured Indebtedness), the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of the Securities to equally and ratably reduce a pro rata principal amount of the Securities through a repurchase offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset
Sale Offer) at a purchase price equal to or greater than (in the Issuer's sole discretion) 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any) or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer,
(ii)to make an investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case used or useful in a Similar Business, or
(iii)to make an investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary
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of the Issuer), properties or assets that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.
In the case of Sections 4.06(b)(ii) and (iii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another binding commitment within nine months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further that the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into such a commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale.
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Securities, as described in clause (i) of this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested per Section 4.06(b), whether or not such offer is accepted) shall be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds €75.0 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of Securities (and, at the option of the Issuer, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Securities (and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness, on a pro rata basis), that is at least $250,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000, that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Issuer shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within 10 Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds €75.0 million by electronically delivering or mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee and the paying agent. To the extent that the aggregate amount of the Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. If the aggregate principal amount of Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Registrar shall select the Securities to be purchased in the manner described in Section 4.06(e). Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(c)To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(d)Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Asset Sale Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an
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Officer's Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Excess Proceeds, (ii) the allocation of the Net Proceeds from the Asset Sales pursuant to which such Asset Sale Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(b). On such date, the Issuer shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary is acting as the paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount equal to the Excess Proceeds to be invested in Cash Equivalents, as directed in writing by the Issuer, and to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.06. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Asset Sale Offer remains open (the "Offer Period"), the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Securities or portions thereof that have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Issuer. The Trustee (or the paying agent, if not the Trustee) shall, on the date of purchase, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the Excess Proceeds delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee are greater than the purchase price of the Securities tendered, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Issuer immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with Section 4.06.
(e)Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuer receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered by the Holder for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased. If at the end of the Offer Period more Securities (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Issuer is required to purchase, selection of such Securities for purchase shall be made by the Registrar pro rata, by lot or such other manner in the case of Global Securities, as may be required by the applicable procedures of DTC; provided that no Securities of $250,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall be made pursuant to the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness.
(f)Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be electronically delivered or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid by the Issuer, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each Holder of Securities at such Holder's registered address.
If any Security is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.
(g)The provisions under this Indenture relating to the Issuer's obligation to make an Asset Sale Offer may be waived or modified with the written consent of Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities.
SECTION 4.07 Transactions with Affiliates
. (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or
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amend any transaction or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate Transaction") involving aggregate consideration in excess of €10.0 million, unless:
(i)such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person (or, in the event that there are no comparable transaction involving Persons who are not Affiliates to apply for comparative purposes, is otherwise on terms that, taken as a whole, the Issuer has determined to be fair to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole);
(ii)with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related
Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of €25.0 million (excluding any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions substantially limited to the sale of inventory), the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above; and
(iii)with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related
Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of €50.0 million (excluding any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions substantially limited to the sale of inventory), the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an
Officer's Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above.
(b)The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:
(i)transactions between or among the Issuer and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Issuer and any direct parent of the Issuer; provided that at the time of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation such parent shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Issuer and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;
(ii)Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted
Investments;
(iii)the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;
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(iv)transactions in which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivered to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);
(v)payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to directors, officers, employees or consultants which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;
(vi)any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by the Issuer;
(vii)the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any stockholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any transaction, agreement or arrangement in effect on the Issue Date and described in the Offering Memorandum (or the documents incorporated by reference therein) and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (vii) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Securities in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date;
(viii)(A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Issuer, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix)any transaction effected as part of a Factoring Facility or a Qualified Receivables Financing;
(x)the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Person;
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(xi)the issuances of securities or other payments, loans (or cancellation of loans), awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, as appropriate, in good faith;
(xii)transactions permitted by, and complying with, Sections 4.06
and/or 5.01;
(xiii)transactions between the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;
(xiv)pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(xv)the provision to Unrestricted Subsidiaries of cash management, accounting and other overhead services in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture;
(xvi)any employment agreements entered into by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and any termination of employment agreements and payments in connection therewith at the net present value of future payments;
(xvii)intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture;
(xviii)the entering into of any tax sharing agreement or arrangement providing for, and the making of, any payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)(xii); and
(xix)any agreements or arrangements between a third party and an Affiliate of the Issuer that are acquired or assumed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition or merger of such third party (or assets of such third party) by or with the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (A) such acquisition or merger is permitted under this Indenture and
(B)such agreements or arrangements are not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition or merger or otherwise for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this section.
SECTION 4.08 Change of Control.
(a)Upon a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal
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to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in this Section 4.08; provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall not be obligated to purchase any Securities pursuant to this Section 4.08 in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem such Securities in accordance with Article 3 of this Indenture.
(b)Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Securities in accordance with Article 3 of this Indenture, the Issuer shall electronically deliver or mail a notice (a "Change of Control Offer") to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee and the paying agent stating:
(i)that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such Holder's Securities at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on a record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);
(ii)the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is electronically delivered or mailed, except that such notice may provide that, if the Change of Control does not occur on the repurchase date so designated, then the repurchase date may be delayed until such time as the applicable Change of Control shall occur);
(iii)the instructions determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Securities purchased; and
(iv)if such notice is electronically delivered or mailed prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control pursuant to a definitive agreement for the Change of Control, that such offer is conditioned on the occurrence of such Change of Control.
(c)Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Issuer at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. The Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Issuer receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased. Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
(d)On the purchase date, all Securities purchased by the Issuer under this Section 4.08 shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Holders entitled thereto.
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(e)For the avoidance of doubt, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and be conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place in respect of the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
(f)Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Securities upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.08 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.
(g)If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities validly tender and do not withdraw such Securities in a Change of Control Offer and the Issuer, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuer as described above, purchases all of the Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Issuer or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to repurchase all Securities that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the date of repurchase.
(h)Securities repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Securities issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuer. Securities purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding clause (f) will have the status of Securities issued and outstanding.
(i)At the time the Issuer delivers Securities to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Issuer shall also deliver an Officer's Certificate stating that such Securities are to be accepted by the Issuer pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.08. A Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.
(j)Prior to any Change of Control Offer, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent contained herein to the right of the Issuer to make such offer have been complied with.
(k)To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.08 by virtue thereof.
(l)The provisions under this Indenture relating to the Issuer's obligation to make an offer to repurchase Securities as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities.
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SECTION 4.09 Compliance Certificate.
The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2020, an Officer's Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Issuer they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.10 [Reserved].
SECTION 4.11 Future Guarantors.
The Issuer shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary) that guarantees any Indebtedness under the Existing Notes or any Credit Facilities of the Issuer or any of the Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee, within 45 days of the date thereof, a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall guarantee payment of the Securities.
SECTION 4.12 Liens.
(a)The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset or property of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness unless the Securities are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Securities) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
(b)Section 4.12(a) shall not require the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to secure the Securities if the Lien is a Permitted Lien. Any Lien that is granted to secure the Securities or such Guarantee under Section 4.12(a) shall be automatically released and discharged at the same time as the release of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Securities or such Guarantee.
SECTION 4.13 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
(a)The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee as set forth in Section 11.03.
(b)The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that
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no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
(c)The Issuer hereby designates the corporate trust office of the Trustee or its Agent as such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.04.
SECTION 4.14 Termination and Suspension of Certain Covenants.
(a)If, on any date following the Issue Date, (i) the Securities have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and the Issuer has delivered an Officer's Certificate of such Investment Grade Ratings to the Trustee, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses
(i)and (ii) being collectively referred to as a "Covenant Suspension Event"), then, beginning on such date, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Section 4.03 hereof, Section 4.04 hereof, Section 4.05 hereof, Section 4.06 hereof, Section 4.07 hereof, Section 4.08 hereof, Section 4.11 hereof, clause (iv) of Section 5.01(a) hereof, Section 5.01(b) hereof and the penultimate paragraph of Section 5.01 hereof (collectively, the "Suspended Covenants").
