Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
$2,500,000,000
AMENDED AND
RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 26, 2022,
among
NXP B.V.
and
NXP FUNDING LLC,
as the Borrowers,
The Several
Lenders
From Time to Time Parties Hereto,
Barclays Bank PLC,
as
Administrative Agent,
and
the Letter of Credit Issuers
Barclays Bank
PLC,
Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC,
Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC,
Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
SMBC Bank
EU AG,
DBS Bank Ltd.,
J.P.
Morgan SE.,
Citibank Europe PLC, Dublin Branch and
PNC Capital Market LLC,
as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
and
Cooperative Rabobank U.A.,
as Co-Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 |
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Defined Terms |
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1.2 |
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Other Interpretive Provisions |
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1.3 |
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Accounting Terms |
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1.4 |
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Rounding |
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1.5 |
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Dutch Terms |
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1.6 |
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References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. |
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1.7 |
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Exchange Rates |
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1.8 |
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Liability of Co-Borrower |
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1.9 |
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Times of Day |
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1.10 |
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Timing of Payment or Performance |
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1.11 |
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Certifications |
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1.12 |
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Lien Reclassification |
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2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT |
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2.1 |
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Commitments |
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2.2 |
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Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings |
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2.3 |
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Notice of Borrowing |
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2.4 |
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Disbursement of Funds |
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2.5 |
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Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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2.6 |
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Conversions and Continuations |
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2.7 |
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Pro Rata Borrowings |
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2.8 |
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Interest |
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2.9 |
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Interest Periods |
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2.10 |
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Inability to Determine Rates; Illegality; Increased Costs |
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2.11 |
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Compensation |
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2.12 |
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Change of Lending Office |
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2.13 |
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Notice of Certain Costs |
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2.14 |
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Alternative Currencies |
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2.15 |
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Incremental Facilities. |
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2.16 |
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Defaulting Lenders |
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2.17 |
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Alternative Rate of Interest |
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2.18 |
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ESG Adjustments |
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3. LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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3.1 |
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Letters of Credit |
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3.2 |
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Letter of Credit Requests |
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3.3 |
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Letter of Credit Participations |
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3.4 |
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Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings |
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3.5 |
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New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer |
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3.6 |
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Issuance By Affiliates |
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3.7 |
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Cash Collateral |
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4. FEES; COMMITMENTS |
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4.1 |
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Fees |
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4.2 |
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Voluntary Reduction of Commitments |
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4.3 |
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Mandatory Termination of Commitments |
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5. PAYMENTS |
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5.1 |
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Voluntary Prepayments |
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5.2 |
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Mandatory Prepayments and Cash Collateral |
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5.3 |
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Method and Place of Payment |
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5.4 |
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Net Payments |
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5.5 |
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Computations of Interest and Fees |
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5.6 |
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Limit on Rate of Interest |
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5.7 |
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Currency Indemnity |
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6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE |
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6.1 |
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Credit Documents |
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6.2 |
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Legal Opinions |
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6.3 |
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Solvency Certificate |
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6.4 |
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Closing Certificate |
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6.5 |
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Corporate Proceedings of Each Original Credit Party |
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6.6 |
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Corporate Documents |
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6.7 |
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Representations and Warranties |
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6.8 |
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Notice of Borrowing |
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6.9 |
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No Default |
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6.10 |
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Fees |
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6.11 |
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Patriot Act |
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6.12 |
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Refinancing |
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7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS AFTER THE RESTATEMENT
EFFECTIVE DATE |
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7.1 |
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No Default; Representations and Warranties |
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7.2 |
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Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request |
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8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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8.1 |
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Organization; Powers |
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8.2 |
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Authorization |
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8.3 |
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Enforceability |
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8.4 |
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Governmental Approvals; Other Consents |
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8.5 |
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Federal Reserve Regulations |
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8.6 |
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Investment Company Act |
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8.7 |
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Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
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8.8 |
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Litigation |
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8.9 |
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Taxes |
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8.10 |
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No Material Misstatements |
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8.11 |
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Compliance With Laws |
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8.12 |
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Intellectual Property |
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8.13 |
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Environmental Compliance |
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8.14 |
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Solvency |
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9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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9.1 |
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Financial Statements |
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9.2 |
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Compliance Certificate |
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9.3 |
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Notices |
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9.4 |
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Payment of Taxes |
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9.5 |
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Preservation of Existence |
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9.6 |
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Compliance with Laws |
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9.7 |
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Inspection Rights |
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9.8 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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9.9 |
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Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries |
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10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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10.1 |
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Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio |
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10.2 |
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Limitation on Liens |
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10.3 |
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Merger and Consolidation by the Company |
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10.4 |
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Merger and Consolidations by the Co-Borrower and Guarantors |
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10.5 |
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Use of Proceeds |
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11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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11.1 |
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Events of Default |
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11.2 |
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Application of Funds |
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12. THE AGENTS |
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12.1 |
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Appointment |
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12.2 |
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Delegation of Duties |
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12.3 |
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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12.4 |
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Reliance by Agents |
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12.5 |
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Notice of Default |
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12.6 |
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Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders |
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12.7 |
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Indemnification |
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12.8 |
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Agents in their Individual Capacity |
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12.9 |
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Successor Agents |
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12.10 |
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Withholding Tax and Deductions |
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12.11 |
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
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12.12 |
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Agent under Guaranty |
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12.13 |
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Right to Enforce Guaranty |
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12.14 |
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Erroneous Payment. |
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13. MISCELLANEOUS |
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13.1 |
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Representations to the Financial Supervision Act |
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13.2 |
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Amendments and Waivers |
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13.3 |
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Notices |
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13.4 |
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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13.5 |
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Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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13.6 |
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Payment of Expenses and Taxes |
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13.7 |
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Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments |
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13.8 |
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Replacements of Lenders under Certain Circumstances |
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13.9 |
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Resignation as Letter of Credit Issuer upon Assignment |
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13.10 |
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Assignment to SPCs |
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13.11 |
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Adjustments; Set-off |
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13.12 |
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Counterparts; Electronic Execution |
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13.13 |
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Severability |
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13.14 |
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Integration |
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13.15 |
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GOVERNING LAW |
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13.16 |
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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13.17 |
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Acknowledgments |
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13.18 |
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WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL |
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13.19 |
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Confidentiality |
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13.20 |
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Payments Set Aside Communications |
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13.21 |
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Direct Website Communications |
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13.22 |
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USA Patriot Act |
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13.23 |
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Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions |
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13.24 |
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Certain ERISA Matters |
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13.25 |
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No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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13.26 |
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Effect of Restatement |
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13.27 |
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Interest Rate Limitation |
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13.28 |
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Judgment Currency |
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1(a) |
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Commitments |
Schedule 1.1(b) |
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L/C Fronting Commitment |
Schedule 8.8 |
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Litigation (except intellectual property litigation) |
Schedule 8.12 |
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Intellectual Property Litigation against the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries |
Schedule 8.13 |
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Environmental Compliance |
Schedule 9.1 |
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Companys website |
Schedule 13.3 |
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Notices |
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A |
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Assignment and Acceptance |
Exhibit B |
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Notice of Borrowing |
Exhibit C |
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Letter of Credit Request |
Exhibit D-1 |
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Form of Officers Certificate |
Exhibit D-2 |
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Form of Solvency Certificate |
Exhibit E |
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Form of Promissory Note |
Exhibit F |
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 26, 2022 (this
Agreement), among NXP B.V. with its corporate seat in Eindhoven, the Netherlands (the Company), NXP FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
Co-Borrower), the financial institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a Lender and, collectively, the Lenders) and Barclays Bank PLC, as the
administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent).
In consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.1 |
Defined Terms. i) As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this
Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires: |
ABR means for any day a
fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate and (c) the Adjusted Term SOFR for a one-month tenor plus 1.0%. Each
change in any interest rate provided for herein based upon the ABR resulting from a change in any of the rates referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the announcement of
such change. If the ABR as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it
is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the ABR shall be
determined without regard to clause (a) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted
Term SOFR shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR, as the case may be.
ABR Loan means each Loan bearing interest at a rate determined in reference to ABR.
Additional Guarantors means each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than the Original Guarantors) and each Restricted
Subsidiary, in each case, which Guarantees the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement pursuant to the Guaranty and in accordance with Section 9.9 of this Agreement.
Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
Adjusted EURIBO Rate means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a EURIBOR
Borrowing, the rate per annum equal to the EURIBO Rate for such Interest Period; provided that, if the Adjusted EURIBO Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
Adjusted Term SOFR means, with respect to any borrowing denominated in US Dollars for any interest period, an interest rate
per annum equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such interest period, plus (b) 0.10%; provided that, if the Adjusted Term SOFR as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero.
Adjusted Total Commitment means at any time the amount of the Total Commitments less the aggregate amount of the Commitments
of all Defaulting Lenders.
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Administrative Agent shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to
this Agreement.
Administrative Agents Office means the office of the Administrative Agent located at the address
set forth in Schedule 13.3, or such other office as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.
Administrative Questionnaire shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b)(ii)(D).
Affected Financial Institution means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
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 the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Agency Fee Letter means the Amended and Restated Letter, dated as of the Restatement Effective Date, between the
Administrative Agent and the Company setting out the fees of the Administrative Agent.
Agent Parties shall have the
meaning provided in Section 13.21(e).
Agents means the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint
Bookrunners, the Co-Manager and the Administrative Agent.
Aggregate Outstanding
Exposure shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a).
Agreed Guarantee
Principles means the Agreed Guarantee Principles embody a recognition by all parties that there may be certain legal, commercial and practical difficulties in obtaining effective Guarantees from the Company and each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries located in every jurisdiction in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are located. In particular:
(i) general statutory limitations, financial assistance, corporate benefit, fraudulent preference, thin
capitalization rules, retention of title claims and similar matters may limit the ability of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to provide a Guarantee or may require that it be limited as to amount or otherwise, and if so the
same shall be limited accordingly provided that the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall use reasonable endeavors to overcome such obstacle;
(ii) neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to give a Guarantee if (or to the extent) it is not
within the legal capacity of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, or if the same would conflict with the fiduciary duties of their directors or contravene any legal prohibition or regulatory condition or result in, or could
reasonably be expected to result in, a material risk of personal or criminal liability for any officer or director of such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall use reasonable
endeavors to overcome any such obstacle;
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(iii) the giving of a Guarantee will not be required if it would have a
material adverse effect (as reasonably determined in good faith by management of the relevant obligor) on the ability of the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, to conduct its operations and business in the ordinary course
as otherwise not prohibited by this Agreement; and
(iv) no action will be required to be taken in relation to the
Guarantees when any Lender assigns or transfers any of its participation in this Agreement to a new Lender.
Agreement
shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
Alternative Currency means (a) Euro and
(b) any currency which is approved in accordance with Section 2.14.
Anti-Corruption Laws
means the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (Pub. L. No. 95 213§§101 104), the UK Bribery Act, the Patriot Act and any similar laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery, or corruption.
Applicable ABR Margin,
Applicable EURIBOR Margin and Applicable Term SOFR Margin means, in each case, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below under the heading applicable thereto:
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Ratings (S&P/Moodys/Fitch) |
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Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Loans and EURIBOR Loans (bps per annum) |
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Applicable Margin for ABR Loans (bps per annum) |
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Category 1 |
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A-/A3/A- or better |
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87.5 |
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0.0 |
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Category 2 |
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BBB+/Baa1/BBB+ |
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100.0 |
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0.0 |
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Category 3 |
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BBB/Baa2/BBB |
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112.5 |
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12.5 |
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Category 4 |
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BBB-/Baa3/BBB- |
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125.0 |
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25.0 |
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Category 5 |
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BB+/Ba1/BB+ or lower |
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150.0 |
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50.0 |
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The Applicable Margins will be determined by reference to the public ratings by S&P, Moodys and Fitch
applicable to the Companys senior unsecured, non-credit-enhanced, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money (the Unsecured Ratings). In the event (i) any of Moodys, S&P
or Fitch shall not have an Unsecured Rating in effect, then (A) if only one rating agency shall not have an Unsecured Rating in effect, the Applicable Margins shall be determined by reference to the remaining two Unsecured Ratings, (B) if
two rating agencies shall not have Unsecured Ratings in effect, one of such rating agencies shall be deemed to have an Unsecured Rating in Category 5 and the Applicable Margins shall be determined by reference to such deemed Unsecured Rating and the
remaining effective Unsecured Rating and (C) if no rating agency shall have an Unsecured Rating in effect, the Applicable Margins shall be Category 5, (ii) if only two Unsecured Ratings are in effect or deemed to be in effect, and there are
split Unsecured Ratings, the Applicable Margins will be based upon the higher Unsecured Rating unless the Unsecured Ratings differ by
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two or more Categories, in which case the Applicable Margins will be based upon the Category one Category below the Category corresponding to the higher Unsecured Rating and (iii) if all
three Unsecured Ratings are in effect, and (A) all three Unsecured Ratings fall in different Categories, the Applicable Margins shall be based upon the Category indicated by the Unsecured Ratings that is neither the highest nor the lowest of
the three Unsecured Ratings or (B) two of the three Unsecured Ratings fall in one Category (the Majority Category) and the third Unsecured Rating falls in a different Category, the Applicable Margins shall be based upon the
Category indicated by the Majority Category.
Applicable Margins means the Applicable ABR Margin, the Applicable EURIBOR
Margin and the Applicable Term SOFR Margin.
Approved Fund shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.7(b)(ii).
Arrangers means the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners and the Co-Manager, in each case, listed on the cover page of this Agreement.
ASC 842 shall
have the meaning provided in the definition of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
Assignment and Acceptance
means an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
Authorized Officer means, with
respect to any Person (a) the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Managing Director (if authorized to act individually) or several Managing Directors acting jointly (if authorized to jointly represent the
Person), the Treasurer, any individual holding a proxy from that Person, or any other senior officer (or two (2) such officers if the Company so elects) of such Person authorized to represent such Person and designated as such in writing to the
Administrative Agent by such Person and/or (b) if applicable, any Authorized Officer of such Persons general partner, member, managing member or similar entity.
Available Commitment means an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Commitment over
(b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Loans then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time.
Available Tenor means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable,
(x) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest
calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, in each case, as of such date and not including, for
the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.17(d).
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the
applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected 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 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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Benchmark means, initially, (i) with respect to Loans or Letters of
Credit denominated in US Dollars, Term SOFR and (ii) with respect to Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in Euro, the EURIBO Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to either of the foregoing,
then with respect to Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in the applicable currency, Benchmark means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to
Section 2.17.
Benchmark Replacement means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event,
(x) with respect to Loans or Letters of Credit denominated in US Dollars, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (y) in the
case of any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, the alternative set forth in clause (b) below:
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the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate for Loans denominated in the applicable currency that has
been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or
(B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities with loans denominated in such currency and (ii) the related Benchmark
Replacement Adjustment; |
provided, that if the Benchmark Replacement would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark
Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Benchmark
Replacement Adjustment means, with respect to any replacement of a then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a
positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such
spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or
method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for syndicated credit facilities offering loans denominated in the applicable currency.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or
operational changes (including changes to the definition of ABR, the definition of Business Day, the definition of U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the definition of Interest Period, timing and
frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers decide may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and
to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers decide that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not
administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably
necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
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Benchmark Replacement Date means the earlier to occur of the following
events with respect to the Term SOFR Rate:
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in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the
later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or
indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or |
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in the case of clause (c) of the definition of Benchmark Transition Event, the date of
the public statement or publication of information referenced therein. |
For the avoidance of doubt, the Benchmark
Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of
such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Benchmark Transition Event means the
occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the Term SOFR Rate:
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a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the
published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the
time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); |
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a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such
Benchmark, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar
insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark permanently or indefinitely;
provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark; or |
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a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such
Benchmark announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark is not representative. |
For the
avoidance of doubt, a Benchmark Transition Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available
Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
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Benchmark Unavailability Period means, with respect to any Benchmark, if
a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to any then-current Benchmark (x) beginning at the time that such Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark
Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder in accordance with Section 2.17 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder
pursuant to Section 2.17.
Beneficial Ownership Certification means a certification regarding beneficial ownership
required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
benefited Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.11(a).
Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
Board of Directors means (a) with respect to the Company or any Credit Party organized or established under the laws of
the Netherlands, its managing board; (b) with respect to any corporation, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of the corporation, or any duly authorized committee thereof; (c) with respect to any partnership, the board of
directors or other governing body of the general partner of the partnership or any duly authorized committee thereof; and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or any duly authorized committee of such Person serving a similar
function. Whenever any provision requires any action or determination to be made by, or any approval of, a Board of Directors, such action, determination or approval shall be deemed to have been taken or made if approved by a majority of the
directors (excluding employee representatives, if any) on any such Board of Directors (whether or not such action or approval is taken as part of a formal board meeting or as a formal board approval).
Borrower Materials shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.21(b).
Borrowers means collectively the Company and the Co-Borrower.
Borrowing means the incurrence of one Type of Loan on a given date (or resulting from conversions on a given date) and
having, in the case of Term SOFR Loans and EURIBOR Loans the same Interest Period; provided that ABR Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans.
Business Day means any day of the year except Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City,
London, Frankfurt and Singapore are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, (a) when used in connection with any Term SOFR Loan, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day on which the Securities
Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities, (b) when used in connection with any EURIBOR
Loan, the term Business Day shall also exclude any day which is not a TARGET Day.
Capital Stock of any
Person means any and all shares of, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, or other equivalents of or partnership or other interests in (however designated), equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt
securities convertible into such equity.
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Capitalized Lease Obligations means, subject to the last sentence of this
definition and Section 1.3, an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes on the basis of GAAP. The amount of Indebtedness represented by such
obligation will be the capitalized amount of such obligation at the time any determination thereof is to be made as determined on the basis of GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof will be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due
under such lease prior to the first date such lease may be terminated without penalty. The term Capitalized Lease Obligations shall not include any obligations with respect to any lease, concession or license of property that
would have been considered an operating lease under GAAP prior to the adoption of Accounting Standards Codification 824 or any successor or similar pronouncement or provision with respect to lease accounting (ASC 842), whether or
not such obligations were in effect on such date.
Cash Collateralize has the meaning given in
Section 5.2(c).
Cash Equivalents means:
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securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or Canadian governments, a
member state of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Norway or, in each case, any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of such country or such member state is pledged in support
thereof), having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition; |
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certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits, overnight bank deposits or bankers
acceptances having maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any Lender (or holding company thereof) or by any bank or trust company (i) whose commercial paper is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys (or if at the time neither is issuing comparable
ratings, then a comparable rating of another Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization) or (ii) (in the event that the bank or trust company does not have commercial paper which is rated) having combined capital and surplus in excess of
500,000,000 (in each case, determined at the time of the acquisition thereof); |
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repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for underlying securities of the
types described in clauses (a) and (b) entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above (determined at the time of the acquisition thereof); |
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commercial paper rated at the time of acquisition thereof at least
A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys or carrying an equivalent rating by a Nationally
Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of investments or, if no rating is available in respect of the commercial paper, the issuer of which, at the time of the acquisition of
such commercial paper, has an equivalent rating in respect of its long-term debt, and in any case maturing within one (1) year after the date of acquisition thereof; |
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readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America, any province of
Canada, any member of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Norway or any political subdivision thereof, in each case, having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moodys or S&P (or, if at the
time, neither is issuing comparable ratings, then a comparable rating of another Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization) at the time of acquisition with maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition;
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Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of
BBB- or higher from S&P or Baa3 or higher from Moodys (or, if at the time, neither is issuing comparable ratings, then a comparable rating of another Nationally Recognized
Statistical Rating Organization) at the time of acquisition with maturities of twelve (12) months or less from the date of acquisition; |
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bills of exchange issued in the United States, Canada, a member state of the European Union, the United
Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway or Japan eligible for rediscount at the relevant central bank and accepted by a bank (or any dematerialized equivalent); and |
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interests in any investment company, money market or enhanced high yield fund which, at the time of the
acquisition of such interests, invests 95% or more of its assets in instruments of the type specified in clauses (a) through (g) above. |
Central Bank Rate means, the greater of (A)(i) for any Loan denominated in (a) Euro, one of the following three rates
as may be selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion: (1) the fixed rate for the main refinancing operations of the European Central Bank (or any successor thereto), or, if that rate is not published, the minimum bid rate
for the main refinancing operations of the European Central Bank, each as published by the European Central Bank from time to time, (2) the rate for the marginal lending facility of the European Central Bank, as published by the European
Central Bank from time to time or (3) the rate for the deposit facility of the central banking system of the Participating Member States, as published by the European Central Bank from time to time, and (b) any other Alternative Currency,
a central bank rate as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, plus (ii) the applicable Central Bank Rate Adjustment; and (B) the Floor.
Central Bank Rate Adjustment means, for any day, for any Loan denominated in (a) Euro, a rate equal to the difference
(which may be a positive or negative value or zero) of (i) the average of the EURIBO Rate for the five most recent Business Days preceding such day for which the EURIBO Rate was available (excluding, from such averaging, the highest and the
lowest EURIBO Rate applicable during such period of five Business Days) minus (ii) the Central Bank Rate in respect of Euro in effect on the last Business Day in such period and (b) any other Alternative Currency, a central bank rate
adjustment as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion in consultation with the Company.
CFC
means a Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the Restatement Effective Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of
any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation, (b) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by the Lender with any
guideline, request or directive issued or made by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law); provided, however, 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 or (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 and (z) the CRD IV and any law, rule,
regulation or guideline, in each case that implements CRD IV in any jurisdiction, in each case shall be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
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Change of Control means:
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the Borrowers become 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) that any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Holdings, is or has become the beneficial owner
(as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company (or its successor); provided, however, that a transaction will not be a
Change of Control under this clause (a) if (i) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company (including the Parent) and (ii)(x) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company
(including the Parent) immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Companys Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (y) immediately following that transaction no person
or group of related persons (other than a holding company (including the Parent) satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company
(including the Parent); or |
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any Change of Control occurs under and as defined in any Unsecured Note Indenture. |
Class (i) when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, or Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series) and (ii) when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Commitment, an Incremental
Commitment or an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series).
Co-Borrower shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commitment means (a) with respect to each Lender that is a Lender on the Restatement Effective Date, the amount set
forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 1.1(a)
as such Lenders Commitment, (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Restatement Effective Date, the amount specified as such Lenders
Commitment in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Commitment and (c) in the case of an Incremental Lender, such Incremental Lenders Incremental Commitment specified in the
applicable Joinder Agreement, in each case, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate principal amount of the Commitments of all Lenders on the Restatement Effective Date is $2,500,000,000.
Commitment Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).
Commitment Fee Rate means the following percentages per annum set forth below:
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BBB+/Baa1/BBB+ |
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9.0 |
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BBB-/Baa3/BBB- |
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17.5 |
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BB+/Ba1/BB+ or lower |
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The Commitment Fee Rate will be determined by reference to the Companys Unsecured
Ratings. In the event (i) any of Moodys, S&P or Fitch shall not have an Unsecured Rating in effect, then (A) if only one rating agency shall not have an Unsecured Rating in effect, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by
reference to the remaining two Unsecured Ratings, (B) if two rating agencies shall not have Unsecured Ratings in effect, one of such rating agencies shall be deemed to have an Unsecured Rating in Category 5 and the Commitment Fee Rate shall be
determined by reference to such deemed Unsecured Rating and the remaining effective Unsecured Rating and (C) if no rating agency shall have an Unsecured Rating in effect, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be Category 5, (ii) if only two Unsecured
Ratings are in effect or deemed to be in effect, and there are split Unsecured Ratings, the Commitment Fee Rate will be based upon the higher Unsecured Rating unless the Unsecured Ratings differ by two or more Categories, in which case the
Commitment Fee Rate will be based upon the Category one Category below the Category corresponding to the higher Unsecured Rating and (iii) if all three Unsecured Ratings are in effect, and (A) all three Unsecured Ratings fall in different
Categories, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be based upon the Category indicated by the Unsecured Ratings that is neither the highest nor the lowest of the three Unsecured Ratings or (B) the Majority Category and the third Unsecured Rating fall
in a different Category, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be based upon the Category indicated by the Majority Category.
Commitment
Percentage means at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lenders Commitment by (b) the Total Commitments, provided that at any time when the Total Commitment shall have been
terminated, each Lenders Commitment Percentage shall be its Commitment Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such termination.
Commodity Hedging Agreements means in respect of a Person any commodity purchase contract, commodity futures or forward
contract, commodities option contract or other similar contract (including commodities derivative agreements or arrangements), to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.
Communications shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.21(a).
Company shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
Compliance Certificate means a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F.
Confidential Information shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.19.
Consolidated EBITDA for any period means, without duplication, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the
following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
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Fixed Charges and items (A) through (F) in clause (a) of the definition of Consolidated
Interest Expense; |
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Consolidated Income Taxes; |
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consolidated depreciation expense; |
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consolidated amortization or impairment expense; |
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any expenses, charges or other costs related to any Equity Offering, Investment, acquisition (including one-time amounts paid in connection with the acquisition or retention of one or more individuals comprising part of a management team retained to manage the acquired business; provided that such payments are
made in connection with such acquisition and are consistent with the customary practice in the industry at the time of such acquisition), disposition, recapitalization or the Incurrence of any Indebtedness not prohibited by this Agreement (in each
case whether or not successful) (including any such fees, expenses or charges related to the Transactions), in each case, as determined in good faith by an Officer of the Company; |
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any minority interest expense (whether paid or not) consisting of income attributable to minority equity
interests of third parties in such period; and |
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other non-cash charges, write-downs or items reducing Consolidated Net
Income (excluding any such non-cash charge, write-down or item to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges in any future period) or other items classified by the Company as special
items less other non-cash items of income increasing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non-cash item of income to the extent it represents a receipt of cash in
any future period), or a reduced accrual or reserve for cash charges in any future period). |
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the provision for taxes and the depreciation, amortization, non-cash items, charges and write-downs of a Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated
EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion, including by reason of minority interests) that the net income (loss) of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income for the purposes of this definition.
Consolidated Income Taxes means taxes or other payments, including deferred Taxes, based on income, profits or capital
(including without limitation withholding taxes) and franchise taxes of any of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries whether or not paid, estimated, accrued or required to be remitted to any Governmental Authority.
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for
the period of four (4) fiscal quarters ending on such date to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense (other than with respect to Consolidated Interest Expense of the type referred to in clause (a)(ii) thereof) for such period.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
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consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including
(i) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (ii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease
Obligations, and (iv) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (A) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities other than Indebtedness, (B) any expense
resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition, (C) any additional interest pursuant to a
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registration rights agreement with respect to any securities, (D) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (E) any expensing of
arrangement, commitment or up front and other financing fees, original issue discount and redemption or prepayment premiums and (F) interest with respect to Indebtedness of any direct or indirect parent of such Person appearing upon the balance
sheet of such Person solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP; plus |
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consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid
or accrued; less |
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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 such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net
Income means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on the basis of GAAP; provided, however, that there will not be included in such
Consolidated Net Income:
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subject to the limitations contained in clause (b) below, any net income (loss) of any Person if such
Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that the Companys equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents actually
distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution or return on investment or could have been distributed, as reasonably determined by an Officer of the Company;
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any net gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset or disposed operations of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by an Officer or the Board of Directors of the
Company); |
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any extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge (as determined in good faith by
the Company) or any charges or reserves in respect of any restructuring, redundancy or severance or any expenses, charges, reserves or other costs related to the Transactions; |
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the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles; |
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any non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of
stock, stock options or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions; |
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all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection
with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness and any net gain (loss) from any write-off or forgiveness of Indebtedness; |
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any unrealized gains or losses in respect of Hedging Obligations or any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings
related to qualifying hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge transactions, in each case, in respect of Hedging Obligations; |
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any unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness of any Person
denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person and any unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses relating to translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies; |
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any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness or other
obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
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any purchase accounting effects including, but not limited to, adjustments to inventory, property and
equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or the disentanglement, any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof (including any
write-off of in process research and development); |
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any goodwill or other intangible asset impairment charge, amortization or
write-off; |
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(i) only to the extent not otherwise added back to Consolidated Net Income, depreciation and amortization
expense to the extent in excess of capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment and (ii) Consolidated Income Taxes to the extent in excess of cash payments made in respect of such Consolidated Income Taxes; and |
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the impact of capitalized, accrued or accreting or pay-in-kind interest or principal on Subordinated Shareholder Funding. |
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means, at any date, the total assets appearing on Holdings most recent consolidated
balance sheet, prepared in accordance with GAAP, less all current liabilities as shown on such balance sheet, and intangible assets
Contingent Obligations means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, any operating lease, dividend or other obligation that does not constitute Indebtedness (primary obligations) of any other Person (the primary obligor), including any obligation of such
Person, whether or not contingent:
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to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;
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to advance or supply funds: |
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for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or |
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to maintain the working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth
or solvency of the primary obligor; or |
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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. |
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CRD IV means (a) Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 and (b) Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC.
Credit Documents means this Agreement, the Guaranty (including any supplement thereto), each Letter of Credit and any
promissory notes issued by any Borrower hereunder.
Credit Event means and includes the making (but not the conversion
or continuation) of a Loan, the issuance of a Letter of Credit or the amendment of a Letter of Credit (that has the effect of increasing the face amount or extending the maturity of such Letter of Credit).
Credit Exposure means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the
Loans of such Lender then outstanding and (b) such Lenders Letter of Credit Exposure at such time.
Credit
Party means each Borrower and each Guarantor.
Currency Agreement means in respect of a Person any foreign
exchange contract, currency swap agreement, currency futures contract, currency option contract, currency derivative or other similar agreement to which such Person is a party or beneficiary.
Daily Simple SOFR means, for any day (a SOFR Rate Day), a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) (i)
SOFR for the day (such day i) that is five U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (A) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (B) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S.
Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrators Website plus (ii) 0.10% and
(b) the Floor. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on the second (2nd) U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately following any day i, the SOFR in respect of such day i has not been published on the SOFR
Administrators Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then the SOFR for such day i will be the SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities
Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrators Website; provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than three
(3) consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrowers.
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, 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 and affecting the rights
of creditors generally (including, in the case of any Person incorporated or otherwise organized in England or Wales, administration, administrative receivership, voluntary arrangement and schemes of arrangement).
Default means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender means any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.
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Designated Preference Shares means, with respect to the Company or any
Parent, Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) (a) that is issued for cash (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for the
benefit of their employees to the extent funded by the Company or such Subsidiary) and (b) that is designated as Designated Preference Shares pursuant to an Officers Certificate of the Company at or prior to the issuance
thereof.
Disqualified Lender means (a) any bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor
that has been separately identified in writing by the Company to the Joint Lead Arrangers prior to the Restatement Effective Date or, if after such date, that are reasonably acceptable to the Joint Lead Arrangers holding (or which are affiliated
with the Joint Lead Arrangers holding) a majority of the aggregate amount of outstanding Commitments on the Restatement Effective Date, (b) those persons who are competitors of Holdings, any Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries that are
separately identified in writing by the Company to the Administrative Agent (or, if prior to the Restatement Effective Date, the Joint Lead Arrangers) from time to time, and (c) in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) above, any of
their Affiliates (other than any such Affiliate that is affiliated with a financial investor in such person and that is not itself an operating company or otherwise an Affiliate of an operating company so long as such Affiliate is a bona fide debt
fund) that are either (i) identified in writing by any Borrower from time to time or (ii) clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates name; provided that no such updates to the list shall be deemed to retroactively
disqualify any Person that has previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in the Commitments and/or Loans with respect to such previously acquired interest, but no additional assignments or participation interests shall be permitted
to be made or sold to such Person added to the list.
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 exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event:
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matures or is mandatorily redeemable for cash or in exchange for Indebtedness pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise; |
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is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock which is
convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); or |
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is or may become (in accordance with its terms) upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise redeemable
or repurchasable for cash or in exchange for Indebtedness at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock in whole or in part, |
in each case on or prior to the Latest Maturity Date; provided, however, that (x) 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 will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock and (y) any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change in control or asset sale (howsoever defined or referred to) shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock.