(b)In the event that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the "Reversion Date") one or both of the Rating
Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Securities below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time between the Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date is referred to herein as the "Suspension Period".
(c)Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period. During any Suspension Period, the Issuer may not designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless the Issuer would have been permitted to designate such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Indenture if a Suspension Period had not been in effect for any period, and such designation shall be deemed to have created a Restricted Payment under this Indenture pursuant to Section 4.04 following the Reversion Date.
(d)On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or one of the clauses set forth in Section 4.03(b) (in each case, to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be Incurred thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or Section 4.03(b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(iv). For purposes of Section 4.11, all Indebtedness Incurred during the Suspension Period and outstanding on
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the Reversion Date by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor will be deemed to have been Incurred on the Reversion Date. Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 will be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a) and the items specified in clauses (1) through (6) of the definition of "Cumulative Credit" will increase the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the first paragraph thereof. For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.06 on the Reversion Date, the Net Proceeds from all Asset Sales not applied in accordance with the covenant will be deemed to be reset to zero.
(e)In addition, in the event that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date the Issuer or any of its Affiliates enters into an agreement to effect a transaction that would result in a Change of Control and one or more of the Rating Agencies determine and state in writing that if consummated, such transaction (alone or together with any related recapitalization or refinancing transactions) would cause such Rating Agency to withdraw its Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the ratings assigned to Securities below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to Section 4.08 hereof until the occurrence, if any, of another Covenant Suspension Event, or the termination of such agreement, or the withdrawal by such Rating Agency of such indication, whichever occurs earliest.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
SECTION 5.01 When Issuer May Merge or Transfer Assets.
(a)The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(i)the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or other Person existing under the laws of any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, of Switzerland, of the United Kingdom or of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the "Successor Company"); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation or limited liability company (or equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company in any permitted jurisdiction listed in this clause (i)), a co-obligor of the Securities is a corporation;
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(ii)the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;
(iii)immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv)immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either
(A)the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or
(B)the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;
(v)if the Successor Company is not the Issuer, each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities; and
(vi)the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.
The Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities, and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 5.01(a), (A) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary, and (B) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, a state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby. This Article 5 will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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(b)Subject to the provisions of Section 10.03 (which govern the release of a Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a Guarantor), no Guarantor shall, and the Issuer shall not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:
(i)either (A) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or other Person organized or existing under the laws of any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, of Switzerland, of the United Kingdom or of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the "Successor Guarantor" ) and the
Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Security, such
Guarantor's Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments, or (B) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and
(ii)in the case of clause (i)(A) above, the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the
Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor Guarantor (if other than such Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor's Guarantee, and such Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Guarantor's Guarantee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Guarantor in any country in the European Union as of the Issue Date, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, or a state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Guarantor is not increased thereby and (2) a Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another Guarantor or the Issuer.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (collectively, a "Transfer") to (x) the Issuer or any Guarantor or (y) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor; provided that at the time of each such Transfer pursuant to clause (y) the aggregate amount of all such Transfers since the Issue Date shall not exceed 5.0% of the consolidated
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assets of the Issuer and the Guarantors as shown on the most recent available balance sheet of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries after giving effect to each such Transfer and including all Transfers occurring from and after the Issue Date.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 Events of Default.
An "Event of Default" with respect to the Securities occurs if:
(a)there is a default in any payment of interest (including any Additional Amounts) on any Security, when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b)there is a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, of any Security, when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;
(c)the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with its obligations under Section 5.01;
(d)the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to comply with any of its agreements in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (a),
(b)or (c) above) and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;
(e)the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such
Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds €50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent;
(f)the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i)commences a voluntary case;
(ii)consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
(iii)consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iv)makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
(g)a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
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(i)is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(ii)appoints a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or
(iii)orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
(h)the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary fails to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of €50.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days following the entry thereof; or
(i)any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary with respect to the Securities ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Guarantor that qualifies as a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Guarantee with respect to the Securities and such Default continues for 10 days.
The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar federal or state law or similar applicable law of any jurisdiction for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
For the avoidance of doubt, it will not constitute an Event of Default if the Issuer fails to satisfy either or both of the Sustainability Performance Targets by December 31, 2025, or December 31, 2026, as applicable, or fails to provide reports with respect to its performance against the Sustainability Performance Targets, and the sole recourse of holders of the Securities in such instance shall be the right to receive the applicable increase in interest rate, in the manner set forth in Paragraph 1 of the form of Securities set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
A Default under clause (d) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities notify the Issuer of the Default and the Issuer does not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (d) above after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default." The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
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both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 6.02 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer) occurs with respect to the Securities and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of Securities, by notice to the Issuer may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (i) five (5) Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Representative under the Bank Credit Facilities and (ii) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind any such acceleration and its consequences.
In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuer delivers an Officer's Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Securities as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.
Any notice of Default, notice of acceleration or instruction to the Trustee to provide a notice of Default, notice of acceleration or take any other action (a "Noteholder Direction") provided by any one or more holders (each a "Directing Holder") must be accompanied by a written representation from each such holder of Securities delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee that such holder is not (or, in the case such holder is DTC or its nominee, that such holder is being instructed solely by beneficial owners that have represented to such holder that they are not) Net Short (a "Position Representation"), which representation, in the case of a Noteholder Direction relating to the delivery of a notice of Default shall be deemed a continuing representation until the resulting Event of Default is cured or otherwise ceases to exist or the Securities are accelerated. In addition, each Directing Holder is deemed, at the time of providing a Noteholder Direction, to covenant to provide the Issuer with such other information as the Issuer may reasonably request from time to time in order to verify the accuracy of such noteholder's Position Representation within five Business Days of request therefor (a "Verification Covenant"). In any case in which the noteholder is DTC or its nominee, any Position Representation or Verification Covenant required hereunder shall be provided by the beneficial owner of the Securities in lieu of DTC or its nominee, and DTC shall be entitled to
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conclusively rely on such Position Representation and Verification Covenant in delivering its direction to the Trustee.
If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction, but prior to acceleration of the Securities, the Issuer determines in good faith that there is a reasonable basis to believe a Directing Holder was, at any relevant time, in breach of its Position Representation and provides to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the Issuer has initiated litigation in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking a determination that such Directing Holder was, at such time, in breach of its Position Representation, and seeking to invalidate any Event of Default that resulted from the applicable Noteholder Direction, the cure period with respect to such Default shall be automatically stayed and the cure period with respect to such Event of Default shall be automatically reinstituted and any remedy stayed pending a final and non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction on such matter. If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction, but prior to acceleration of the Securities, the Issuer provides to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that a Directing Holder failed to satisfy its Verification Covenant, the cure period with respect to such Default shall be automatically stayed and the cure period with respect to any Event of Default that resulted from the applicable Noteholder Direction shall be automatically reinstituted and any remedy stayed pending satisfaction of such Verification Covenant. Any breach of the Position Representation shall result in such noteholder's participation in such Noteholder Direction being disregarded; and, if, without the participation of such noteholder, the percentage of notes held by the remaining noteholders that provided such Noteholder Direction would have been insufficient to validly provide such Noteholder Direction, such Noteholder Direction shall be void ab initio, with the effect that such Event of Default shall be deemed never to have occurred, acceleration voided and the Trustee shall be deemed not to have received such Noteholder Direction or any notice of such Default or Event of Default.
Notwithstanding anything in the preceding two paragraphs to the contrary, any Noteholder Direction delivered to the Trustee during the pendency of an Event of Default as the result of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall not require compliance with the foregoing paragraphs. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Noteholder Direction delivered to it in accordance with this Indenture, shall have no duty to inquire as to or investigate the accuracy of any Position Representation, enforce compliance with any Verification Covenant, verify any statements in any Officer's Certificate delivered to it, or otherwise make calculations, investigations or determinations with respect to Derivative Instruments, Net Shorts, Long Derivative Instruments, Short Derivative Instruments or otherwise. The Trustee shall have no liability to the Issuer, any noteholder or any other Person in acting in good faith on a Noteholder Direction.
SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall
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not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Provided the Securities are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Security, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal or financial liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification and security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
(a)Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
(i)the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;
(ii)the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(iii)such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(iv)the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(v)the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
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(b)A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
SECTION 6.07 Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the legal right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and of interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Securities, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in such Securities) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the Holders of the Securities then outstanding allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any Guarantor, its creditors or its property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
SECTION 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (in all of its roles and capacities) and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made by the Trustee and costs and expenses of collection;
SECOND: to the Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any
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kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Issuer.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the Holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Issuer a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities.
SECTION 6.12 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a)If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b)Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i)the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee (it being agreed
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that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and
(ii)in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the form required by this Indenture.
(c)The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i)this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section 7.01;
(ii)the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee unless it is proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii)the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and
(iv)no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur financial or personal liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(d)Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e)The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
(f)Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g)Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
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(a)The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact, calculation or matter stated in the document.
(b)Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer's
Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c)The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or gross negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d)The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee's conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(e)The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f)The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Issuer and shall Incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(g)The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees and expenses) and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(h)The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its roles and capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person appointed or employed to act hereunder.
(i)The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any
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remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.
(j)Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon future Holders of Securities and upon Securities executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.
(k)Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.
(l)The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge or deemed with notice of any Default of Event of Default with respect to the Securities unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (B) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its corporate trust office by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities or by any Holder of the Securities, such notice specifically identifying this Indenture and the Securities. For purposes of determining the Trustee's responsibility and liability hereunder, whenever reference is made in this Indenture to a Default or Event of Default, such reference shall be construed to refer only to such Default or Event of Default for which the Trustee is deemed to have notice pursuant to this Section 7.02(l).
(m)The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officer's Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer's Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer's Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(n)The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.
(o)In respect of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by electronic transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such electronic transmission; and the Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information. Each other party agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of electronic methods to submit instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
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(p)In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(q)The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to ensure compliance with the securities laws of any country or state except to request such certificates or other documents required to be obtained by the Trustee or any Registrar hereunder in connection with any exchange or transfer pursuant to the terms hereof.
(r)The Trustee shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Trustee (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, pandemic, epidemic, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).
SECTION 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any paying agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights.
SECTION 7.04 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, any Guarantee or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee's certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 11.03 hereof from the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Holder. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the Holders of the Securities and not in its individual capacity and all persons, including without limitation the Holders of Securities and the Issuer having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein.
The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Satisfaction Notice from the Issuer, shall have no duty to inquire as to or investigate the accuracy of any Satisfaction Notice, verify the attainment of Sustainability Performance Target 1 or Sustainability Performance Target 2, or make calculations, investigations or determinations with respect to the attainment of Sustainability Performance Target 1 or Sustainability Performance Target 2. The
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Trustee shall have no liability to the Issuer, any noteholder or any other Person in acting in good faith on any Satisfaction Notice.
SECTION 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall electronically deliver or mail to each Holder of the Securities notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Security, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 7.06 Affiliate Subordination Agreement.
By its acceptance of the Securities issued hereunder, each Holder hereby authorizes and directs the Trustee to, and upon the request of the Company the Trustee shall, enter into and perform an affiliate subordination agreement on behalf of the Holders, on terms substantially similar (as conclusively determined by an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee) to that certain Affiliate Subordination Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2014, among the subordinated lenders and subordinated borrowers party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
SECTION 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a)The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.
(b)The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer shall indemnify the Trustee and it's officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by or in connection with the Trustee's acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) of enforcing this Indenture or Guarantee against the Issuer or a Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Guarantor, any Holder or any other Person). The obligation to indemnify and pay such amounts shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Securities or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The applicable indemnified party shall notify the Issuer of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer's expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have
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separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties' defense and, in such indemnified parties' reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuer and such parties in connection with such defense. The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by an indemnified party through such party's own willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable ruling.
(c)To secure the Issuer's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities.
(d)The Issuer's payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the satisfaction or discharge of this Indenture, any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any bankruptcy law or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or
(g)with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
(e)No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity or security against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.
SECTION 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.
(a)The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if:
(i)[reserved];
(ii)the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(iii)a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(iv)the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(b)If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuer or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
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(c)A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07.
(d)If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e)[Reserved].
(f)Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section
7.08, the Issuer's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
ARTICLE 8
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Securities when:
(a)either (i) all the Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities pursuant to Section 2.08 which have been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
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in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all of the Securities (A) have become due and payable, (B) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or (C) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or its designee money, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient in the written opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor delivered to the Trustee (which opinion shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to the date of deposit together with irrevocable written instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(b)the Issuer and/or the Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and
(c)the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture (with respect to such Securities) ("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11 and 4.12 for the benefit of the Securities and the operation of Section 5.01 and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(h) and 6.01(i) ("covenant defeasance option") for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities. The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to the Securities, the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee of such Securities shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of the obligations terminated pursuant to such legal defeasance or covenant defeasance.
If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Securities so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g), 6.01(h) or 6.01(i) or because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with Section 5.01.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request and at the expense of the Issuer, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Issuer terminates.
(d)Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Issuer's obligations in
Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in this Article 8 shall survive
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until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuer's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 8.02 Conditions to Defeasance.
(a)The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, in each case, with respect to the Securities only if:
(i)the Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee or its designee money, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof sufficient, in the case any U.S. Government Obligations are deposited, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor, for the payment of principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Securities when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;
(ii)the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a certificate from an Independent Financial Advisor expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(iii)123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(iv)the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuer;
(v)in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(vi)such exercise does not impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Holder's Securities on or after the due dates therefore or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder's Securities;
(vii)in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will
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not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and
(viii)the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.
(b)Before or after a deposit, the Issuer may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Securities at a future date in accordance with Article 3.
SECTION 8.03 Application of Trust Money.
The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through each paying agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities so discharged or defeased.
SECTION 8.04 Repayment to Issuer.
Each of the Trustee and each paying agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuer upon request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the written opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article 8.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each paying agent shall pay to the Issuer upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each paying agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
SECTION 8.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.
The Issuer shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
SECTION 8.06 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or any paying agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer's obligations under this Indenture and the
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Securities so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee or any paying agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; provided, however, that, if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of or interest on, any such Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or any paying agent.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of the Holders.
The Issuer and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the Securities without notice to or consent of any Holder:
(i)to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(ii)to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities;
(iii)to provide for the assumption by a Successor Guarantor of the obligations of a Guarantor under this Indenture and the applicable Guarantee;
(iv)to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);
(v)to add a Guarantee with respect to the Securities;
(vi)to make any change that would provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights of any such Holder under this Indenture;
(vii)to make changes relating to the transfer and legending of the Securities;
(viii)to secure the Securities;
(ix)to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor;
(x)to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;
(xi)to effect any provision of this Indenture;
(xii)to provide for the issuance of Additional Securities, which shall have terms substantially identical in all material respects to the Original Securities, and which shall
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be treated, together with any outstanding Original Securities, as a single issue of securities;
(xiii)to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
(xiv)to conform and evidence the release, termination and discharge of any Guarantee or Lien securing the Securities when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by this Indenture; and
(xv)to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Securities to any provision of the "Description of the Notes" contained in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such provision in the "Description of the Notes" contained in the Offering
Memorandum was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Securities.
After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuer shall deliver electronically or mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02 With Consent of the Holders.
The Issuer and the Trustee may amend this Indenture and the Securities with respect to the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Securities). However, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Security affected, an amendment may not:
(i)reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
(ii)reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security,
(iii)reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Security,
(iv)reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in accordance with Article 3,
(v)make any Security payable in money other than that stated in such Security,
(vi)expressly subordinate the Securities or any Guarantee to any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor,
(vii)impair the legal right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Holder's Securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such
Holder's Securities,
(viii)make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 or the second sentence of this Section
9.02, or
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(ix)except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary, or the Guarantee of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries that collectively would, at the time of such amendment, represent a Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the Holders.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer is required to deliver electronically or mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.