Dutch law means the law directly applicable in The Netherlands and the laws of the
Netherlands shall be construed accordingly.
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EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or
investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this
definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that 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.
Environmental Law means any applicable United States Federal, state, foreign or local statute, Law, rule, regulation,
ordinance, code and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the protection of
environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, or human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to hazardous
materials), or hazardous materials.
Equity Offering means (a) a sale of Capital Stock of the Company (other than
Disqualified Stock) other than offerings registered on Form S-8 (or any successor form) under the Securities Act or any similar offering in other jurisdictions, or (b) the sale of Capital Stock or other
securities, the proceeds of which are contributed to the equity (other than through the issuance of Disqualified Stock or Designated Preference Shares) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Escrowed Proceeds means the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities or other Indebtedness paid into an escrow
account with an independent escrow agent on the date of the applicable offering or Incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that permit the release of amounts on deposit in such escrow account upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the
occurrence of certain events. The term Escrowed Proceeds shall include any interest earned on the amounts held in escrow.
ESG shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.18(a).
ESG Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.18(a).
ESG Applicable Rate Adjustments shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.18(a).
ESG Pricing Provisions shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.18(a).
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.
EURIBOR Borrowing means, as to any Borrowing to which the Loans bearing interest at a rate based on the Adjusted EURIBO Rate
comprising such Borrowing.
EURIBOR Loan means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted EURIBO Rate.
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EURIBO Rate means, with respect to any Borrowing denominated in
Euro for any Interest Period, the applicable EURIBOR Screen Rate as of 11:00 a.m., Brussels time, on the day two TARGET Days before the first day of such Interest Period (unless market practice differs in the European interbank market with respect
to Euro, in which case the screen rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with market practice in the European interbank market).
EURIBOR Screen Rate means, with respect to any Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the Euro interbank offered rate
administered by the European Money Market Institute (or any other person that takes over the administration of such rate) for such Interest Period, as set forth on the Reuters screen page that displays such rate (currently EURIBOR01) (or if such
service ceases to be available, another service displaying the appropriate rate as determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company); provided that if the EURIBOR Screen Rate, determined as provided above, would be less
than zero, the EURIBOR Screen Rate shall be deemed to be zero.
Euro and means the lawful
currency of Participating Member States.
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in
Section 11.1.
Exchange Act means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, as amended.
Exchange Rate means (a) for the purposes
of Section 10.2, the spot rate for the purchase of the Euro with the applicable currency other than Euro as published in The Financial Times in the Currency Rates section (or, if The Financial Times is no longer
published, or if such information is no longer available in The Financial Times, such source as may be selected in good faith by the Company) on the date of such determination, or (b) for the purposes of determining the US Dollar
Equivalent of the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit as of any Revaluation Date or on any date for the purposes of any redenomination pursuant to Section 2.10(b), the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into US
Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. on such day on the Reuters world currency page for such currency; in the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters world currency page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to
such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates
of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 a.m. on such date for the purchase of US Dollars for delivery two
(2) Business Days later.
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to any Agent, any Lender or (subject to
Section 13.7(c)(ii)) any Participant (a) (i) net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) and capital taxes imposed on such Agent, such Lender or such Participant, in each case imposed on
such Agent, such Lender or such Participant as a result of such Agent, such Lender or such Participant doing business in the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such Agent, such Lender or such Participant having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or having been a party to (or participating in) or having
enforced this Agreement or any other Credit Document), (ii) any Taxes imposed on such Lender (including a Lender not party to this Agreement at the Restatement Effective Date) to the extent attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with
Section 5.4(d) and (iii) any Taxes imposed on such Agent, such Lender or such Participant as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Agent or Lender; (b) in the case of a Lender not party to
this Agreement at the Restatement Effective Date, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such
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Lender by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction under the law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Participant, on the date such Participant became a
Participant hereunder); provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender (or Participant) would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (b))
do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment, participation or transfer to such Lender (or Participant) would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation or
transfer or (y) any Tax is imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Loan or other obligation that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to Section 13.11(a) or that such Lender
acquired pursuant to Section 13.8 (it being understood and agreed, that any withholding tax imposed on a Lender or (subject to Section 13.7(c)(ii)) in respect of a Participant as a result of a
Change in Law occurring after the time such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or such Participant acquired its participation shall not be an Excluded Tax); (c) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA; and
(d) any Tax imposed or withheld pursuant to the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 (Wet bronbelasting 2021), other than as a result of a Change in Law (provided, that in the case of a Lender not party to this Agreement at the Restatement
Effective Date, this clause (d) shall refer solely to a Change in Law that occurs following the date that such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, or, in the case of a Participant, following the date such Participant became a Participant
hereunder), and the Dutch Bank Levy Act (Wet bankenbelasting).
Existing Revolving Credit Class shall have the
meaning provided in Section 2.15(f)(i).
Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the
meaning provided in Section 2.15(f)(i).
Existing Revolving Credit Facility means the
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among, the Company, the Co-Borrower, the financial institutions
from time to time party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent.
Existing Revolving Credit Loans shall
have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(f)(i).
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall
have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(f)(i).
Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall have
the meaning provided in Section 2.15(f)(i).
Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date means the
date on which any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Loans matures.
Extending Lender shall have the meaning provided
in Section 2.15(g).
Extension Amendment shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.15(f)(ii).
Extension Election shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.15(g).
Extension Series means all Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and the
related Loans) that are established pursuant to the same Extension Amendment (or any subsequent Extension Amendment to the extent such Extension Amendment provides that the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for therein are intended to
be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins and extension fees.
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fair market value may be conclusively established by means of an
Officers Certificate or a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company setting out such fair market value as determined by such Officer or such Board of Directors in good faith.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Restatement Effective Date (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 and implementing such Sections of the Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any day, the rate calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such
days federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided, that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day is less than zero, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day will be deemed to be zero.
Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks Website means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at
http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
Fees means all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in,
Section 4.1.
Fitch means Fitch Ratings or any of its successors or assigns that is a
Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the sum of:
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Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; |
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all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of
Preferred Stock during such period; and |
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all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of
Disqualified Stock during this period. |
Floor means a rate of interest equal to 0.00%.
FMSA means the Dutch Financial Markets Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht).
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Letter of Credit Issuer, such
Defaulting Lenders pro rata share of the outstanding Letter of Credit Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer other than Letter Credit Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lenders
participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
Fronting Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(d).
FSHCO means any Subsidiary that owns no material assets (directly or through one or more entities treated as flow-through
entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes) other than equity interests (or equity interests and Indebtedness) of one or more CFCs.
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America as in effect on the date of any calculation or determination required hereunder. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all ratios and calculations based on GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in accordance with
GAAP. At any time after the Restatement Effective Date, the Company may elect to establish that GAAP (or any provision of GAAP) shall mean the GAAP (or such provision of GAAP, as applicable) as in effect on or prior to the date of such election;
provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable. The Company shall give notice of either such election to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders. At any time after the Restatement Effective Date, the Company
may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement), including as to the ability of the
Company to make an election pursuant to the previous sentence; provided, further, that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that the Company may only make an election to apply IFRS if it
also elects to report any subsequent financial reports required to be made by the Company, including pursuant to this Agreement, in IFRS. The Company shall give notice of any election made in accordance with this definition to the Administrative
Agent.
Governmental Authority means any nation, sovereign, government or supra-national body, any state, province,
territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, self-regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central bank or stock
exchange.
Guarantee means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing
any Indebtedness of any other Person, including any such obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:
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to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other
Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to
maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or |
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entered into primarily for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the
payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); |
provided,
however, that the term Guarantee will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term Guarantee used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Guarantors means the Original Guarantors and each Additional Guarantor that Guarantees the Obligations under this Agreement
pursuant to the Guaranty.
Guaranty means the Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of the Restatement Effective Date,
between the Administrative Agent and the Original Guarantors.
Hazardous Materials means (a) any petroleum or
petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any
chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of hazardous substances, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous waste, restricted hazardous
waste, toxic substances, toxic pollutants, contaminants, or pollutants, or words of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance,
which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental Law.
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Hedge Agreement means an Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or
Commodity Hedging Agreement.
Hedging Obligations of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any
Hedge Agreement.
Holdings means NXP Semiconductors N.V.
Immaterial Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that has Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA (in each case,
calculated on a basis consistent with the calculation of Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA, but with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary rather than the Company) of less than 5.0% of the Companys Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA
measured, in the case of Total Assets, at the end of the most recent fiscal period for which internal financial statements are available and, in the case of Consolidated EBITDA, for the four (4) quarters ended most recently for which internal
financial statements are available, in each case measured on a pro forma basis giving effect to any acquisitions or dispositions of companies, division or lines of business since such balance sheet date or the start of such four (4) quarter
period, as applicable, and on or prior to the date of acquisition of such subsidiary.
Impacted Loans shall have the
meaning provided in Section 2.10(a).
Increased Amount Date shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Commitments shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.15(a).
Incremental Lender shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.15(a)(iv).
Incremental Revolving Credit Loan means each Loan made available under
an Incremental Commitment.
Incremental Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date means the date on which the Incremental
Revolving Credit Loans mature.
Incur means issue, create, assume, enter into any Guarantee of, incur, extend or
otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) will be
deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and the terms Incurred and Incurrence have meanings correlative to the foregoing and any Indebtedness pursuant
to any revolving credit or similar facility shall only be Incurred at the time any funds are borrowed thereunder.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):
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the principal of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; |
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the principal of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;
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all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances or
other similar instruments (the amount of such obligations being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit or other instruments plus the aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not been
reimbursed) (except to the extent such reimbursement obligations relate to trade payables and such obligations are satisfied within thirty (30) days of Incurrence), in each case only to the extent that the underlying obligation in respect of
which the instrument was issued would be treated as Indebtedness; |
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the principal component of all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of
property (except trade payables), where the deferred payment is arranged primarily as a means of raising finance, which purchase price is due more than one (1) year after the date of placing such property in service or taking final delivery and
title thereto; |
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Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; |
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the principal component of all obligations, or liquidation preference, of such Person with respect to any
Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends); |
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the principal component of all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of 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 (i) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good
faith by the Company) and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons; |
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Guarantees by such Person of the principal component of Indebtedness of other Persons to the extent Guaranteed
by such Person; and |
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to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net obligations of such Person under Currency
Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements (the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time).
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The term Indebtedness shall not include Subordinated Shareholder Funding or any lease, any concession or
license of property (or Guarantee thereof) that is not a Capitalized Lease Obligation, any asset retirement obligations, any prepayments of deposits received from clients or customers in the ordinary course of business, or obligations under any
license, permit or other approval (or Guarantees given in respect of such obligations) Incurred prior to the Restatement Effective Date or in the ordinary course of business.
The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any time in the case of a revolving credit or similar facility shall be the total amounts of funds
borrowed and then outstanding and, in the case of letters of credit, bankers acceptances and similar instruments, reimbursement obligations outstanding (to the extent such obligations constitute Indebtedness under clause (c) above). The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined as set forth above or otherwise provided in this Agreement, and (other than with respect to letters of credit or Guarantees or Indebtedness specified in clause (g) or (h)
above) shall equal the amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person (excluding any notes thereto) prepared on the basis of GAAP.
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Notwithstanding the above provisions, in no event shall the following constitute
Indebtedness:
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Contingent Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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in connection with the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, any post-closing
payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the performance of such business after the closing; provided, however,
that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within thirty (30) days thereafter; or |
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any obligations in respect of workers compensation claims, early retirement or termination obligations,
pension fund obligations or contributions or similar claims, obligations or contributions or social security or wage Taxes. |
indemnified liabilities shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b).
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b).
Indemnified Taxes means all Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) and Other Taxes.
Information shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.10.
Initial Revolving Credit Commitments means the Commitments of the Lenders made available on the Restatement Effective Date.
Interest Period means, with respect to any Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to
Section 2.9.
Interest Rate Agreement means with respect to any Person any interest rate
protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement
to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.
Interest Rate Determination Date means, with respect to any Interest
Period, the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
Joinder Agreement
shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(v).
KPIs shall have the meaning provided
in Section 2.18(a).
L/C Advance means, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders
funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Commitment Percentage pursuant to Section 3.3(d). All L/C Advances shall be denominated in the currency in which the relevant Letter of Credit is (or
was) denominated.
L/C Borrowing means any extension of credit resulting from a drawing under a Letter of Credit which
has not been reimbursed on the date when due or refinanced as a Loan.
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L/C Fronting Commitment means, (a) with respect to each Letter of
Credit Issuer on the Restatement Effective Date, the amount set forth opposite such Letter of Credit Issuers name on Schedule 1.1(b) as such Letter of Credit Issuers L/C Fronting Commitment and (b) in the case of
any Revolving Credit Lender that becomes a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder thereafter, the amount which shall be set forth in the written agreement by which such Revolving Credit Lender shall become an Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, in each
case, as such commitment may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof or with the agreement in writing of such Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
L/C Maturity Date means the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
L/C Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
L/C Participation shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).
L/C Sublimit means $200,000,000.
Latest Maturity Date means at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Credit Exposure
hereunder at such time.
Law includes common or customary law, principles of equity and any constitution, code of
practice, decree, judgment, decision, legislation, order, ordinance, regulation, by-law, statute, treaty or other legislative measure in any jurisdiction or any present or future directive, regulation,
guideline, request, rule or requirement (in each case, whether or not having the force of law but, if not having the force of law, the compliance with which is in accordance with the general practice of persons to whom the directive, regulation,
guideline, request, rule or requirement is intended to apply) of any Governmental Authority.
Lender shall have the
meaning given to such term in the preamble to this Agreement (and shall include in any event any Incremental Lender and, unless the context requires otherwise, each Letter of Credit Issuer).
Lender Default means (a) the failure (which has not been cured as of the date that is two (2) Business Days after
the date on which such failure occurred) of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing or to fund its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 3.3, unless such Lender has notified the Administrative
Agent and the Company in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding has not been satisfied (which notice shall specifically identify such failed condition
and any related default) (b) a Lender having notified the Administrative Agent in writing and/or any Borrower that it does not intend to comply with the obligations to fund its portion of any Borrowing or fund its portion of any reimbursement
payment under Section 3.3, provided that a Lender Default shall not have occurred solely as a result of the acquisition or maintenance of an ownership interest in such Lender or Person controlling such Lender or the
exercise of control over such Lender or Person controlling such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender or Person controlling 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 Person controlling such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality)
to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Lender or Person controlling such Lender, (c) a Lender that has failed, within two (2) Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or any
Borrower, to confirm in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Company that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender
pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Company if such Defaulting Lender is financially able to, and will, meet such obligations
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hereunder), or (d) a Lender that has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver,
conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this definition shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.
Letter of Credit has the meaning given in Section 3.1(a).
Letter of Credit Exposure means, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount of any Unpaid
Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) an L/C Advance to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.3(c) at such time and (b) such Lenders Commitment Percentage of
the Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) payments to the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to
Section 3.4).
Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in
Section 4.1(c).
Letter of Credit Issuer means Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse AG, New York
Branch, Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Citibank Europe PLC, Dublin Branch, DBS Bank Ltd., PNC Bank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., London Branch, MUFG
Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., agrees to act in such capacity and is appointed pursuant to Section 3.5. Any Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be
issued by Affiliates of such Letter of Credit Issuer, and in each such case the term Letter of Credit Issuer shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more
than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to
all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Request shall have the meaning provided in
Section 3.2(a).
Letters of Credit Outstanding means, at any time, the sum of, without
duplication, (a) the aggregate Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of all Unpaid Drawings in respect of all Letters of Credit.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
Limited Condition Acquisition means any
acquisition, including, without limitation by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation, which Holdings, the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries has contractually committed to consummate, the terms of which do not condition
Holdings, the Companys or such Restricted Subsidiarys, as applicable, obligation to close such acquisition on the availability of, or on obtaining, third-party financing.
Loan means any ABR Loan, EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan made by any Lender hereunder (and shall include in any event any
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans and any Extended Revolving Credit Loans).
Majority Category shall have the meaning
provided in the definition of Applicable ABR Margin, Applicable EURIBOR Margin and Applicable Term SOFR Margin.