For the avoidance of doubt, no amendment to, or deletion of any of the covenants described in Article 4 (other than Section 4.01) or Article 5 shall be deemed to impair or affect any legal rights of Holders of the Securities to receive payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities on or after the due dates therefor.
SECTION 9.03 [Reserved].
SECTION 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.
(a)A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an
Officer's Certificate from the Issuer certifying that the requisite principal amount of Securities have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Issuer or the Trustee of consents by the Holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Issuer and the Trustee.
(b)The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
SECTION 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
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If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Issuer may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuer so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (notwithstanding that no Opinion of Counsel is required in the case of the addition of a Guarantor) stating that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and the Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).
SECTION 9.07 Payment for Consent.
Neither the Issuer nor any Affiliate of the Issuer shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
SECTION 9.08 Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, all Securities issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent separately on all matters as to which any of such Securities may vote. Determinations as to whether Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article 9 and Section 2.14.
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEES
SECTION 10.01 Guarantees.
(a)Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees on a senior unsecured basis, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by
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redemption or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any or interest on or in respect of the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Guarantor, and that each such Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
(b)Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any Guarantor; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor, except as provided in Section 10.03.
(c)Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, such that such Guarantor's obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer's or such Guarantor's obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuer be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.
(d)Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
(e)The Guarantee of each Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in this Article 10, equal in right of payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer and is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.
(f)Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01, 10.02 and 10.06, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
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impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(g)Each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to the other terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.
(h)In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuer to the Holders and the Trustee.
(i)Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
(j)Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.
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(k)[Reserved].
(l)To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law but subject to the limitations set out in Section 10.02 below, each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Issuer or any other Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Issuer or any other Guarantor, other than the payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Subject to the limitations set out in Section 10.02 below, the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05) may, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Issuer or any Guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy available to it against the Issuer or any other Guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash. 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 Issuer or any other Guarantor, as the case may be.
SECTION 10.02 Limitation on Liability.
(a)Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without (i) rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or (ii) resulting in any breach of corporate benefit, financial assistance, fraudulent preference, thin capitalization laws, retention of title claims, capital maintenance rules, general statutory limitations, or the laws or regulations (or analogous restrictions) of any applicable jurisdiction or any similar principles which may limit the ability of any Foreign Subsidiary to provide a Guarantee or may require that the Guarantee be limited by an amount or scope or otherwise. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Securities, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee.
(b)(i) To the extent that any Guarantee is granted by a German entity (a "German Guarantor") incorporated as a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) ("GmbH") or a limited partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft) ("KG") with a GmbH as sole general partner ("GmbH & Co. KG") and that such Guarantee secures liabilities other than the own liabilities of the relevant German Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries, the enforcement of the Guarantee will be limited to such amount (I) as is required to ensure that the amount of the German Guarantor's net assets (or the net assets of its general partner if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG), calculated as the sum of the balance sheet positions shown under section 266 sub-section (2) (A), (B), (C) and (D) of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch)
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("HGB") less the sum of the amounts shown under balance sheet positions shown under section 266 (3) (B), (C), (D) and (E) HGB and any amounts not available for distribution to its shareholders in accordance with section 268 sub-section (8) HGB, does not fall below the amount of its registered share capital (Stammkapital); or (II) where the amount of the German Guarantor's net assets (or the net assets of its general partner if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG) already is below the amount of its registered share capital, as is required as to ensure that such amount is not further reduced.
(ii)The limits in clauses (I) and (II) of Section 10.02(b)(i) will not apply (A) to the extent that the Guarantee of the relevant German Guarantor relates to any amount of the proceeds of the Securities to the extent on-lent to the relevant German Guarantor plus any accrued and unpaid interest and costs and fees in respect of or attributable to that on-lending (and such amounts are not repaid); (B) if following the first date upon which the relevant German Guarantor is called upon to make payment in respect of its Guarantee, the relevant German Guarantor (or its general partner if the relevant German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG) does not provide financial statements in accordance with Section 10.02(b)(iv) and (v) below; (C) if the relevant German Guarantor (or, if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner) (as dominated entity) is party to a domination and/or profit and loss transfer agreement (Beherrschungs- und/oder Gewinnabführungsvertrag) (a "DPTA"), unless the
Guarantor's claim for absorption of losses pursuant to section 302 German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) is not or cannot be expected to be fully recoverable (unless a higher or supreme court has found by way of a final judgment that the requirement of a fully recoverable counterclaim is not applicable if a DPTA is in place); or (D) if and to the extent the German Guarantor holds on the date hereof a fully recoverable indemnity claim or claim for refund (vollwertiger Gegenleistungs- oder Rückgewähranspruch) against its shareholder.
(iii)[Reserved].
(iv)For the purpose of the calculation of the net assets of a German Guarantor, the following balance sheet items shall be adjusted as follows: (A) the amount of any increase of the German Guarantor's or its general partner's registered share capital after the date of this Indenture, to the extent that it is not fully paid up, shall be deducted from the German Guarantor's or its general partner's registered share capital; (B) loans provided to the German Guarantor or its general partner by any member of the group shall be disregarded if and to the extent those loans are subordinated or are considered subordinated pursuant to section 39 para. 1 no. 5 and/or para. 2 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung); and (C) loans or other liabilities incurred in violation of the provisions of this Indenture shall be disregarded.
(v)For the purpose of the calculation of the net assets, the relevant German Guarantor will deliver (within 15 Business Days following the first date upon which the relevant German Guarantor is called upon to make payment in respect of its Guarantee) to the Trustee a notification stating to which extent the
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amount payable in respect of its Guarantee shall be limited in accordance with clauses (b)(i)(I) and (b)(i)(II) of this Section 10.02 above and taking into account the adjustments in clause (b)(iv) of this Section 10.02 above, such notification to be supported by interim financial statements (Stichtagsbilanz) showing the balance sheet positions mentioned in clause (b)(i)(I) above as of the relevant date (the "Management Determination").
(vi)Following the Trustee's receipt of the Management Determination, upon the Trustee's request (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof) (the "Trustee's Request"), the relevant German Guarantor (or its general partner if the relevant German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG) will deliver (within 25 Business Days following receipt of the Trustee's Request) to the Trustee an up-to-date balance sheet drawn-up by a firm of auditors of international standing and repute together with a determination of the net assets. Such balance sheet and determination of net assets shall be prepared in accordance with accounting principles pursuant to the HGB and be based on the same principles that were applied when establishing the previous year's balance sheet. The determination by the auditors (as set forth above, the "Auditors' Determination") pertaining to the relevant German Guarantor or, in the case of a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner shall have been prepared as of the first date upon which the relevant German Guarantor is called upon to make payment in respect of its Guarantee.
(vii)The Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05) shall be entitled to demand payment under the Guarantee in an amount which would, in accordance with the Management Determination or, if applicable and taking into account any previous enforcement in accordance with the Management Determination, the Auditors' Determination, not cause the German Guarantor's net assets (or if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner's net assets) to be reduced below zero or further reduced if already below zero. If and to the extent the net assets as determined by the Auditors' Determination are lower than the amount enforced in accordance with the Management Determination, the Trustee shall release to the relevant German Guarantor (or if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, to its general partner) such exceeding enforcement proceeds. The Trustee may (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05) withhold any amount received pursuant to an enforcement of this Guarantee until final determination of the amount of the net assets pursuant to the Auditors' Determination.
(viii)In a situation where the relevant German Guarantor does not have sufficient net assets to maintain its registered share capital the relevant German Guarantor shall within three months after a written request by the Trustee (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05), to the extent commercially justifiable, dispose of all assets which are not necessary for its business (nicht betriebsnotwendig) on market terms where the relevant assets are shown in the balance sheet of the relevant German Guarantor with a book value which is significantly lower than the market value of such assets. After the expiry of such three-month period the German Guarantor shall, within three Business
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Days, notify the Trustee of the amount of the net proceeds from the sale and submit a statement with a new calculation of the amount of the net assets of the German Guarantor (or if the German Guarantor is a GmbH & Co. KG, of its general partner) taking into account such proceeds. Such calculation shall, upon the Trustee's request (acting at the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 6.05), be confirmed by one of the auditors of the German Guarantor within a period of 15 Business Days following the request.
(c)(i) Subject to clause (v) below and notwithstanding any contrary indication in this Indenture, in relation to a Guarantor organized under the laws of France (a "French Guarantor"), its Guarantee shall be limited to the payment obligations of the Issuer up to an amount equal to the aggregate of all outstanding amounts under the Securities and this Indenture to the extent (i) directly or indirectly on-lent to such French Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries or (ii) used to refinance any indebtedness previously directly or indirectly on-lent to such French Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries and in all cases to the extent of the amounts so on-lent remaining due by such French Guarantor and/or its Subsidiaries from time to time (the "Maximum Guaranteed Amount"); it being specified that any payment made by such French Guarantor under this Article 10 in respect of the obligations of the Issuer shall reduce pro tanto the outstanding amount of the intercompany loans (if any) due by such French Guarantor to the Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, any payment made by a French Guarantor under this clause (B) shall reduce the Maximum Guaranteed Amount by the amount paid.
(ii)It is acknowledged that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Indenture, no French Guarantor is acting jointly and severally with the other Guarantors and no French Guarantor shall therefore be considered as "co-débiteurs solidaires" within the meaning of article 1216 of the French Code civil with the other Guarantors as to its Guarantee.
(iii)For the purpose of Section 10.02(c)(i) above "Subsidiary" means, in relation to any company, any other company which is controlled by it within the meaning of article L.233-3 of the French Code de commerce.
(iv)For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations set out in Section 10.02(c)(i) and Section 10.02(c)(ii) above with respect to the payment obligation of any French Guarantor under the Guarantee shall apply mutatis mutandis with respect to any other indemnity, guarantee or any other undertaking of any French Guarantor contained in this Indenture having the same or a similar effect. Any payment made by a French Guarantor under any such indemnity, guarantee or undertaking shall reduce the Maximum Guaranteed Amount by the amount paid.
(v)Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no French Guarantor shall grant a Guarantee covering any Indebtedness which would result in such French Guarantor not complying with French financial assistance rules as set out in article L. 225-216 of the French Code de Commerce or any other law or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts and/or would constitute a misuse of corporate assets within the meaning of articles L. 241-3, L.
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242-6 or L. 244-1 of the French Code de Commerce or any other law or regulations having the same effect, as interpreted by French courts.
(d)(i) Notwithstanding any contrary indication in this Indenture, in relation to a Guarantor organized or incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (a "Swiss
Guarantor"), its Guarantee and any other indemnity, security or other benefit, as well as any other undertaking contained in this Indenture having the same or a similar effect, such as, but not limited to, the waiver of set-off or subrogation rights or the subordination of intra-group claims, under this Indenture and the Securities for, or with respect to, obligations of any other obligor (other than the direct or indirect Subsidiaries of such Swiss Guarantor) shall not exceed at any time the amount of such Swiss Guarantor's freely disposable equity in accordance with then applicable Swiss law, presently being the total shareholder equity less the total of (A) the aggregate share capital, (B) statutory reserves (including reserves for own shares and revaluations as well as agio) and (C) any freely disposable equity that has to be blocked for any loans granted by such Swiss Guarantor to a direct or indirect subsidiary of any parent company of such Swiss Guarantor, other than a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Swiss Guarantor. The amount of equity freely disposable shall be determined on the basis of an audited annual or interim balance sheet of the relevant Swiss Guarantor. This limitation shall only apply to the extent it is a requirement under applicable law at the time the respective Swiss Guarantor is required to perform. Such limitation shall not free the respective Swiss Guarantor from its obligations in excess of the freely disposable equity, but merely postpone the performance date therefor until such times as performance is again permitted notwithstanding such limitation.
(ii)If so required under applicable law (including double tax treaties) at the time it is required to make a payment under this Indenture, each Swiss Guarantor: (A) may deduct the withholding tax due under the Swiss Federal Act on the Withholding Tax (the "Withholding Tax") at the rate of 35 per cent (or such other rate as is in force at that time) from any payment deemed to be a constructive dividend; (B) may pay the Withholding Tax to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration; and (C) shall notify and provide evidence to the Trustee that the Withholding Tax has been paid to the Swiss Federal Tax Administration. The respective Swiss Guarantor shall as soon as possible after the deduction of the Withholding Tax ensure that any Person which is, as a result of a payment under this Indenture, entitled to a full or partial refund of the Withholding Tax, is in a position to apply for such refund under any applicable law (including double tax treaties) and, in case it has received any refund of the Withholding Tax, pay such refund to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders upon receipt thereof.
(iii)Each Swiss Guarantor shall, and any shareholder of such Swiss Guarantor being a party hereto shall procure that such Swiss Guarantor will, take and cause to be taken all and any other action, including without limitation,
(A) preparation of an up-to-date audited balance sheet of such Swiss Guarantor,
(B) the passing of any shareholders' resolutions to approve any payment or other performance under this Indenture or the Securities, (C) the obtaining of any confirmations (including confirmations by the respective Swiss Guarantor's auditors) which may be required as a matter of Swiss mandatory law in force at
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the time the respective Swiss Guarantor is required to make a payment or perform other obligations under this Indenture or the Securities, and (D) all such other measures necessary or useful in order to allow the Swiss Guarantor to make a prompt payment as well as perform any of its other obligations under this Indenture or the Securities with a minimum of limitations.
(iv)If the enforcement of obligations of a Swiss Guarantor would be limited due to the effects referred to in this clause, the Swiss Guarantor affected shall further, to the extent permitted by applicable law and Swiss accounting standards, write up or realize any of its assets that are shown in its balance sheet with a book value that is significantly lower than the market value of the assets, in the case of a realization, however, only if such assets are not necessary for the Swiss Guarantor's business (nicht betriebsnotwendig).
SECTION 10.03 Automatic Termination of Guarantees.
A Guarantee as to any Guarantor shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Guarantor shall automatically be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article 10 upon:
(A)the sale, disposition or other transfer (including through merger or consolidation) of (x) the Capital Stock of the applicable Guarantor to a Person who is not (either before or after giving effect to the transaction) the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, following which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, disposition or other transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture,
(B)the Issuer designating such Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions set forth under Section 4.04 and the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary,"
(C)in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that after the Issue Date is required to guarantee the Securities pursuant to Section 4.11, the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of the Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or the repayment of the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, in each case, which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Securities, or
(D)the Issuer's exercise of its defeasance option under Article 8, or if the Issuer's obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
In connection with the termination of any Guarantee pursuant to this Section 10.03, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and any Guarantor, at the Issuer or such Guarantor's expense, all documents that the Issuer or such Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel regarding such release before executing and delivering such documents.
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SECTION 10.04 Successors and Assigns.
This Article 10 shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 10.05 No Waiver.
Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 10 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 10 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
SECTION 10.06 Modification.
No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 10, nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee (acting in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Indenture), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 10.07 Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors
Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.11 shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Guarantor under this Article 10 and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary or other Person and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Guarantor is a valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 10.08 Non-Impairment.
The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.
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ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Ranking.
The indebtedness evidenced by the Securities will be unsecured senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, equal in right of payment to all existing and future senior Indebtedness of the Issuer and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer. The indebtedness evidenced by the Guarantees will be unsecured senior Indebtedness of the applicable Guarantor, equal in right of payment to all existing and future senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Guarantor.
SECTION 11.02 [Reserved].
SECTION 11.03 Notices.