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Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (i) the
consolidated business, assets or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, such that the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would be reasonably likely to be unable to perform their payment obligations
under this Agreement or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party.
Maturity Date means the Revolving Credit Facility Maturity Date, the Incremental Revolving Credit Loan Maturity Date or the
Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, as applicable.
Minimum Borrowing Amount means (a) with respect to a
Borrowing of ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans, $1,000,000, (b) with respect to a Borrowing of EURIBOR Loans, 1,000,000 and (c) with respect to a Borrowing where the Company is the Borrower, the US Dollar Equivalent of 100,000.
Minimum Collateral Amount means, (A) with respect to Section 3.7(a)(i) and
Section 3.7(a)(ii), the amount not greater than the Stated Amount of Letters of Credit Outstanding and (B) with respect to Section 3.7(a)(iii), the amount not greater than the Fronting
Exposure.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any of its successors or assigns that is a
Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.
Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization means a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
New
Revolving Credit Loan Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a).
New
Revolving Loan Repayment Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
New
Revolving Loan Repayment Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(b).
Non-Defaulting Lender means and includes each Lender other than any Defaulting
Lender.
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a).
Notice of Conversion or Continuation shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).
Obligations means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrowers arising under
any Credit Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that
accrue after the commencement by or against any Borrower of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Borrower as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
OFAC shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Sanctions.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, (a) the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Managing Director (or any two Managing Directors if elected by such Credit Party) or the Secretary (i) of such Person (or such Persons general partner) or (ii) if such Person
is owned or managed by an entity, of such entity; or (b) any other individual designated as an Officer for the purposes of this Agreement by the Board of Directors of such Person (or such Persons general partner) (or, if such
Person is owned or managed by an entity, of such entity).
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Officers Certificate means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by one (1) Officer (or two Officers, if elected by such Person) of such Person.
Original Credit
Parties means the Company, the Co-Borrower and the Original Guarantors.
Original Guarantors means each of NXP Semiconductors N.V. and NXP USA, Inc.
Other Taxes means any and all present or future stamp, documentary or any other excise, property or similar taxes (including
interest, fines, penalties, additions to tax and related expenses with regard thereto) arising directly from any payment made or required to be made under this Agreement or from the execution or delivery of, registration or enforcement of,
consummation or administration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, other than any such taxes that arise from the assignment or participation of any rights or obligations under this Agreement in accordance
with Section 13.7.
Parent means any Person of which the Company at any time is or becomes a
Subsidiary after the Restatement Effective Date.
Participant shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.7(c)(i).
Participant Register shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.7(c)(ii).
Participating Member State means any member state of the European
Communities that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
Patriot Act shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.22.
Payment has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.14(a).
Payment Notice has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.14(b).
Payment Recipient has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 12.14(a).
Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day has the meaning set forth in the definition of Term SOFR.
Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:
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Liens on assets or property of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not any of the Borrowers or a Guarantor securing
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not any of the Borrowers or a Guarantor; |
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pledges, deposits or Liens under workmens compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws, social security
laws or similar legislation, or insurance related obligations (including pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements), or in connection with bids, tenders, completion guarantees,
contracts (other than for borrowed money) or leases, or to secure utilities, licenses, public or statutory obligations, or to secure surety, indemnity, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, guarantees of government contracts (or other similar
bonds, instruments or obligations), or as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, or other obligations of like nature, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business; |
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Liens imposed by law, including carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, landlords,
materialmens and repairmens or other like Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than sixty (60) days or that are bonded or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; |
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Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that appropriate reserves required pursuant to GAAP have been made in respect thereof; |
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Liens in favor of issuers of surety, performance or other bonds, guarantees or letters of credit or
bankers acceptances (not issued to support Indebtedness for borrowed money) issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business; |
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encumbrances, ground leases, easements (including reciprocal easement agreements), survey exceptions, 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, building codes or other restrictions (including minor defects or irregularities in title
and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or to the ownership of its properties 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 the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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Liens on assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary securing Hedging Obligations;
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leases, licenses, subleases and sublicenses of assets (including real property and intellectual property
rights), in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as any
appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree, order or award have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;
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Liens on assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of securing Capitalized
Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Obligations, or securing the payment of all or a part of the purchase price of, or securing other Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, improvement or construction of, assets or property
acquired or constructed in the ordinary course of business; provided, that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens is otherwise not prohibited to be Incurred under this Agreement and (ii) any such
Lien may not extend to any assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than assets or property acquired, improved, constructed or leased with the proceeds of such Indebtedness and any improvements or accessions to such
assets and property; |
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Liens arising (a) by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to bankers Liens,
(b) pursuant to the general conditions used by, or agreement or arrangement with, a bank operating in the Netherlands in the ordinary course of business, or (c) rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or
other funds maintained with a depositary or financial institution; |
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Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings in other applicable
jurisdictions) regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; |
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(m) |
Liens existing on the Restatement Effective Date; |
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(n) |
Liens on property, other assets or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary (or at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires such property, other assets or shares of stock, including any acquisition by means of a merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction with or into the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that such Liens are not created, Incurred or assumed in anticipation of or in connection with such other Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such
property, other assets or stock); provided, further, that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property, other assets or stock (plus improvements, accession, proceeds or dividends or distributions in connection with the
original property, other assets or stock) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which such Liens arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate; |
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Liens on assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or other
obligations of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary, or Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; |
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Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance, refund, replace, exchange, renew, repay or extend
Indebtedness that was previously so secured, and permitted to be secured under this Agreement; provided that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or
distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of property that is or could be the security for or subject to a
Permitted Lien hereunder; |
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any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation or operating lease;
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(i) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other matters of record that have
been placed by any government, statutory or regulatory authority, developer, landlord or other third party on property over which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination
or similar arrangements relating thereto and (ii) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting any real property; |
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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; |
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Liens on property or assets under construction (and related rights) in favor of a contractor or developer or
arising from progress or partial payments by a third party relating to such property or assets; |
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Liens on cash accounts securing Indebtedness (i) 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, (ii) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods purchased
in the ordinary course of business, (iii) owed on a short-term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions Incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with such banks
or financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iv) incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with bankers acceptances,
discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case Incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business on arms-length
commercial terms on a recourse basis |
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Liens on Escrowed Proceeds for the benefit of the related holders of debt securities or other Indebtedness (or
the underwriters or arrangers thereof) or on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of
interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose; |
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Liens securing or arising by reason of any netting or set-off
arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of banking or other trading activities or Liens over cash accounts securing cash pooling or cash management arrangements; |
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Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, hire purchase, consignment or similar arrangements for
the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business; |
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Liens Incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations (other than Indebtedness for
borrowed money) which do not exceed 50,000,000 at any one time outstanding; |
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Liens on Capital Stock or other securities or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness of
such Unrestricted Subsidiary; |
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any security granted over the marketable securities portfolio described in clause (i) of the definition of
Cash Equivalents in connection with the disposal thereof to a third party; and |
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other Liens (including successive extensions, renewals, alterations or replacements thereof) not excepted by
the other clauses of this definition; provided that after giving effect thereto the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by such Liens does not exceed the greater of (A)
$1,250,000,000 and (B) 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, in each case, after giving effect to such Incurrence and the application of the proceeds therefrom. |
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
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Platform shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.21(b).
Preferred Stock, as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means
Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital
Stock of any other class of such Person.
Prime Rate means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal
as the Prime Rate in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest
Rates) as the bank prime loan rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the
Administrative Agent).
Principal Property means the intellectual property, property, plant and equipment owned by the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary; provided that the book value of such property is an amount greater than 1.00% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Process Agent shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16(c).
Public Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.21(b).
Purchase Money Obligations means any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or
improvement of property (real or personal) or assets (including Capital Stock), and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets, or
otherwise.
Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b)(iv).
Regulation U means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof
establishing margin requirements.
Regulation X means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any
successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.
Reimbursement Date shall have the meaning given
in Section 3.4.
Related Parties means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Persons controlled Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors, members of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise, and any successors of each of the foregoing.
Relevant Governmental Body means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee
officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction means any jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are organized or otherwise considered to be a
resident for tax purposes at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, or any political subdivision or Governmental Authority thereof or therein having the power to tax.
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Required Lenders means, at any date, (a) until the Total Commitments
are reduced to zero, Non-Defaulting Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding and Letter of Credit Exposures (excluding the Loans and Letter of
Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) and (ii) the Adjusted Total Commitment, in each case, as at such date, or (b) if the Total Commitments have been terminated, the holders (excluding Defaulting Lenders) of a majority of the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposures (excluding the Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date (with the aggregate US Dollar Equivalent of each Lenders risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Borrowings being deemed held by such Lender for the purposes of the definition).
Requirement of Law means, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court
or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Resolution Authority means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution
Authority.
Responsible Officer means:
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when used with respect to the Administrative Agent, any officer within the Loan Operations Group (or any
successor group of the Administrative Agent) or any other officer of the Administrative Agent customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject; or |
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when used with respect to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, any Authorized Officer of such Person.
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Restatement Effective Date means the date of the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 6 hereof, which date is August 26, 2022.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of
the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Revaluation Date means (a) each date of an amendment, extension
or renewal of any Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (b) each date of any payment or disbursement by a Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit and (c) each date necessary for purposes of
calculating amounts payable hereunder on any particular date; provided that, if as of the first Business Day of any calendar month there shall not have occurred a Revaluation Date pursuant to the foregoing clauses (a) through (c), then
such first Business Day shall be a Revaluation Date.
Revolving Credit Facility Maturity Date means August 26,
2027, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
S&P means Standard &
Poors Investors Ratings Services or any of its successors or assigns that is a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization.
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Sanctioned Country means, at any time, (a) a country, region or
territory which is the subject or target of comprehensive Sanctions (as of the Restatement Effective Date, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea, the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic and the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic regions of Ukraine).
Sanctioned Person
means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestys Treasury of
the United Kingdom, (b) any Person located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Persons owned 50% or more or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), or (d) any
Person otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions.
Sanctions means any economic sanctions or trade embargoes imposed,
administered or enforced by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United
Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom.
SEC means the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Section 2.15 Additional
Amendment shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(h).
Securities Act means
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Senior Unsecured Notes
means the senior unsecured notes issued by the Company pursuant to each Unsecured Notes Indenture.
Significant
Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that meets any of the following conditions:
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the Companys and its Restricted Subsidiaries investments in and advances to the Restricted
Subsidiary exceed 10% of the Total Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; |
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the Companys and its Restricted Subsidiaries proportionate share of the Total Assets (after
intercompany eliminations) of the Restricted Subsidiary exceeds 10% of the Total Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year; or |
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the Companys and its Restricted Subsidiaries equity in the income from continuing operations before
income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle of the Restricted Subsidiary exceeds 10% of such income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently
completed fiscal year. |
SOFR means, with respect to any U.S. Government Securities Business Day, a
rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such U.S. Government Securities Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrators Website on the immediately succeeding U.S. Government Securities
Business Day.
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SOFR Administrator means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a
successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
SOFR Administrators Website means the website
of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.15(f)(i).
Specified Representations means the representations and warranties made
by the Borrowers set forth in Section 8.1(a) and Section 8.1(b) (as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, and performance of, the Credit Documents), Sections 8.2(a) and
8.2(b)(ii) (only in respect of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of any Credit Party and as related to the borrowing under, guaranteeing under, and
performance of, the Credit Documents), and Sections 8.3 (on the Restatement Effective Date only) 8.5 and 8.6.
SSMC means Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte or any successor entity or business thereto.
Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit means the maximum amount from time to time available to be drawn thereunder,
determined without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met.
Stated Maturity means, with respect
to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision, but shall not include any contingent obligations
to repay, redeem or repurchase any such principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
Subordinated
Shareholder Funding means, collectively, any funds provided to the Company by a Parent in exchange for or pursuant to any security, instrument or agreement other than Capital Stock, together with any such security, instrument or agreement
and any other security or instrument other than Capital Stock issued in payment of any obligation under any Subordinated Shareholder Funding; provided, however, that such Subordinated Shareholder Funding:
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does not mature or require any amortization, redemption or other repayment of principal or any sinking fund
payment prior to the seventh anniversary of this Agreement (other than through conversion or exchange of such funding into Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any funding meeting the requirements of this definition);
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does not require, prior to the sixth anniversary of this Agreement, payment of cash interest, cash withholding
amounts or other cash gross-ups, or any similar cash amounts; |
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contains no change of control or similar provisions and does not accelerate and has no right to declare a
default or event of default or take any enforcement action or otherwise require any cash payment, in each case, prior to the seventh anniversary of this Agreement; |
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does not provide for or require any security interest or encumbrance over any asset of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries; and |
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pursuant to its terms is fully subordinated and junior in right of payment to this Agreement and the Senior
Unsecured Notes pursuant to subordination, payment blockage and enforcement limitation terms which are customary in all material respects for similar funding. |
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person:
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any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees 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; or |
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any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which: |
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more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or
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 |
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such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such
entity. |
Successor Company shall have the meaning provided in
Section 10.3(a)(i).
Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles means the Sustainability-Linked
Loan Principles (as published in March 2022 by the Loan Market Association, Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and Loan Syndications & Trading Association).
TARGET Day means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment
system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
Tax Credit means any credit against any Taxes or any relief or remission for Taxes (or their repayment).
Taxes means all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, duties and withholdings and any charges of a
similar nature (including interest, fines, penalties and other liabilities with respect thereto) that are imposed by any Governmental Authority.
Term Benchmark when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Term SOFR or the EURIBO Rate.
Termination Date
means the date on which the Commitments shall have terminated, no Loans shall be outstanding and the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero (or otherwise Cash Collateralized or provided for in full in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer).
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Term SOFR means,
(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Loan, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on
the day (such day, the Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator;
provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark
Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business
Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days
prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and
(b) for any calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any day, the Term SOFR
Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the ABR Term SOFR Determination Day) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR
Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any ABR Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a
Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government
Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government
Securities Business Days prior to such ABR Term SOFR Determination Day.
Term SOFR Administrator means the CME Group
Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
Term SOFR Borrowing means, as to any Borrowing to which the Loans comprising such Borrowing bear interest at a rate based on
Adjusted Term SOFR other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of ABR.
Term SOFR Loan means a
Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of ABR.
Term SOFR Reference Rate means, for any day and time (such day, the Term SOFR Determination Day), with
respect to any Term SOFR Loan and for any tenor comparable to the applicable interest period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
The Netherlands and the Netherlands means the European part of the Kingdom of The Netherlands
(Koninkrijk der Nederlanden).
Total Assets means the consolidated total assets of Holdings, the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Holdings;
Total
Commitments means the sum of the Commitments of all the Lenders.
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Transaction Expenses means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by
Holdings, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions means, collectively, the extension of credit under and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses).
Transferee shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(e).
Type means, in relation to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan, EURIBOR Loan, or a Term SOFR Loan.
UK Financial Institution means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is 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 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.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Uniform Commercial Code means the New York Uniform Commercial Code.
Unpaid Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means SSMC and:
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any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Co-Borrower) that at the
time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors or an Authorized Officer of the Company in the manner provided below); and |
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any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. |
The Board of Directors or any Authorized Officer of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or
newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction, or investment therein) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries does not
own any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company which is not (i) a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated or otherwise an Unrestricted Subsidiary
or (ii) another Unrestricted Subsidiary or Subsidiary thereof.
Any such designation shall be evidenced by giving notice to the
Administrative Agent with (1) a copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors or certificate of the applicable Authorized Officer of the Company giving effect to such designation and (2) an Officers Certificate certifying that such
designation complies with the foregoing conditions.
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The Board of Directors or any Authorized Officer of the Company may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default would result therefrom.
Unsecured Notes Indenture means the (i) indenture related to the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes entered into on
December 6, 2018, between the Company, the Co-Borrower, certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (ii) indenture related to the issuance of
Senior Unsecured Notes entered into on June 18, 2019, between the Company, the Co-Borrower, certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee,
(iii) indenture related to the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes entered into on May 1, 2020, between the Company, the Co-Borrower, certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (iv) indenture related to the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes entered into on May 11, 2021, between the Company, the Co-Borrower, certain subsidiary guarantors
party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, (v) indenture related to the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes entered into on November 30, 2021, between the Company, the
Co-Borrower, certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee and (vi) indenture related to the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes entered into on
May 16, 2022 (as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture entered into on May 16, 2022), between the Company, the Co-Borrower, certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
Unsecured Ratings shall have the meaning provided in the definition of
Applicable ABR Margin and Applicable Term SOFR Margin.