(a)Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and in English and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class mail or electronic mail with portable document format attached, addressed as follows:
if to the Issuer or a Guarantor: Constellium SE
Washington Plaza – 40/44, rue Washington 75008 Paris, France
Attn: Mark Kirkland
Fax: +33 1 73 01 46 59
Email: mark.kirkland@constellium.com
With a copy to
Constellium SE
Washington Plaza – 40/44, rue Washington 75008 Paris, France
Attn: Jeremy Leach
Tel: +33 1 73 01 46 51
Email: jeremy.leach@constellium.com
Constellium Switzerland AG Max Högger-Strasse 6
8048 Zürich, Switzerland
Attn: Mark Kirkland, Group Treasurer
Tel: +41 44 438 6642
Email: mark.kirkland@constellium.com
and
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
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51West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Attn: Joshua A. Feltman Tel: (212) 403-1109 Fax: (212) 403-2109
Email: jafeltman@wlrk.com
if to the Trustee:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Agency Services
60 Wall Street, 24th Floor
Mail Stop: NYC60-2405
New York, New York 10005
Attn: Corporates Team Deal Manager – Constellium SE Deal ID
SF4228
Fax: 732-578-4635
The Issuer or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
(b)Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed, first class mail, to the Holder at the Holder's address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
(c)Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.
SECTION 11.04 [Reserved].
SECTION 11.05 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a request pursuant to Section 7.06), the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:
(a)an Officer's Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b)an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
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SECTION 11.06 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include:
(a)a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b)a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c)a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d)a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer's Certificate or certificates of public officials.
SECTION 11.07 When Securities Disregarded.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Issuer, any Guarantor or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any Guarantor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
SECTION 11.08 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the Holders. The Registrar and a paying agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
SECTION 11.09 Legal Holidays.
If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.
SECTION 11.10 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
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SECTION 11.11 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service.
In relation to any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, the Trustee (in the case of clauses (a) and (b) below only), the Issuer and each Guarantor that is organized under laws other than the United States or a state thereof (a) irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in the City, County and State of New York, United States, (b) consent that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waive any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agree not to plead or claim the same, (c) designate and appoint Constellium US Holdings I, LLC, 300 East Lombard Street, 17th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202 as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such action or proceeding that may be instituted in any such court and (d) agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail addressed to such agent for service of process, with written notice of said service to such Person at the address of the agent for service of process set forth in clause (c) of this Section 11.11 shall be effective service of process for any such action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, paying agent, Registrar, and Transfer Agent hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 11.12 Currency Indemnity.
The U.S. Dollar is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer or any Guarantor under or in connection with the Securities, including damages. Any amount with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees thereof received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, whether as a result of, or the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or any Guarantor or otherwise by any Holder or by the Trustee, in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer or any Guarantor will only constitute a discharge to the Issuer or any Guarantor to the extent of the U.S. Dollar amount that the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in such other currency on the date of such receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make such purchase on such date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so).
If that U.S. Dollar amount is less than the U.S. Dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient or the Trustee under the Securities, the Issuer and each Guarantor will indemnify such recipient and/or the Trustee against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Issuer and each Guarantor will indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Section 11.12, it shall be prima facie evidence of the matter stated therein, for the Holder of a Security or the Trustee to certify in a manner satisfactory to the Issuer (indicating the sources of information used) the loss it incurred in making any such purchase. These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Issuer's and each Guarantor's other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any waiver granted by any Holder of a Security or the Trustee (other than a waiver of the indemnities set out herein) and will continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under
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any Security or to the Trustee. For the purposes of this Section 11.12, it shall be sufficient for the Trustee or the Holder, as applicable, to certify (indicating the sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss had the actual purchase of U.S. Dollars been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of U.S. Dollars on such date had not been practicable due to current market conditions generally, on the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above).
SECTION 11.13 No Recourse Against Others.
No director, officer, employee, manager or incorporator of, or holder of any Equity Interests in, the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.
SECTION 11.14 Successors.
All agreements of the Issuer and each Guarantor in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 11.15 USA PATRIOT Act.
In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States ("Applicable Law"), the Trustee and agents are required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee and agents. Accordingly, each of the parties agree to provide to the Trustee and agents, upon their request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee and agents to comply with Applicable Law.
SECTION 11.16 Multiple Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture by manual, facsimile, pdf or other electronically transmitted signature. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. Facsimile, documents executed, scanned and transmitted electronically and electronic signatures, including those created or transmitted through a software platform or application, shall be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Indenture and all other related documents and all matters and agreements related thereto, with such facsimile, scanned and electronic signatures having the same legal effect as original signatures. The parties agree that this Indenture or any other related documents or any instrument, agreement or document necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or the other related documents or related hereto or thereto (including, without limitation, addendums, amendments, notices, instructions, communications with respect to the delivery of securities or the wire transfer of
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funds or other communications) ("Executed Documentation") may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations in effect from time to time applicable to the effectiveness and enforceability of electronic signatures. Any Executed Documentation accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws, rules and regulations will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any third party electronic signature capture service providers as may be reasonably chosen by a signatory hereto or thereto.
SECTION 11.17 Table of Contents; Headings.
The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.18 Indenture Controls.
If and to the extent that any provision of the Securities limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.
SECTION 11.19 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
CONSTELLIUM SE
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM US HOLDINGS I, LLC
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS
RAVENSWOOD, LLC
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM HOLDINGS MUSCLE
SHOALS LLC (F/K/A WISE METALS GROUP
LLC)
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM MUSCLE SHOALS LLC (F/K/A WISE ALLOYS LLC)
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
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CONSTELLIUM BOWLING GREEN LLC (F/K/A CONSTELLIUM-UACJ ABS LLC)
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM PROPERTY AND
EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC
By: /s/ Rina Teran
Name: Rina Teran
Title: Vice President and Secretary
CONSTELLIUM INTERNATIONAL S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM FRANCE HOLDCO S.A.S.
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/s/ Peter R. Matt |
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Name: Peter R. Matt |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
CONSTELLIUM ISSOIRE S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
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CONSTELLIUM FINANCE S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM NEUF BRISACH S.A.S.
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
ENGINEERED PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL S.A.S.
By: /s/ Peter R. Matt
Name: Peter R. Matt
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM SWITZERLAND AG
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
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CONSTELLIUM SINGEN GMBH
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM GERMANY HOLDCO GMBH & CO. KG
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
CONSTELLIUM ROLLED PRODUCTS SINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
By: /s/ Mark Kirkland
Name: Mark Kirkland
Title: Authorized Signatory
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By: /s/ Bridgette Casasnovas
Name: Bridgette Casasnovas
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Robert Peschler
Name: Robert Peschler
Title: Vice President
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APPENDIX A
PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORIGINAL SECURITIES AND ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
1.Definitions. 1.1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.
"Definitive Security" means a certificated Security (bearing the Restricted Securities Legend if the transfer of such Security is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Securities Legend.
"Depository" means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.Y., as operator of Euroclear systems Clearance System or any successor securities clearing agency.
"Global Securities Legend" means the legend set forth under that caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture.
"IAI" means an institutional "accredited investor" as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"Initial Purchasers" means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Société Générale, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. and Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. and such other initial purchasers listed on Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement entered into in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.
"QIB" means a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S under the Securities Act.
"Regulation S Securities" means all Securities offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.
"Restricted Period," with respect to any Securities, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Securities are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Issuer to the Trustee, and (b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days.
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"Restricted Securities Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(f)(i)
herein.
"Rule 501" means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A" means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
"Rule 144A Securities" means all Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance
on Rule 144A.
"Securities Custodian" means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
"Transfer Restricted Securities" means Definitive Securities and any other Securities that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Securities Legend.
"Unrestricted Definitive Security" means Definitive Securities and any other Securities that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Securities Legend.
"Unrestricted Global Security" means a Global Security which is not a Restricted Global Security.
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2.The Securities.
2.1.Form and Dating; Global Securities.