U.S. Government Securities Business Day
means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for
purposes of trading in United States government securities.
US Dollar Equivalent means, on any date
of determination, with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than US Dollars, the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent using the applicable Exchange Rate.
US Dollars, Dollars and $ means the lawful currency of the United States of America.
Voting Stock of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled to
vote in the election of directors.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, all of the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors qualifying shares or shares required by any applicable law or regulation to be held by a Person other than the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) is owned by the Company or another
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
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 a 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 had been exercised under it 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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1.2 |
Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless
otherwise specified herein or in such other Credit Document: |
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The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
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The words herein, hereto, hereof and hereunder and words of
similar import when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof. |
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(c) |
Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.
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The term including is by way of example and not limitation. |
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The term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices,
reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form. |
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In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
from means from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through means to and including. |
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(g) |
Section headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Credit Document. |
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(h) |
Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns.
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Any reference to a Managing Director of the Company or any other Person organized or established
under the laws of the Netherlands means a managing director (bestuurder). |
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For all purposes under the Credit Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware
law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdictions 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. |
1.3 |
Accounting Terms. Except as provided herein, all accounting terms shall be construed in conformity with,
and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP. |
1.4 |
Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to this Agreement (or
required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which
such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number). |
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1.5 |
Dutch Terms. In this Agreement, where it relates to a Credit Party incorporated or formed under the laws
of the Netherlands or the context so requires, a reference to: |
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an administration or dissolution includes declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard)
or dissolved (ontbonden); |
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a moratorium includes surseance van betaling and a moratorium is declared
includes surseance verleend; |
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an insolvency includes a bankruptcy and moratorium; |
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an administrator includes a bewindvoerder, a beoogd bewindvoerder, a herstructureringsdeskundige
or a observator; |
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a receiver or an administrative receiver includes a curator or
bewindvoerder; and |
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a reorganization includes statutory proceedings for the restructuring of debt
(akkoordprocedure) under the Dutch Bankruptcy Act (Faillissementswet). |
1.6 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the case of the other Credit
Documents, in such Credit Document, (a) references to organizational and constitutive documents, agreements (including this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all
subsequent amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications are not prohibited by any Credit Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law. |
1.7 |
Exchange Rates. For purposes of determining compliance with Section 10.2, with
respect to any Lien securing an amount of Indebtedness whether denominated in Dollars or another currency (other than Euro), compliance will be determined at the time of Incurrence or advancing thereof using the Euro equivalent thereof at the
Exchange Rate in effect at the time of such Incurrence or advancement. |
1.8 |
Liability of Co-Borrower. The
Co-Borrower shall be jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that the obligations of the Co-Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States
Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of applicable law. |
1.9 |
Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to
Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable). |
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1.10 |
Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, when the payment of any
obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty, or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on (or before) a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest
Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be. |
1.11 |
Certifications. All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of a Credit
Party shall be made by such a Person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Credit Party, on such Credit Partys behalf and not in such Persons individual capacity. |
1.12 |
Lien Reclassification. In the event that any Lien meets the criteria of one or more than one of the
categories of transactions then permitted pursuant to any clause or subsection of Section 10.2 then, such transaction (or portion thereof) at any time shall be allocated to one or more of such clauses or subsections within
the relevant sections as determined by the Company in its sole discretion at such time. |
2. |
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT |
2.1 |
Commitments. (a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender
severally agrees to make a Loan or Loans denominated in US Dollars or Euro to the Borrowers which Loans (i) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Restatement Effective Date and prior to the Maturity Date;
(ii) may, at the option of the relevant Borrower be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into (as applicable), (x) with respect to Loans in US Dollars, ABR Loans or Term SOFR Loans and (y) with respect to Loans in Euro, EURIBOR
Loans; provided that all Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Loans of the same Type, (iii) may be repaid (without premium or penalty)
and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (iv) shall not, for any such Lender at any time, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Lenders Credit Exposure at such time
exceeding such Lenders Commitment at such time and (v) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Lenders Credit Exposures at such time
exceeding the Total Commitment then in effect. |
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Each Lender may at its option make any EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch
or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that (i) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan and (ii) in exercising such option, such Lender shall use its
reasonable efforts to minimize any increased costs to the Borrowers resulting therefrom (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it
will not be compensated hereunder or that it determines would be otherwise disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of
Section 2.10 shall apply). In the event that any Loan is made by any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of a Lender on behalf of such Lender as contemplated by this clause (b) all of the provisions of this
Agreement applicable to Lenders shall apply to and be enforceable by any such domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate. |
2.2 |
Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each
Borrowing shall be in a multiple of, in the case of Term SOFR Loans, or ABR Loans, $1,000,000 and, in the case of EURIBOR Loans, 1,000,000 and, in each case, shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount with respect thereto. Subject to
Section 2.9, more than one Borrowing may be incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than 6 Borrowings of Loans under this Agreement. |
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2.3 |
Notice of Borrowing. (a) To request the borrowing of any Loans (other than borrowings to repay
Unpaid Drawings), the relevant Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office written notice, (i) prior to 10:00 a.m. on at least the third Business Day prior to the date of each Borrowing of EURIBOR
Loans or Term SOFR Loans and (ii) prior to 12:00 Noon on at least the Business Day prior to the date of each Borrowing of ABR Loans (or, in each case, such later date or time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent). Each such notice (a
Notice of Borrowing), except as otherwise provided in Section 2.9, shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of Borrowing
(which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans, EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans, and, if EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If a
Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the requested Loan shall be (x) with respect to Loans in US Dollars, a Term SOFR Loan with an Interest Period of one month and (y) with respect to Loans in Euro, a
EURIBOR Loan. If a Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period of any EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the Loan so requested shall have an initial Interest Period of one (1) month. Upon receipt of a Notice of
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall confirm there are sufficient Available Commitments, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing, of such Lenders proportionate share thereof
and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing. Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 3.4. |
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Any Notice of Borrowing delivered in writing to the Administrative Agent shall be in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit B or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. |
2.4 |
Disbursement of Funds. (a) No later than 11:00 a.m. on the date specified in each Notice of
Borrowing, each Lender will make available, by initiating a wire transfer of immediately available funds, its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date and in the manner provided below.
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Unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing, each Lender shall make
available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrowers under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments in immediately available funds in US Dollars or Euro, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office and
the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings) make available to the Borrowers, by depositing to an account designated by the Company to the Administrative Agent, the aggregate of the amounts so made
available in US Dollars or Euro, as applicable. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent its portion
of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such
assumption, may (in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the
Administrative Agent has made available the same to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the
Administrative Agents demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers, and the Borrowers shall pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover
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Lender or the Borrowers interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers to the
date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry practice on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, or (ii) if paid by the Borrowers, the
then-applicable rate of interest, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the relevant Loans. If the Borrowers 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 the Borrowers the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period. |
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Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation
to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that any Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that the obligations of each Lender hereunder are
several and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its obligations hereunder). |
2.5 |
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of the Lenders, on the Maturity Date, the then-unpaid Loans made to such Borrower. |
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The Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
on each Extended Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the then outstanding amount of Extended Revolving Credit Loans. |
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In the event that any Incremental Revolving Credit Loans are made, such Incremental Revolving Credit Loans
shall, subject to Section 2.15(d), be repaid by the Borrowers in the amounts (each, a New Revolving Loan Repayment Amount) and on the dates (each a New Revolving Loan Repayment Date)
set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement. |
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Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the
indebtedness of each Borrower to the appropriate lending office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such lending
office of such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. |
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The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.7(b), in
which Register shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the relevant Borrower of such Loan, the Type of each Loan made, the Class of each Loan made and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of
any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the relevant Borrower and each Lenders
share thereof. |
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The entries made in the Register pursuant to clause (e) of this Section 2.5 and
accounts maintained pursuant to clause (d) of this Section 2.5 (to the extent not inconsistent with those in clause (e) of this Section 2.5) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable
Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of a Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such account, such Register or such
subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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2.6 |
Conversions and Continuations. (a) The Company shall have the option on any Business Day to convert
all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of ABR Loans into Term SOFR Loans or Term SOFR Loans into ABR Loans, as applicable, and shall have the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount of any EURIBOR Loans
or Term SOFR Loans for an additional Interest Period; provided that (i) no partial conversion of Term SOFR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of Term SOFR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the
Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted into Term SOFR Loans if a Default or Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or
their sole discretion not to permit such conversion, and (iii) EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans may not be continued as EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans for an additional Interest Period if an Event of Default is in existence on the date of the
proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Company by giving the
Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, at least two (2) Business Days (or one (1) Business Days notice in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans) prior written
notice (each, a Notice of Conversion or Continuation) specifying the Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted or continued into and, if such Loans or are to be converted into Term SOFR Loans or
continued as EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall give each Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of
its Loans. |
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If any Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed continuation of any Term SOFR Loans and the
Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, such Term SOFR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If
upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans, a Borrower has failed to specify a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in clause (a) of this Section 2.6,
such Borrower shall be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month, effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period. If a Borrower requests the conversion to, or continuation of, a EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR
Loan, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month. |
2.7 |
Pro Rata Borrowings. The borrowing of Loans under this Agreement and each Borrowing
outstanding from time to time hereunder shall be made or maintained, as applicable, by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Commitments. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by
any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and
(b) other than as provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligation under any Credit
Document. |
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Interest. (a) The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the
Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the aggregate of the Applicable ABR Margin plus the ABR in effect from time to time. |
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The unpaid principal amount of each EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the
Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be (i) with respect to Term SOFR Loans, the Adjusted Term SOFR plus the Applicable Term SOFR Margin and
(ii) with respect to EURIBOR Loans, the aggregate of the Adjusted EURIBO Rate plus the Applicable EURIBOR Margin. |
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If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan (ii) the principal amount of any Unpaid
Drawing or (iii) any interest payable thereon shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and failure to make such payment shall constitute an Event of Default pursuant to Section 11.1(a), such
overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum that is (x) in the case of overdue principal on any Loan or Unpaid Drawing, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2% or (y) in the case of any overdue
interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) or (b), as applicable, plus 2%, in each case from and including the date of such
non-payment to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment). |
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Interest on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of the borrowing thereof to but excluding the
date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable (i) on in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December, (ii) in respect of each Term SOFR Loan and EURIBOR Loan, the last day
of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three (3) months, on each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such Interest Period, and (ii) on any prepayment (on
the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand. |
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All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.
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The Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing of Loans, shall promptly notify
the Company and the relevant Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto. |
2.9 |
Interest Periods. At the time the Company gives a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion or
Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation as, a Borrowing of EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans (in the case of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto), the Company shall have the right to elect by giving the
Administrative Agent written notice of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing (which notice can be in the relevant Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation), which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Company, be
a period commencing on the date of Borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or on the date specified in the applicable Notice of Conversion or Continuation and ending one (1), three (3) or six (6) months (or such shorter
period as the Borrowers may elect in the applicable notice) after the start of such Interest Period; provided that, the initial Interest Period may be for a period less than one (1) month if agreed upon by the Company and the
Administrative Agent. |
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the initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans shall commence on the date of
such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing of ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period expires;
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if any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans or EURIBOR Loans begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such
Interest Period; |
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if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall
expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a Term SOFR Loan or EURIBOR Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further
Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day; |
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the Borrowers shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any Term SOFR Loan or EURIBOR
Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the applicable Maturity Date; and |
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after giving effect to all the initial borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all
continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 25 Interest Periods in effect with respect to Term SOFR or EURIBOR Loans. |
2.10 |
Inability to Determine Rates; Illegality; Increased Costs. (a) Subject to Section 2.17, if the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that Term Benchmark for any currency cannot be determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement on or prior to the first
day of any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Company and each Lender. Upon notice thereof by the Administrative Agent to the Company, any obligation of the Lenders to make or continue Term Benchmark Loans or to
convert ABR Loans to Term Benchmark Loans in the applicable currency shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term Benchmark Loans or, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the affected Interest Periods) until the Administrative Agent
revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans in such currency (to the extent of the affected Term Benchmark Loans
or, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the affected Interest Periods) or, failing that, in the case of any request for an affected Term Benchmark Borrowing, then such request shall be ineffective, (ii) any outstanding affected Term
Benchmark Loans denominated in US Dollars will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Loans and (iii) any outstanding affected Term Benchmark Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency will be deemed to have been converted into Loans that
bear interest at the Central Bank Rate; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency
cannot be determined, then, at any Borrowers election, such Loans shall either (A) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in US Dollars (in an amount equal to the US Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) immediately or
(B) be prepaid in full immediately; provided that if no election is made by the Borrowers by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Company of such notice, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected clause
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any such conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11. If the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive
and binding absent manifest error) that Term Benchmark for Loans denominated in US Dollars cannot be determined in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in each case, on any given day, the interest rate on ABR Loans shall be
determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of ABR until the Administrative Agent revokes such determination. |
(b) 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 any Term Benchmark, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon any Term Benchmark, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender
to the Company (through the Administrative Agent), (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term Benchmark Loans or to convert ABR Loans to Term Benchmark Loans in the applicable currency shall be suspended, and (b) the interest
rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of ABR, in each case until such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Company shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay
or, if applicable, convert all Term Benchmark Loans of such Lender in the applicable currency to (x) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, ABR Loans (the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such
illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of ABR), on the scheduled interest payment date therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Term Benchmark
Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term Benchmark Loans and (y) in the case of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Central Bank Rate; provided that, if the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that such illegality extends to the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency then, at the Borrowers election, such
Loans shall either (A) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in US Dollars (in an amount equal to the US Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) immediately or (B) be prepaid in full immediately; provided that if no
election is made by the Borrowers by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrowers of such notice, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected clause (A) above, and (ii) in the case of Loan denominated in US
Dollars, if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the ABR applicable to such Lender without reference to clause (c) of the definition of ABR 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 any Term Benchmark. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.11.
(c) If, after the Restatement Effective Date, any Change in Law, has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders (which for the purposes of this Section 2.10(c) shall include any Letter of Credit Issuer) or its parents or its Affiliates capital or assets
as a consequence of such Lenders commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent or its Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or its
parents policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or its parent or its Affiliates for such reduction; it being understood and agreed, however, that (i) a Lender shall not be entitled to compensation for such reduction except to the extent resulting from such
Change in Law and (ii) a Lender shall not be entitled to such compensation to the extent such Lender is not generally imposing such charges on, or requesting such compensation from, borrowers (similarly situated to the Company) under syndicated
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credit facilities. Each Lender, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written
notice thereof to the Company which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13,
release or diminish the Borrowers obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) promptly following receipt of such notice; provided, that a Lender shall not submit a claim for
compensation under this Section 2.10(c) unless it shall have determined that the making of such claim is consistent with its general practices under similar circumstances in respect of similarly situated borrowers with
credit agreements entitling such Lender to make such claims. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to
demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine
(9) months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law
giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
(d) It is understood that this Section 2.10 shall not apply to Excluded Taxes and shall apply without duplication to
Section 5.4.
2.11 |
Compensation. If (a) any payment of principal of any EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan is made by a
Borrower to or for the account of a Lender, or is converted or continued, other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to
Section 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.8 (other than a payment to a Defaulting Lender), as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for
any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of EURIBOR Loans or Term SOFR Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing, (c) any ABR Loan is not converted into a Term SOFR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or
Continuation or as a result of the operation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or as provided in any notice of prepayment, (d) any EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan is not continued as a EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan, as a result of a
withdrawn Notice of Conversion or Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan is not made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 5.1 or
Section 5.2 or as otherwise provided in any notice of prepayment, the Borrowers shall, after receipt by the Company of a written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis and
calculations for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably incur as a result of
such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue or failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds
acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan. |
For purposes of calculating amounts
payable by the Borrowers to the Lenders under this Section 2.11, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan made by it by a matching deposit or other borrowing of US Dollars for a
comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such EURIBOR Loan or Term SOFR Loan was in fact so funded.