(a)The Original Securities issued on the date hereof will be (i) offered and sold by the Issuer pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (ii) resold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Original Securities may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in accordance with Rule 501. Additional Securities offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Issuer from time to time pursuant to one or more purchase agreements in accordance with applicable law.
(b)Global Securities. (i) Rule 144A Securities initially shall be represented by one or more Securities in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the "Rule 144A Global Securities").
Regulation S Securities initially shall be represented by one or more Securities in fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the "Regulation S Global Securities"), which shall be registered in the name of the
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Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.
The provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream Banking S.A. shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Securities that are held by participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
The term "Global Securities" means the Rule 144A Global Securities and the Regulation S Global Securities. The Global Securities shall bear the Global Security Legend. The Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Securities. The Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Securities for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository, or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(ii)Transfers of Global Securities shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Securities may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Securities only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Security shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities if (x) the Depository (1) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Security and the Issuer thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Global Securities be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Securities prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. In all cases, Definitive Securities delivered in exchange for any Global Security or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.
(iii)In connection with the transfer of a Global Security as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer
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shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations.
(iv)Any Transfer Restricted Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to Section 2.2 shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
(v)Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Security may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.2.
(vi)The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
2.2.Transfer and Exchange.
(a)Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Securities will not be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Securities except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). Global Securities also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.10 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b) or 2.2(g).
(b)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Securities which are
Global Securities ("Restricted Global Securities") shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Securities. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i)Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Securities Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Security may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). A beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
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Security. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.2(b)(i).
(ii)All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Security that is not subject to Section 2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Securities contained in this Indenture and the Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Security pursuant to Section 2.2(g).
(iii)Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security; and
(B)if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Security, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security.
(iv)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security. A beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or
(B)if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
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Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer's Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Written Order, authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).
(v)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.
(c)Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities for Definitive Securities. A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be exchanged for a Definitive Security except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Security may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Security except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). In any case, beneficial interests in Global Securities shall be transferred or exchanged only for Definitive Securities.
(d)Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (ii) below, as applicable:
(i)Transfer Restricted Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities. If any Holder of a Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security or to transfer such Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(B)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
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(C)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(D)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(E)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable; or
(F)if such Transfer Restricted Security is being transferred to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security;
the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Security, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Restricted Global Security.
(ii)Transfer Restricted Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of a Transfer Restricted Security that is a Definitive Security may exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security only if the Registrar receives the following:
(A)the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or
(B)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Securities proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Security to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Securities and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Security. If any such
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transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Written Order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer's Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).
(iii)Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security may exchange such Unrestricted Definitive Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Security to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Security and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Securities. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Written Order of the Issuer in the form of an Officer's Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Securities transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).
(iv)Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Securities. An Unrestricted Definitive Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.
(e)Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities for Definitive Securities. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Securities and such Holder's compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Securities. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Securities duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.2(e).
(i)Transfer Restricted Securities to Transfer Restricted Securities. A Transfer Restricted Security may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Security if the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(B)if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;
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(C)if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security;
(D)if the transfer will be made to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) above, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security; and
(E)if such transfer will be made to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Security.
(ii)Transfer Restricted Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. Any Transfer Restricted Security may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security if the Registrar receives the following:
(A)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security; or
(B)if the Holder of such Transfer Restricted Security proposes to transfer such Securities to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security, a certificate from such Holder in the form attached to the applicable Security,
and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Securities Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii)Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Unrestricted Definitive Securities. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Security may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Securities to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Security at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Securities pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
Unrestricted Definitive Securities to Transfer Restricted Securities. An Unrestricted Definitive Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Security.
At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee
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to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(f)Legend.
(i)Except as permitted by the following paragraph (ii), (iii) or (iv), each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities and the Definitive Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only):
"THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE ISSUER OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE."
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Each Definitive Security shall bear the following additional legends:
"IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS."
"THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT."
(ii)Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security that is a Definitive Security, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Definitive Security that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security if the Holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security).
(iii)Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted Period of any Security acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Security bear the Restricted Securities Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Security be issued in global form shall continue to apply.
(iv)Any Additional Securities sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend.
(g)Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 of this Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Definitive Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h)Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities.
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(i)To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Securities and Global Securities at the
Registrar's request.
(ii)No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).
(iii)Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Issuer, the Trustee, a paying agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the paying agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv)All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
(i)No Obligation of the Trustee.
(i)None of the Trustee, Registrar or paying agent shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to the Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee, Registrar or paying agent may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii)None of the Trustee, Registrar or paying agent shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
Appendix A - 12
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF ORIGINAL OR ADDITIONAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
&CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
[Restricted Securities Legend]
"THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (SUBJECT TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH EVIDENCE, IF ANY, REQUIRED UNDER THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE IS ISSUED) AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
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SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE REGISTRAR OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO THE ISSUER OR
(3)PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTION SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.
Each Definitive Security shall bear the following additional legends:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
Exhibit A - 2
[FORM OF ORIGINAL SECURITY]
No. |
$__________ |
3.750% Sustainability-Linked Senior Note due 2029
CUSIP No.
ISIN No.
Constellium SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France, promises to pay to ____________, or registered assigns, the principal sum [of Dollars] [listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto]1 on April 15, 2029.
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15
Record Dates: April 1 and October 1
Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this
Security.
1Use the Schedule of Increases and Decreases language if Security is in Global Form.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
CONSTELLIUM SE
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities
referred to in the Indenture.
By:
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Authorized Signatory |
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If the Security is to be issued in global form, add the Global Securities |
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Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned "TO BE |
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ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF |
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INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY". |
Exhibit A - 5
EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF ORIGINAL SECURITY]
3.750% Sustainability-Linked Senior Note due 2029
1.Interest
CONSTELLIUM SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (together with its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to as the "Issuer"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security semiannually in arrears on each April 15 and October 15 commencing on October 15, 2021. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the Issue Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Interest on the Securities will accrue from the Issue Date to but excluding April 15, 2026, at a rate of 3.750% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears.
From and including April 15, 2026, the interest rate payable on the Securities shall be increased by +0.125% to 3.875% per annum (the "Target 1 Step-Up"), unless the Issuer has notified the Trustee in writing (such notification, the "Target 1 Satisfaction Notice"), at least 15 days prior to April 15, 2026, that it has determined that the Issuer has attained Sustainability Performance Target 1 and received an Assurance Letter. From and including April 15, 2027, the interest rate payable on the Securities shall be increased by +0.125% to (x) 4.000% per annum, if the Target 1 Step-Up took effect or (y) 3.875% per annum, if the Target 1 Step-Up did not take effect, in each case unless the Issuer has notified the Trustee in writing (such notification, the "Target 2 Satisfaction Notice" and, together with the Target 1 Satisfaction Notice, the "Satisfaction Notices"), at least 15 days prior to April 15, 2027, that it has determined that the Issuer has attained Sustainability Performance Target 2 and received an Assurance Letter.
2.Method of Payment
The Issuer shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Securities to the paying agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuer shall make all payments in respect of certificated Securities (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the certificated Securities or, if no such account is specified, by mailing a check to each such Holder's registered address.
3.Paying Agent and Registrar
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Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the "Trustee"), will act as Principal Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may appoint and change any paying agent or Registrar without notice. The Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as paying agent or Registrar.
4.Indenture
The Issuer issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of February 24, 2021 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture. Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the Holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms and provisions.
The Securities are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer. This Security is one of the Original Securities referred to in the Indenture. The Securities include the Original Securities and any issued Additional Securities. The Original Securities and any Additional Securities are treated as a single series of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of Capital Stock of the Issuer and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer and each Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.
To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Securities and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Securities when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, the Guarantors have, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior unsecured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5.Optional Redemption
Except as set forth in the following two paragraphs, the Securities shall not be redeemable at the option of the Issuer prior to April 15, 2024. On or after April 15, 2024, the Issuer may redeem the Securities, at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice delivered electronically or by first-lass mail to each Holder's registered address, in accordance with DTC's applicable procedure, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth below:
Year |
Redemption Price |
2024 |
102.000% |
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2025 |
101.000% |
2026 and thereafter |
100.000% |
In addition, prior to April 15, 2024, the Issuer may redeem the Securities, at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' prior notice electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time prior to April 15, 2024, the Issuer may redeem Securities in an aggregate amount equal to up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities), with an amount equal to the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings by the Issuer, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 103.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Securities) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; and provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' notice electronically delivered or mailed to each Holder of Securities being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.