2.12 |
Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the
operation of Section 2.10(a)(ii), Section 2.10(a)(iii), Section 2.10(b), Section 3.5 or Section 5.4 with respect to
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for any Loans affected by such event or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its branches or Affiliates; provided that such designation or assignment is made on
such terms that would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii), Section 2.10(a)(iii), Section 2.10(b), Section 3.5 or
Section 5.4, as the case may be, and that, in such Lenders good faith judgment, will not subject such Lender and its lending office suffer to economic (including becoming subject to any unreimbursed cost or expense)
or any legal or regulatory disadvantage. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of any Borrower or the right of any Lender provided in Section 2.10,
Section 3.5 or Section 5.4. |
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Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any
notice required by Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 3.5 or Section 5.4 is given by any Lender more than one hundred eighty (180) days
after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such Sections, such Lender shall not be
entitled to compensation under Section 2.10, Section 2.11, Section 3.5 or Section 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or
accruing prior to the 181st day prior to the giving of such notice to the Company. |
2.14 |
Alternative Currencies. (a) A Borrower may from time to time request that a Letter of Credit be
issued in an Alternative Currency. Except with respect to Euro, a currency will only constitute an Alternative Currency for the purposes of a Credit Event if (i) it is a lawful currency that is readily available in the amount required and
freely transferable and convertible into US Dollars in the relevant interbank market on the date the Administrative Agent receives the relevant Letter of Credit Request and the date on which the Credit Event occurs, and (ii) it has been
approved by the Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of the Letter of Credit Issuer) on or prior to receipt by the Administrative Agent of the relevant Letter of Credit Request for that Credit Event. |
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Any such request for approval of an Alternative Currency pursuant to clause (a) above shall be made to the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., five (5) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Credit Event (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Letter of Credit Issuer thereof. The applicable Letter of Credit Issuer shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., two (2) Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the
issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency and the minimum amount (and, if required, integral multiples) for any subsequent Credit Event in that currency. |
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The failure by the Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such notice within the time
period specified in clause (b) above shall be deemed to be a refusal by the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit Letters of Credit to be issued in the requested currency. |
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If the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in the
currency requested by a Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower that the requested currency is acceptable and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for
purposes of Letters of Credit. |
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The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower and the Company (if different) if the
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Incremental Facilities. |
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The Company may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to (i) increase the Commitments (any
such increase, a New Revolving Credit Loan Commitment) or (ii) establish an additional tranche of Commitments (the Additional Revolving Credit Commitments, together with any New Revolving Credit Loan
Commitment, the Incremental Commitments) in an amount that may be incurred in compliance with this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 10.2), each of which shall be in an amount not less
than $25,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount which shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an Increased Amount
Date) on which the Company proposes that the Incremental Commitment) shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than ten (10) Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such
shorter notice period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion). Such Incremental Commitments shall become effective, as of such Increased Amount Date; provided, further, that: |
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after giving effect to such Incremental Commitment, the aggregate amount of all Incremental Commitments
(including Incremental Commitments established prior to such Increased Amount Date) shall not exceed $1,000,000,000; |
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before and after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on such Increased Amount Date; provided that with respect to Incremental Commitments established in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, this condition shall be limited to the absence of an Event of
Default under clause (a), (b) or (g) (with respect to the Company) of Section 11.1; |
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before and after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments, all representations and warranties made by any
Credit Party contained in this Agreement or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such Increased Amount Date
(except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of said earlier date); provided that with
respect to Incremental Commitments established in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, only the Specified Representations and specified acquisition agreement representations shall be required to be true and correct in all
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such Incremental Commitment may be provided by any Lender or other Person (each, an Incremental
Lender) to whom the Company proposes provide any portion of such Incremental Commitments; provided that any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the Incremental Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion,
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the Incremental Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more joinder agreements (collectively, for any
Incremental Commitment, a Joinder Agreement) in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent which shall be executed and delivered by the Borrowers, each Incremental Lender and the Administrative Agent, and each of
which shall be recorded in the Register; and |
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the Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions and other documents reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction or required to be delivered under the applicable Joinder Agreement; including an acknowledgment from any Guarantor that the Guaranty will continue in full force and effect.
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On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Commitments are effective, each Incremental Lender that
is not then a Lender shall become a Lender hereunder, subject to the receipt of the consents that would be required under Section 13.7(b) if such Lender were to become a Lender hereunder via assignment (and, in the case of an Incremental
Commitment to be provided by an existing Lender, such Lenders applicable Commitment shall be increased by the amount of its Incremental Commitment). |
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The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly upon receipt of Borrowers notice of each
Increased Amount Date and, in respect thereof, the Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Lenders. |
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The terms and provisions of (i) New Revolving Credit Loan Commitments shall be the same as the Commitments
and (ii) Additional Revolving Credit Commitments shall be on terms and conditions substantially the same as the Commitments (except, in each case, with respect to (x) any additional upfront or similar fees that may be payable to the
Lenders participating in New Revolving Credit Loan Commitments or Additional Revolving Credit Commitments and (y) covenants, terms or other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date); provided that the
maturity date of any Incremental Revolving Credit Loan may be later than (but shall not be earlier than) the Revolving Credit Facility Maturity Date and the Incremental Commitments and the Incremental Revolving Credit Loan shall rank pari passu
with, or junior to, in right of payment with the Existing Revolving Credit Loans. |
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Upon the effectiveness of any New Revolving Credit Loan Commitment pursuant to this
Section 2.15, each Lender with a Commitment immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Incremental Lender in respect of such increase, and each such
Incremental Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Lenders participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit such that, after giving effect to such deemed assignment and
assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding L/C Participations held by each Lender (including each such Incremental Lender) will reflect such Lenders Commitment Percentage. |
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The Borrowers may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Commitments of any
Class existing at the time of such request (each, an Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and any related revolving credit loans thereunder, Existing Revolving Credit Loans; each Existing Revolving Credit
Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an Existing Revolving Credit Class) be converted to extend the termination date of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and the scheduled
maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended,
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any related Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans) by no more than one (1) year and to provide for other terms consistent with this
Section 2.15(f); provided that (a) the Commitments of any Class shall be extended pursuant to this Section 2.15(f) no more than twice prior to the termination of the Commitments of
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an Extension Amendment, the remaining tenor of such Class of Commitments shall not exceed five (5) years. In order to establish any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Company
shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, which such request shall be offered equally to all such
Lenders) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established, which shall not be materially more restrictive to the Credit Parties (as determined in good faith by the Borrowers), when taken as a whole,
than the terms of the applicable Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment) unless (x) the Lenders providing existing Loans receive the benefit of such more restrictive terms or
(y) any such provisions apply after the Latest Maturity Date, in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided, however, that (A) subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding
sentence, all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) (i) the interest margins with
respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the same as the interest margins for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and/or (ii) additional fees and premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to the margins contemplated by the preceding clause (B)(i) and (C) the revolving credit commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the same as the
Commitment Fee Rate for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15(f) or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment (other
than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of Loans with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other Extended Initial Revolving Credit Commitments
and (2) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to the Commitments and the Loans related to
such Commitments set forth in Section 13.7. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Loans or Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving
Credit Commitments and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class so established on such date). |
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Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an Extension
Amendment) to this Agreement (which, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.2, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended
Revolving Credit Commitments established thereby) executed by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in an aggregate principal
amount that is less than $10,000,000. No Extension Amendment shall extend the Initial Revolving Credit Commitments unless Lenders holding at least 50% of the aggregate Initial Revolving Credit Commitments shall have elected to extend such
Commitments. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on any date on which any existing
Class is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clause (f)(i) of this Section 2.15, in the case of the existing Commitments of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal
amount of such existing Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall
be established as a separate Class of Loans (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class so established on such date). |
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Any Lender (an Extending Lender) wishing to have all or a portion of its Loans of the
existing Class or existing Classes subject to such Extension Request converted into Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall notify the Administrative Agent (an Extension Election) on or prior to the date specified in such
Extension Request of the amount of its Loans of the existing Class or existing Classes subject to such Extension Request that it has elected to convert into Extended Revolving Credit Loans. In the event that the aggregate amount of Loans of the
existing Class or existing Classes subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Revolving Credit Loans requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Loans of the existing Class or existing Classes subject to Extension
Elections shall be converted to Extended Revolving Credit Loans, on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Loans included in each such Extension Election. |
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Any Joinder Agreement or Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments
other than those contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a Section 2.15 Additional Amendment) to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; provided that such Section 2.15
Additional Amendments are within the requirements of Section 2.15(d) or Section 2.15(f)(i), as applicable, and do not become effective prior to the time that such Section 2.15 Additional
Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to (1) consents applicable to holders of New Revolving Credit Loan Commitments provided for in any Joinder Agreement and (2) consents applicable to holders of any
Extended Revolving Credit Commitments provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Credit Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.15 Additional Amendments to become effective in
accordance with this Section 2.15. |
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The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Section 2.15 (including (i) payment of any interest, fees, or premium in respect of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Amendment and (ii) the
effectiveness of Incremental Commitments and the making of Loans subject only to the conditions in this Section 2.15 (and any resulting re-allocation of Obligations hereunder)) and
hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any pro rata payment or amendment section) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit or restrict any such Extension Commitment,
Incremental Commitment or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.15. |
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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: |
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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 13.2. |
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Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 11 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to
Section 13.11 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 the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Issuers Fronting Exposure
with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 3.7; fourth, as the Borrowers may request (so long as no 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 Letter of Credit 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 3.7; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers, the Lenders or the
Letter of Credit Issuer as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers, any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenders breach of its
obligations under this Agreement; and seventh, 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 Letter
of Credit Exposure 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 6 or Section 7 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and Letter of Credit Exposure owed to, all
Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or Letter of Credit Exposure owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and
unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Exposure are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.16(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 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by
such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto. |
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No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which such Lender is
a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such Defaulting Lender). |
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Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of Credit Fees for any period during which such
Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its pro rata percentage of the Stated Amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 3.4.
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With respect to any Letter of Credit Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause
(a)(iii)(A) or (a)(iii)(B) of this Section 2.16, the Borrowers 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 Letter of Credit Exposure that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to the Letter
of Credit Issuer the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Letter of Credits Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of
any such Letter of Credit Fee. |
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Reallocation to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lenders participation
in Letter of Credit Exposure shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lenders
Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting
Lenders Commitment. 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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Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) of this
Section 2.16 cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to them hereunder or under applicable law, Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit
Issuers Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.7. |
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Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuers
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 at par 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 to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitment Percentages (without giving effect to
Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; |
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provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and
provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from
that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender. |
2.17 |
Alternative Rate of Interest |
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Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Document,
upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, then (A) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark
Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to,
this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (B) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Benchmark Replacement for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark
Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th)
Business Day after the Administrative Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all affected Lenders and the Borrowers so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders
comprising the Required Lenders. |
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Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark
Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right, in consultation with the Company, to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Credit Document, any
amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided that, the Administrative Agent shall
give the Borrowers at least ten (10) Business Days advance written notice of any pending Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and the proposed date of the implementation thereof (the Implementation Date), and if any
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in writing prior to the Implementation Date that it objects to such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes shall not take effect, and the Administrative
Agent and the Borrowers shall endeavor to identify alternative Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, which alternate Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes shall take effect in accordance with this Section 2.17(b).
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Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the
Company and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement
Conforming Changes and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.17, including any
determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive
and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.17.
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Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Credit Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark for Loans denominated in a given currency is a term rate (including any Term Benchmark) and either
(A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the administrator of such
Benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or
aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period (or any similar or analogous definition) and
Section 2.9 for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable, non-representative, non-compliant or
non-aligned tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark
Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial
Benchmarks for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of Interest Period (or any similar or analogous definition) and Section 2.9 for all Benchmark settings for all
Loans in the applicable currency, at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor. |
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Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Companys receipt of notice of the commencement of a
Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Benchmark, the Borrowers may revoke any request for a Term Benchmark Loan of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued in the applicable currency
during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (i) ABR Loans, if such Benchmark Unavailability Period relates to
Loans denominated in US Dollars and (ii) Central Bank Rate Loans, if such Benchmark Unavailability Period relates to Loans denominated in any Alternative Currency; provided that, if the Administrative Agent determines (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the Central Bank Rate for the applicable Alternative Currency is also subject to a Benchmark Unavailability Period, then, at the Companys election, such Loans shall
either (A) be converted into ABR Loans denominated in US Dollars (in an amount equal to the US Dollar Equivalent of such Alternative Currency) immediately or (B) be prepaid in full promptly following request therefor from the
Administrative Agent; provided that if no election is made by the Borrowers by the date that is three Business Days after receipt by the Borrowers of such notice, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have elected clause (A) above. With
respect to Loans denominated in Dollars, during any Benchmark Unavailability Period, the component of ABR based upon the Term Benchmark Rate will not be used in any determination of ABR. |
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ESG Adjustments. (a) After the Restatement Effective Date, the Company, in consultation with the
Administrative Agent, shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to establish specified key performance indicators (KPIs) with respect to certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries. The Administrative Agent and the Company may amend this Agreement (any such amendment, an ESG Amendment) solely for the purpose of incorporating the KPIs and other related provisions (the ESG
Pricing Provisions) into this Agreement, and any such ESG Amendment shall become effective upon the posting of such proposed ESG Amendment to all Lenders and the receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed signature pages and consents
to such ESG Amendment from the Company, the Administrative Agent and Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. Upon the effectiveness of any such ESG Amendment, based on the Companys performance against the KPIs, certain adjustments (increase,
decrease or no adjustment) (such adjustments, the ESG Applicable Rate Adjustments) to the otherwise applicable Applicable Margin for EURIBOR Loans, Term SOFR Loans and ABR Loans, the Commitment Fee Rate and the Letter of Credit
Fee will be made; provided that (i) the amount of such adjustments, taken together, to the otherwise applicable (A) Commitment Fee Rate, shall not exceed an increase and/or decrease of one basis point in the aggregate, and
(B) Applicable Margin with respect to EURIBOR Loans, Term SOFR Loans and ABR Loans or the Letter of Credit Fee, shall not exceed, in each case, an increase and/or decrease of five basis points in the aggregate, and (ii) in no event
shall the Commitment Fee Rate or the Applicable Margin for EURIBOR Loans, Term SOFR Loans or ABR Loans Fee or the Letter of Credit Fee be less than zero percent (0.00%). The KPIs, the Companys performance against the KPIs, and any
related ESG Applicable Rate Adjustments resulting therefrom, will be determined based on certain certificates, reports and other documents, in each case, setting forth the calculation and measurement of the KPIs in a manner that is aligned with the
Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles, as further amended, revised or updated from time to time, and to be mutually agreed between the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably). Following the effectiveness of an ESG Amendment, any
modification to the ESG Pricing Provisions shall be subject only to the consent of the Required Lenders, so long as such modification does not have the effect of reducing the Commitment Fee Rate, the Letter of Credit Fee or the Applicable
Margin for EURIBOR Loans, Term SOFR Loans or ABR Loans to a level that is not otherwise permitted by this clause (a). |
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The Administrative Agent will assist the Company in: (i) determining the ESG Pricing Provisions in
connection with any proposed ESG Amendment; and (ii) preparing informational materials focused on ESG to be used in connection with any proposed ESG Amendment. |
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This Section 2.18 shall supersede any provisions in
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3.1 |
Letters of Credit. (a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time
and from time to time on and from the Restatement Effective Date and prior to the L/C Maturity Date, the Letter of Credit Issuers agree to issue upon the request of, and for the benefit of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries standby
letters of credit in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency (the Letters of Credit and each, a Letter of Credit) in such form as may be approved by such Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion;
provided that the Company shall be a co-applicant, and jointly and severally liable with respect to, each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when
added to the Letters of Credit Outstanding at such time, would (x) exceed the L/C Sublimit then in effect or (y) cause the aggregate amount of Letters of Credit issued by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer to exceed such Letter of
Credit Issuers L/C Fronting Commitment; (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which would cause the aggregate amount of the Lenders Credit Exposures at such time to exceed the Total Commitments then in
effect; (iii) each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than the earlier of (x) one (1) year after the date of issuance thereof and (y) the L/C Maturity Date, unless otherwise agreed upon by the
Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer but may by its terms be automatically extended for additional twelve (12) month periods, provided that in no event shall such expiration date occur later than the L/C Maturity Date;
(iv) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in US Dollars or any Alternative Currency; and (v) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any applicable Law or is prohibited by any order, judgment, decree of any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator which, by its terms, purports to enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular; (vi) without limiting
Section 7.1, no Letter of Credit shall be issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer after it has received a written notice from any Credit Party or any Lender stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing until such time as the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of
Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2; and (vii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any polices of the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer that
are applicable to letters of credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer generally. |
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Upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the applicable Lenders) (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer), a Borrower shall
have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the L/C Sublimit in whole or in part; provided that, after giving effect to such termination or reduction, the Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the L/C Sublimit.
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Letter of Credit Requests. (a) Whenever a Borrower desires that a Letter of Credit be issued for
its account, it shall give the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 12:00 Noon at least five (5) (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days
written notice thereof. Each notice shall be executed by such Borrower and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C (each a Letter of Credit Request). Each Letter of Credit Request shall specify (i) the initial
Stated Amount of the Letter of Credit, (ii) the date of issuance (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) the currency in which the Letter of Credit shall be denominated (which shall be US Dollars or any Alternative Currency). Upon
receipt of a Letter of Credit Request the Administrative Agent shall confirm there are sufficient Available Commitments, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit copies of each Letter of Credit Request to each Lender.
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The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the relevant
Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b) and Section 7. |
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Letter of Credit Participations. (a) Immediately upon the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer
of any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Lender (each such other Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3, an L/C Participant),
and each such L/C Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each an L/C
Participation), to the extent of such L/C Participants Commitment Percentage in such Letter of Credit, each substitute letter of credit, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the relevant Borrower under this Agreement
with respect thereto, and any security therefor or Guarantee pertaining thereto; provided that the Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the L/C Participants as provided in
Section 4.1(c) and the L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any Fronting Fees. |
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Each Lender and each Borrower agrees that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
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 Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer
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 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 any other document. The Borrowers hereby assume 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 any Borrower pursuing such rights and remedies as it may
have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of
Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 3.3(h); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary
notwithstanding, the relevant Borrower may have a claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit 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 were caused by the Letter of Credit Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or the Letter of Credit Issuers willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight document strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit 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 Letter of Credit 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. |
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In the event that the Letter of Credit Issuer makes any payment under any Letter of Credit issued by it and the
relevant Borrower shall not have repaid such amount in full to the respective Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.4, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each L/C
Participant of such failure, the unreimbursed amount shall be converted to US Dollars and each such L/C Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the amount of such
L/C Participants Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed payment so converted and in immediately available funds. If the Letter of Credit Issuer so notifies, prior to 11:00 a.m. on any Business Day, each L/C Participant shall make available
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer such L/C Participants Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment on such Business Day in immediately available funds. If and to the extent such L/C Participant
shall not have so made its Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such L/C Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer at the Federal
Funds Effective Rate. A certificate from the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer submitted to any L/C Participant (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to amounts owing under this Section 3.3(c) shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. The failure of any L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other
L/C Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above,
but no L/C Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other L/C Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other L/C Participants Commitment Percentage of any such payment. |
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With respect to any Unpaid Drawing that is not fully reimbursed pursuant to
Section 3.4 or refinanced by a Borrowing of Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 7 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred
from the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unpaid Borrowing that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at ABR plus the
Applicable ABR Margin plus 2% per annum. In such event, each L/C Participants payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.3(c) 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 3.3. |
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Each L/C Participants obligation to make a Loan or L/C Advances to reimburse a Letter of Credit Issuer
for amounts drawn under Letter of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 3.3, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (x) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right which such L/C Participant may have against the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (y) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or any Event of Default; or
(z) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Lenders obligation to make Loans pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) is subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 7 (other than delivery by the relevant Borrower of a Notice of Borrowing). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the relevant Borrower to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the
amount of any payment made by such Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein. |
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Until each Lender funds its Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 3.3 to
reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any Unpaid Drawing, interest in respect of such Lenders Commitment Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer. |
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Whenever the Letter of Credit Issuer receives a payment from a Borrower in respect of an Unpaid Drawing as to
which the Administrative Agent has received for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any L/C Advances from the L/C Participants pursuant to this Section 3.3, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall pay to the Administrative
Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each L/C Participant that has paid its Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in US Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such L/C Participants
share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such L/C Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all L/C Participants) of the principal amount of such Unpaid Drawing and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of
the respective L/C Participations. |
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The obligations of the Borrowers to make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of a Letter of
Credit Issuer with respect to drawings under Letters of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception
whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including under any of the following circumstances: |
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any lack of validity or enforceability of the Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any of the other Credit
Documents; |
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the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that any
Credit Party may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the relevant Letter
of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between a Borrower and the
beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit); |
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any draft, demand, certificate or any other document presented under any 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; |
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the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the
Credit Documents; or |
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the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default. |
3.4 |
Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings. Each Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the relevant
Letter of Credit Issuer, by making payment in the currency in which the relevant Letter of Credit is issued, to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, for any payment or disbursement made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any
Letter of Credit (each such amount so paid until reimbursed, an Unpaid Drawing) no later than the date that is three (3) Business Days after the date on which the relevant Borrower receives notice of such payment or
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Reimbursement Date), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 5:00 p.m. on the date of such
payment or disbursement, from and including the date on which such payment or disbursement was made by the Letter of Credit Issuer to but excluding the date the Letter of Credit Issuer is reimbursed therefor at a rate per annum that shall at
all times be the Applicable ABR Margin plus ABR as in effect from time to time; provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) unless the relevant Borrower shall have notified the Administrative
Agent and the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 10:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Reimbursement Date that such Borrower intends to reimburse the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with
funds other than the proceeds of Loans, such Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that, with respect to Letters of Credit, the Lenders make Loans on the Reimbursement Date in US Dollars in the amount of such Unpaid
Drawing which Loans, shall be ABR Loans; and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant L/C Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Loan to be made on the Reimbursement Date in respect thereof, and each L/C
Participant shall be obligated to make a Loan to the relevant Borrower in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Commitment Percentage of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 12:00 noon on such Reimbursement Date by making the
amount of such Loan available to the Administrative Agent if, and only if, there are Available Commitments sufficient to make such Loan and the conditions set forth in Section 7 (other than the delivery of a Notice of
Borrowing) shall be satisfied. Such Loans shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount or multiples. The initial interest period for any Term Benchmark Loan made pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be one
(1) month. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Loans solely for purpose of reimbursing the Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing. In the event that the Borrowers fail to Cash Collateralize any Letter of
Credit that is outstanding on the L/C Maturity Date, the full amount of the Letters of Credit Outstanding in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an Unpaid Drawing subject to the provisions of this
Section 3.4 except that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall hold the proceeds received from the L/C Participants as contemplated above as cash collateral for such Letter of Credit to reimburse any Unpaid Drawing under such
Letter of Credit and shall use such proceeds first, to reimburse itself for any Unpaid Drawings made in respect of such Letter of Credit following the L/C Maturity Date, second, to the extent such Letter of Credit expires or is returned undrawn
while any such cash collateral remains, to the repayment of obligations in respect of any Loans that have not been paid at such time and third, to the Borrowers or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. |
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New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer. (a) A Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as a Letter of
Credit Issuer upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company. The Company may replace a Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon five (5) Business Days written notice to
the Administrative Agent and the relevant Letter of Credit Issuer. The Company may add Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent. If the Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if a new Letter of
Credit Issuer under this Agreement shall be added in accordance with this Section 3.5, then the Company may appoint from among the Lenders (who agree to act in such capacity) a successor issuer of Letters of Credit or a new
Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), another successor or new issuer of Letters of Credit, whereupon such successor issuer shall succeed to the
rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of a Letter of Credit Issuer
hereunder, and the term Letter of Credit Issuer shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay
to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(d) and Section 4.1(e). The |
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acceptance of any appointment as a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an
agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of
Credit shall become a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to
have all the rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue
additional Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either
(i) the Company, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with
Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) the Company shall cause the successor issuer of Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit
Issuer, to issue back-stop Letters of Credit, in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit, naming the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding
Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Letters of Credit shall have a face amount equal to the Letters of Credit being back-stopped and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Letters of Credit
shall be a drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuers resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to a Letter of
Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of
Credit Issuer. |
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To the extent that there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) of
this Section 3.5, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including,
without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of Fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Company, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have
the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in clause (a) of this Section 3.5. |
3.6 |
Issuance By Affiliates. In the event that any Letter of Credit is issued by an Affiliate of a Letter of
Credit Issuer on behalf of such Letter of Credit Issuer as contemplated by the definition of Letter of Credit Issuer all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to Letter of Credit Issuers shall apply to and be enforceable by any
such Affiliate. |
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Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Letter of
Credit Issuer, if (i) as of the L/C Maturity Date, any Letter of Credit for any reason remains outstanding, (ii) the Borrowers shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.1, or
(iii) the provisions of Section 2.16(a)(v) are in effect, the Borrowers shall promptly (in the case of clause (ii) above) or within one (1) Business Day (in all other cases) following any written request by
the Administrative Agent or such Letter of Credit 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 (a)(iii) of this
Section 3.7, after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(v) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). |
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Grant of Security Interest. The Borrowers, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such
Defaulting Lender, hereby grant to (and subject to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, and agree to maintain, a first priority security interest in all
such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein as described in Section 3.7(a), 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 Section 3.7(c). 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 each Letter of Credit Issuer as herein provided, other than Permitted Liens, or the total Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrowers will, promptly upon written demand by the Administrative
Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Administrative Agent. 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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Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral
provided under any of this Section 3.7 or Section 2.16, Section 5.2, or Section 11.1 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to
the satisfaction of the specific Letters of Credit Outstanding, 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. |
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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 13.7(b)) or there is no longer existing an Event of Default) or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuers that there
exists excess Cash Collateral. |
4.1 |
Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the fees and expenses in respect
of the performance of such role as may be separately agreed from time to time. |
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The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in US Dollars, for the account of each Lender (in each
case pro rata according to the respective Commitments of all such Lenders), a commitment fee (a Commitment Fee) for each day from and including the Restatement Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date. Such
Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears (x) on the last day of each March, June, September and December (for the three-month period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received), (y) on the cancelled amount
of the relevant Lenders Commitment on the date on which such Commitment is cancelled pursuant to this Agreement and (z) on the Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received), and shall be
computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day on the Available Commitments in effect on such day. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any Commitment Fee accrued with respect to any of
the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Company so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent
that such Commitment Fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Company prior to such time, and (ii) no Commitment Fee shall accrue on any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.
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The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in US Dollars for the account of the Lenders pro
rata on the basis of their respective Letter of Credit Exposure, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit (the Letter of Credit Fee), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but
excluding the termination date of such Letter of Credit computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to the Applicable Term SOFR Margin for Loans on the average daily Stated Amount (or, if applicable, the US Dollar Equivalent
thereof) of such Letter of Credit. Such Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the date upon which the Total Commitment terminates and the Letters of
Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero. |
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The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in US Dollars for the account of each Letter of Credit
Issuer a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it (the Fronting Fee), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination date of such Letter of Credit,
computed at the rate for each day equal to 0.125% per annum on the average daily Stated Amount (or, if applicable, the US Dollar Equivalent thereof) of such Letter of Credit (or at such other rate per annum as agreed in writing
between the Company and the Letter of Credit Issuer). Such Fronting Fees shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the date upon which the Total Commitment terminates and the
Letters of Credit Outstanding shall have been reduced to zero. |
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The Company agrees to pay directly to the Letter of Credit Issuer in US Dollars upon each issuance of, drawing
under, amendment and/or cancellation of, a Letter of Credit issued by it such processing fee as the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Company shall have agreed upon for issuances of, drawings under or amendments of, Letters of Credit issued by it.
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Voluntary Reduction of Commitments. Upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agents Office (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Company (on behalf of each of the Borrowers) shall have the right, at any time,
without premium or penalty, permanently to terminate or reduce the Commitments in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Commitment of each of the Lenders,
(b) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (c) after giving effect to such termination or
reduction and to any prepayments of the Loans made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Commitment and (d) if, after giving effect to any
reduction of the Commitments or the L/C Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Total Commitments, such limit or sublimit (as applicable) shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The amount of any such reduction in the Total
Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the L/C Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Company. |
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Mandatory Termination of Commitments. The Total Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. on the
applicable Maturity Date. |
5.1 |
Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrowers shall have the right, at any time, to prepay Loans, without premium
or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (a) the Company shall give the Administrative Agent and at the Administrative Agents Office written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the
amount of such prepayment and (in the case of Term Benchmark Loans) the specific Borrowing(s) to be prepaid, which notice shall be given by such Borrower no later than, in the case of Term SOFR Benchmark, 10:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days
prior to the date of such prepayment and shall promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders; (b) each partial prepayment of any Term SOFR Benchmark shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in an aggregate
principal amount of at least $5,000,000 and each partial prepayment of ABR Loans shall be in an integral multiple of $100,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000 or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof
then outstanding; provided that no partial prepayment of Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the applicable Minimum Borrowing Amount, and
(c) any prepayment of Term Benchmark Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to compliance by the relevant Borrower with the
applicable provisions of Section 2.11. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Lenders participation in each such Loan pro rata. At the Companys election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to
this Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Loan of a Defaulting Lender. |
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Mandatory Prepayments and Cash Collateral. (a) If on any Revaluation Date the aggregate amount of
the Lenders Credit Exposures (such aggregate Credit Exposures, the Aggregate Outstanding Exposure) exceeds 100% of the Total Commitment as then in effect, the Borrowers shall forthwith repay on such Revaluation Date a
principal amount of Loans in an amount equal to such excess. If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Loans, the Aggregate Outstanding Exposure exceed the Total Commitment then in effect, the Company shall Cash Collateralize the
then Letters of Credit Outstanding in an amount equal to such excess. |
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In addition to the obligations under clause (a) of this Section 5.2:
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if, as of the L/C Maturity Date, there shall be any Letters of Credit Outstanding for any reason, the Company
shall promptly Cash Collateralize the Stated Amount of the then Letters of Credit Outstanding; and |
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if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company on any Revaluation Date that the Letters of Credit Outstanding
at such time exceeds the L/C Sublimit then in effect, then, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Company shall Cash Collateralize the then Letters of Credit Outstanding in an amount equal to the amount by which the
then Letters of Credit Outstanding exceeds the L/C Sublimit. |
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As used herein, Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders, as collateral for the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Letters of Credit Outstanding, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuers which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders, until the proceeds are applied to the Obligations. Derivatives of such term have corresponding
meanings. Each Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent (or an Affiliate thereof). |
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Any prepayment of a Term SOFR Loan or EURIBOR Loan pursuant to this Section 5.2 on a
day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to compliance by the relevant Borrower with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11. |
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With respect to each prepayment of Loans by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 5.2(a),
the Borrowers may designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made; provided that (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata
among such Loans; and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (y), no prepayment made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) of Loans shall be applied to the Loans of any Defaulting Lender. In the absence of a
designation by the Borrowers as described in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in its reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage costs owing under
Section 2.11. |
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In lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 5.2 in respect of any Term
SOFR Loan or EURIBOR Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrowers, at their option may deposit with the Administrative Agent an amount equal
to the amount of the Term SOFR Loan or EURIBOR Loan to be prepaid and such Term SOFR Loan or EURIBOR Loan shall be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period therefor in the required amount with the proceeds of the amount so deposited. Such
deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a corporate time deposit account established on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, earning interest at the then-customary rate for accounts of such type. Such deposit shall
constitute cash collateral for the Obligations; provided that the Borrowers may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 5.2 (subject, in all
cases, to compliance by the relevant Borrower with Section 2.11). |
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Method and Place of Payment. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments
under this Agreement shall be made by each Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders entitled thereto or the Letter of
Credit Issuer entitled thereto, as the case may be, not later than 12:00 Noon on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agents Office or at such other office as the Administrative Agent shall
specify for such purpose by notice to the Company, it being understood that written or facsimile notice by a Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in such Borrowers account at the Administrative Agents
Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. All repayments or prepayments of Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder shall be made in US Dollars. The Administrative Agent
will thereafter cause to be distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 noon on such day) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders
entitled thereto. |
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Any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 1:00 p.m. may, at the election of the Administrative
Agent, be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day and, such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees (as the case may be) at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension. |
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Net Payments. (a) Any and all payments made by or on behalf of any Credit Party under this
Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Indemnified Taxes; provided that if a Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by law to
deduct or withhold any Indemnified Taxes from such payments, then (i) in the case of payments by a credit party, the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions
or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.4), the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the after tax sum it would have received had no such
deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the relevant Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall make such deductions or withholdings and (iii) the relevant Credit Party or the Administrative Agent shall pay the full amount deducted
or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. Whenever any Indemnified Taxes are payable by a Credit Party, as promptly as possible thereafter, such Credit Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its
own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt in such form as provided in the ordinary course by the relevant Governmental Authority and as is reasonably available to the relevant
Credit Party (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by such Credit Party showing payment thereof. |
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Each Credit Party shall timely pay (or at the option of the Administrative Agent shall reimburse it for) any
Other Taxes (whether or not such Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority). |
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Each Credit Party shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless, on an after tax basis, the
Administrative Agent and each Lender within fifteen (15) Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or such Lender as the case may be, on or with respect to any
payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.4) 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. Upon the request of the Company, such Administrative Agent
or a Lender must provide details of how it calculated the amount of Indemnified Taxes for which it claimed liability under this Section 5.4. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to a Credit
Party by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error. |
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upon the request of the Company or the Administrative Agent deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent two (2) copies of any certification, information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence or identity of such Lender or make any declaration of similar claim or satisfy any other reporting requirement relating to
such matters, which is required by a statute, regulation or administrative practice of a relevant Governmental Authority as a precondition to exemption from all or a part of any Taxes, assessment or other governmental charge; and
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deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two (2) further copies of any such form or
certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to any
Borrower; |
unless in any such case any Change in Law has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would
otherwise be required that renders any such form inapplicable or would prevent such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent. Each Person that
shall become a Participant pursuant to Section 13.7 or a Lender pursuant to Section 13.7 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all the forms and statements
required pursuant to this Section 5.4(c); provided that, in the case of a Participant such Participant shall furnish all such required forms and statements to the Lender from which the related participation shall
have been purchased.