Any redemption or notice of any redemption may, at the Issuer's discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of an Equity Offering, other debt or equity financing, acquisition or other corporate transaction or event, and, at the Issuer's discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all of such conditions have been satisfied. In addition, the Issuer may provide in any notice of redemption that payment of the redemption price and the performance of its obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another person; provided, however, that the Issuer will remain obligated to pay the redemption price and perform its obligations with respect to such redemption in the event such other person fails to do so and all conditions to such redemption, if any, are satisfied.
If an optional redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on such record date.
6.Redemption for Taxation Reasons.
The Issuer may redeem the Securities, at its option, in whole, but not in part, at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice to Holders (which notice shall be irrevocable but may be conditional) at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date fixed for redemption of the Securities (a "Tax Redemption Date") (subject to
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the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date) and all Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 2.15 of the Indenture), if any, then due or that will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise, if the Issuer determines in good faith that, as a result of:
(a)any change in, or amendment to, the law or treaties (or any regulations, protocols or rulings promulgated thereunder) of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (as defined in Section 2.15 of the Indenture) affecting taxation; or
(b)any change in official position regarding the application, administration or
interpretation of such laws, treaties, regulations, protocols or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a government agency or court of competent jurisdiction)
(each of the foregoing in clauses (a) and (b), a "Change in Tax Law"), any Payor (as defined in Section 2.15 of the Indenture), with respect to the Securities or a Guarantee is, or on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Securities would be, required to pay any Additional Amounts, and such obligation cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to such Payor (including the appointment of a new paying agent or, where such payment would be reasonable, the payment through another Payor); provided that no Payor shall be required to take any measures that in the Issuer's good faith determination would result in the imposition on such person of any legal or regulatory burden (other than any such burden that is de minimis to the Issuer) or the incurrence by such person of additional costs (other than any such costs that are de minimis to the Issuer) or would otherwise result in any adverse consequences to such person (other than any such adverse consequences that are de minimis).
In the case of any Payor, any Change in Tax Law described in clauses (a) or (b) above must be announced and become effective on or after the date of the Offering Memorandum (or if the applicable Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the date of the Offering Memorandum, then such later date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice of redemption will be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Payor would be obligated to make such payment of Additional Amounts. Prior to the publication, mailing or delivery of any notice of redemption of the Securities pursuant to the foregoing, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee and the paying agent (a) an Officer's Certificate stating that it is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to its right so to redeem have been satisfied and (b) an opinion of an independent tax counsel of recognized standing to the effect that the Payor would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of a Change in Tax Law. The Trustee will accept such Officer's Certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on the Holders of the Securities.
The foregoing provisions will apply mutatis mutandis to any successor to a Payor. The foregoing provisions will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture.
7.Sinking Fund
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
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8.Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be electronically delivered or mailed by first-class mail at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Securities in denominations larger than $250,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a paying agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
9. Repurchase of Securities at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase Securities upon the occurrence of certain events.
10.Ranking
The Securities and the Guarantees are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and will be of equal ranking with all present and future senior unsecured indebtedness.
11.Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $250,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Securities in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Securities for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Securities to be redeemed.
12.Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all
purposes.
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13.Unclaimed Money
If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a paying agent shall pay the money back to the Issuer at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a paying agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.
14.Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
15.Amendment; Waiver
Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture or the Securities may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Securities (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(ii)to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Securities; (iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Guarantor of the obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture and its Guarantee; (iv) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code); (v) to add additional Guarantees with respect to the Securities; (vi) to make any change that would provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights of the Holders; (vii) to make changes relating to the transfer and legending of the Securities; (viii) to secure the Securities; (ix) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor; (x) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect; (xi) to effect any provision of the Indenture; (xii) to provide for the issuance of the Additional Securities, as defined in the Indenture; (xiii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof; or (xiv) to conform the text of the Indenture, Guarantees or Securities to any provision of the section entitled "Description of the Notes" in the Offering Memorandum.
16.Defaults and Remedies
If an Event of Default occurs (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities, in each case, by notice to the Issuer, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable provided, however, that so long as any Bank
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Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Representative under the Credit Facilities and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Securities and its consequences.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense and certain other conditions are complied with. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Securities unless (i) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy, (iii) such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense,
(iv)the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal or financial liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture at the instruction of Holders in respect of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification or security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, a notice of Default, notice of acceleration or instruction to the Trustee to provide a notice of Default or notice of acceleration may not be given by the Trustee or the Holders (or any other action taken on the assertion of any Default) with respect to any action taken, and reported publicly or to Holders, more than two years prior to such notice of Default, notice of acceleration or instruction to the Trustee to provide a notice of Default or notice of acceleration (or other action). In addition, the Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Securities if it determines that acceleration is not in the interests of the Holders. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine when or if any Holders have been notified of any such action or to track when such two-year period starts or concludes. Any time period to cure any actual or alleged Default or Event of Default may be extended or stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
17.Trustee Dealings with the Issuer
Exhibit A - 12
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuer or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18.No Recourse Against Others
No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests (as defined in the Indenture) in the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.
19.Authentication
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually or electronically signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
20.Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21.Governing Law
THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
22.CUSIP Numbers; ISINs
The Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuer will furnish to any Holder of Securities upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security.
Exhibit A - 13
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to:
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
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Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
Signature Guarantee:
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Signature must be guaranteed by aSignature of Signature Guarantee participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
Exhibit A - 14
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES
This certificate relates to $_________ principal amount of Securities held in (check applicable space) ____ book-entry or _____ definitive form by the undersigned.
The undersigned (check one box below):
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In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
(1) ☐ to the Issuer; or
(2) ☐ to the Registrar for registration in the name of the Holder, without
transfer; or
(3) ☐ pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4) ☐ inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5) ☐ outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and such Security shall be held immediately after the transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture); or
(6) ☐ to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements; or
(7) ☐ pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Exhibit A - 15
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuer or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Signature Guarantee:
Date:
Signature must be guaranteed by aSignature of Signature Guarantee participant in a recognized signature
guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
Exhibit A - 16
TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
Dated:
NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer
Exhibit A - 17
[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $______________. The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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Exhibit A - 18
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:
Asset Sale ☐ |
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If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($250,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)
Signature Guarantee:
Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
Exhibit A - 19
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of February 24, 2021 (the "Indenture") among CONSTELLIUM SE, a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (the "Issuer"), the Guarantors party thereto and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as trustee (the "Trustee"), (a) (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all Obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Securities, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on or in respect of the Securities and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Securities and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Securities and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.02) and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
Exhibit A - 20
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental Indenture") dated as of [ ], among [GUARANTOR] (the "New Guarantor"), a subsidiary of CONSTELLIUM SE, (or its successor), a European company (Societas Europaea) incorporated under the laws of France (the "Issuer") and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Issuer and the existing Guarantors have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Indenture") dated as of February 24, 2021, providing initially for the issuance of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's 3.750% Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2029 (the "Securities");
WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer is required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuer's Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee and the New Guarantor are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:
1.Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term "Holders" in this Guarantee shall refer to the term "Holders" as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such Holders. The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereby" and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
2.Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all existing Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer's Obligations under the Securities and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.
3.Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 11.03 of the Indenture.
Exhibit C - 1
4.Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
5.Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
6.Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
7.Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture by manual, facsimile, pdf or other electronically transmitted signature. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
8.Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.
Exhibit B - 2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
[NEW GUARANTOR]
By:
Name:
Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS
By:
Name:
Title:
By:
Name:
Title:
Exhibit B - 3