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If a Credit Party determines in good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting any taxes for which
indemnification has been demanded hereunder or any other Credit Document, the relevant Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall cooperate with such Credit Party in challenging such taxes at such Credit Partys expense if so
requested by such Credit Party. If any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, receives a refund of, or determines that a Tax Credit is available to it with respect to, a tax for which a payment has been made by a Credit Party pursuant to
this Agreement, which refund or Tax Credit in the good faith judgment of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by such Credit Party, then the Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, shall reimburse such Credit Party for such amount (together with any interest received thereon) as the Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, determines to be the proportion of the refund or Tax Credit as will leave it,
after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position (taking into account expenses or any taxes imposed on the refund) than it would have been in if the payment had not been required. A Lender or the Administrative Agent shall claim any refund
or Tax Credit that it determines is available to it, unless it concludes in its reasonable discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim. Neither the Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be obliged to disclose any
information regarding its tax affairs or computations to the any Credit Party in connection with this clause (e) or any other provision of this Section 5.4. |
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The agreements in this Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. |
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For purposes of this Section, the term Lender includes any Letter of Credit Issuer and any L/C
Participant. |
5.5 |
Computations of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest on Term Benchmark Loans, and, except as provided in
the next succeeding sentence, ABR Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans in respect of which the rate of interest is calculated on the basis
of the prime rate and interest on overdue interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
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Fees shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
days elapsed. |
5.6 |
Limit on Rate of Interest. |
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No Payment shall exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, no
Borrower shall be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation. |
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Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If a Borrower is not obliged to make a payment which it would otherwise
be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), such Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations. |
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Adjustment if any Payment exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the
other Credit Documents would obligate any Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any applicable Law, rule or regulation, then notwithstanding
such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, the beginning of the relevant Interest Period or, in the case of ABR Loans, the relevant date, the maximum
amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by Law, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by such Borrower to the affected Lender
under Section 2.8. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments
contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from any Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum amount permitted by any applicable Law, rule or regulation, then such Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing (including by e-mail) to the Administrative Agent to obtain reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by that Lender to
such Borrower.
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If any sum due from a Credit Party under the Credit Documents (a Sum), or any order,
judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the First Currency) in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the Second Currency) for the purpose of:
(i) making or filing a claim or proof against that Credit Party; (ii) obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings, in either case that Credit Party shall as an independent
obligation, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify each Lender to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used
to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum. |
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Each Credit Party waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Credit Documents
in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable. |
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6. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE |
The occurrence of the Restatement Effective Date and any initial Credit Events to occur at such time (including without limitation the deemed issuance of any
Letter of Credit) is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and the Administrative Agent (with the consent of the requisite percentage of Lenders in
accordance with the terms hereof). The Administrative Agent shall, upon such conditions precedent being satisfied (or waived as the case may be), promptly confirm such satisfaction (or waiver) in writing to the Lenders and the Company.
6.1 |
Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received: |
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a counterpart to this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized signatory of each Borrower and
each Lender; and |
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a counterpart to the Guaranty, executed and delivered by a duly authorized signatory of each of the Original
Guarantors. |
6.2 |
Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the executed legal
opinions of (i) special New York and Delaware counsel to the Borrowers and (ii) special Dutch counsel to the Borrowers, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders. The Borrowers hereby instruct counsel to deliver such legal opinions. |
6.3 |
Solvency Certificate. On the Restatement Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 demonstrating, as of the Restatement Effective Date, that the Company on a consolidated basis with its
Subsidiaries is solvent. |
6.4 |
Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Original Credit
Party, dated the Restatement Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1, with appropriate insertions, executed by the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of such Original Credit Party (or where customary in the relevant jurisdiction, executed by a director or Authorized Officer of such Original Credit Party), and attaching the documents referred to in Section 6.5
and Section 6.6 below and certifying as to each of Section 6.7 and Section 6.9. |
6.5 |
Corporate Proceedings of Each Original Credit Party. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy
of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors and, to the extent required under applicable Law or the organizational documents of any Original Credit Party, the shareholders
of each Original Credit Party (or a duly authorized committee thereof) authorizing (i) the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (ii) in the case of the
Borrowers, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder. |
6.6 |
Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received true and complete copies of the
certificate of incorporation, by-laws (or equivalent organizational documents) and, to the extent available in the relevant jurisdiction, an extract of the trade register of each Original Credit Party.
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Representations and Warranties. On the Restatement Effective Date, all representations and warranties
made by any Original Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects; provided that any such representation and warranty that is already qualified by materiality,
Material Adverse Effect or a similar qualifier in the text thereof shall be true and correct in all respects. |
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6.8 |
Notice of Borrowing. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a Notice of Borrowing
with respect to the Loans to be made on the Restatement Effective Date, if any, meeting the requirements of Section 2.3. |
6.9 |
No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. |
6.10 |
Fees. All fees required to be paid on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to the Agency Fee Letter
and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Restatement Effective Date pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent invoiced at least
three (3) Business Days prior to the Restatement Effective Date (except as otherwise agreed by the Borrowers), shall, upon the initial borrowings of the Loans, have been, or will be substantially simultaneously, paid (which amounts may, at the
Borrowers option, be offset against the proceeds of the Loans). |
6.11 |
Patriot Act; Beneficial Ownership Certification. The Administrative Agent shall have received, at
least three (3) Business Days prior to the Restatement Effective Date, all documentation and other information about the Borrowers and the Guarantors as shall have been reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent at least ten
(10) Business Days prior to the Restatement Effective Date and as required by U.S. regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot
Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. |
6.12 |
Refinancing. The commitments of the lenders under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility shall have
been, or shall be on the Refinancing Effective Date, terminated and all the obligations under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility shall have been, or shall be on the Restatement Effective Date, repaid or prepaid. |
The acceptance of the benefits of the Loans shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that all
of the applicable conditions specified in this Section 6 has been satisfied or waived as of the Restatement Effective Date.
7. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS AFTER THE RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE |
The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue
Letters of Credit after the Restatement Effective Date is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent:
7.1 |
No Default; Representations and Warranties. At the time of each Credit Event and also after giving
effect thereto (other than the making of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.15(a) (which shall be subject to the terms of Section 2.15(a)) (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and (b) all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein (other than Section 8.7, Section 8.8 and Section 8.10) or in the other
Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (except where such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any such representation and warranty that is already
qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar qualifier in the text thereof shall be true and correct in all respects. |
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7.2 |
Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request. (a) Prior to the making of each Loan, the
Administrative Agent shall have received a written Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3. |
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Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit (other than deemed issuances pursuant to the first sentence of
Section 3.1(a)), the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.1(a). |
The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders
that all the applicable conditions specified in this Section 7 have been satisfied as of that time.
8. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
In order to induce the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into this Agreement, to make the Loans and issue or participate in Letters
of Credit as provided for herein, each Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to the Lenders, each Agent and each Letter of Credit Issuer on the Restatement Effective Date and (except as set forth in
Section 2.15(a) and Section 7.1) on the date of each Credit Event, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters
of Credit:
8.1 |
Organization; Powers. Each of the Credit Parties (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, 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 and (b) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Credit Documents to which such Credit Party is a party and, in the case of the Borrowers, to borrow and
otherwise obtain credit hereunder. |
8.2 |
Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Credit Parties of each of the
Credit Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings and extensions of credit hereunder (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, shareholder, limited liability company or partnership action required to be obtained by
each such Credit Party and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any material provision of any material law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by laws of any Credit
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 any
Credit Party is a party or by which any or any of their property is or may be bound, except for any such violation described in this sub-clause (i) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or (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 benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, except for any such conflict, breach or default described in this sub-clause (ii) that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
8.3 |
Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party
hereto and constitutes, and each other Credit Document when executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is party thereto, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against each such Credit Party in
accordance with its terms, subject to Debtor Relief Laws, the time barring statute of limitations (or equivalent laws) and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding of equity or law. |
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8.4 |
Governmental Approvals; Other Consents. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with
or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is or will be required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents, except for (a) such as have been made or obtained and are in full
force and effect and (b) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) No Credit Party 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. |
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No part of the proceeds of any Loan or the issue of any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or
indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of Regulation U or Regulation X. |
8.6 |
Investment Company Act. No Credit Party is an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940. |
8.7 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect. (a) The audited financial statements of Holdings
as at December 31, 2021, and for the fiscal year then ended together with the notes thereto (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein;
and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of Holdings as of the date thereof and its results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the
period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein. |
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Since December 31, 2021, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate,
that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
8.8 |
Litigation. Except as disclosed on Schedule 8.8, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims
or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their
properties or revenues that either individually or in the aggregate, have had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. |
8.9 |
Taxes. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and local and other material Taxes levied or
imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those (x) which are not overdue by more than thirty (30) days or (y) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. |
8.10 |
No Material Misstatements. As of the Restatement Effective Date, all written information (other than
projections and other forward looking information, information of a general economic or industry-specific nature or information provided by third parties) (the Information) furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to any
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Transactions (as such Information may have been supplemented or otherwise updated), when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was
furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and did not contain any material misstatement of fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not
materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made; provided that, with respect to forecasts, projected information and other forward looking information, the Borrowers represent only that such
information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the preparer to be reasonable at the time of preparation; it being understood that such forecasts, projections and other forward looking information may vary significantly
from actual results and that such variances may be material. |
8.11 |
Compliance With Laws. |
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No Credit Party, nor any Subsidiary thereof, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, any director, officer,
employee or agent thereof, is an individual or entity that is, a Sanctioned Person. |
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Each Credit Party and each of their respective Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with
applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions, and has instituted and maintained (or has a parent company that institutes or maintains on its behalf) policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws in all
material respects. |
8.12 |
Intellectual Property. The Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries own, license or possess the right to
use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses and other intellectual property rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently
conducted, without conflict with the rights of any other person, except to the extent such conflicts, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Company,
no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary infringes upon any rights held by any other person,
except to the extent such infringements, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 8.12, no claim or litigation regarding any of
the foregoing against the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, which, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Environmental Compliance. |
Each Credit Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing
Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability relating to or responsibility for violation of, any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and a result thereof to the best knowledge of the Company,
except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 8.13, such Environmental Laws and claims would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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On the Restatement Effective Date (A) the fair value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, exceeds the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (B) the present fair saleable value of the property of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is greater than the amount required to pay the probable debts and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities (direct,
subordinated, contingent or otherwise), as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (C) the Company and its 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, taking into account refinancing alternatives; and (D) the Company and its 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 Restatement Effective Date. |
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As of the Restatement Effective Date, no Credit Party intends to, and no Credit Party believes that it or any
of the Restricted 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 and refinancing alternatives. |
Each Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Restatement Effective Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
9.1 |
Financial Statements. The Company will deliver to the Administrative Agent: |
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beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, as soon as available, but in any event on or
before the date on which such financial statements would be required to be filed with the SEC (or, if such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders equity and cash flows for such fiscal year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of a registered public accounting firm of
internationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any going concern or
like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception (other than in connection with any upcoming maturity of any Indebtedness or any prospective failure to comply with any financial covenant) as to the scope of such audit; and
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within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year of the Company, a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders equity and cash flows for such fiscal
quarter and for the portion of the Companys fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller or other Authorized Officer of the Company as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
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At any time that any of the Companys Subsidiaries are Unrestricted Subsidiaries and
any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, if taken together as one Subsidiary, would (x) be accountable for 10% or more of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company (calculated for the purposes of this sentence
including the results of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries) or (y) constitute 10% or more of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company, then the annual and quarterly financial information required by the clauses (a) and (b) above
shall include either (i) a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company or (ii) stand-alone unaudited financial statements of such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as a group or
otherwise) together with an unaudited reconciliation to the financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which reconciliation shall include the following items: revenue, EBITDA, net income, cash, total assets, total debt, shareholders
equity, capital expenditures and interest expense.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (a) and (b) of this
Section 9.1 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Company and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (i) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings) or
(ii) the Companys or Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Forms 20-F, 10-K, 10-Q
or 6-K, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of sub-clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of
information required to be provided under Section 9.1(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent registered public accounting firm of internationally recognized standing, which report and
opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any going concern or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception (other than in connection with any
upcoming maturity of any Indebtedness or any prospective failure to comply with a financial covenant) as to the scope of such audit.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) may be
delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (a) on which Holdings or the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Holdings or the Companys website on the
internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.1 (as such Schedule 9.1 may be updated from time to time by written notice to the Administrative Agent) or as filed with the SEC on Form 10-K
or 10-Q, as applicable; or (b) on which such documents are posted on Holdings or the Companys behalf on an internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative
Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of
such documents.
9.2 |
Compliance Certificate. The Company will deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further
distribution to each Lender no later than five (5) Business Days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 9.1(a) and Section 9.1(b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief executive
officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller or any other Authorized Officer of the Company. |
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Such Compliance Certificate may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be
deemed to be delivered on the date on which such Compliance Certificate is posted on Holdings or the Companys behalf on an internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a
commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that Holdings or the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent for further notification to each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail) of the
posting of any such Compliance Certificate and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such Compliance Certificate. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted
Compliance Certificates and maintaining its copies of such Compliance Certificate.
9.3 |
Notices. (a) Each Borrower will, promptly after a Responsible Officer of the Company obtains
knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of: |
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any Default or Event of Default; and |
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of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
including (A) breach or non-performance of, or any default under, a contractual obligation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof; (B) any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding
or suspension between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof and any Governmental Authority; or (C) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof, including pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws, which, in any such case, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. |
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Each notice pursuant to this Section 9.3 shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth material details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto, if any. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
obligations in this Section 9.3 may be satisfied by furnishing the Companys or Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Forms 20-F, 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K or 6-K, as applicable, filed with the SEC. |
9.4 |
Payment of Taxes. Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay and
discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities in respect of taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless (a) the same are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves, if any, in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary; or (b) the failure to pay or discharge the same would not, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
9.5 |
Preservation of Existence. Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:
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preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as applicable, except (i) solely with respect to the Restricted Subsidiaries other than the Borrowers, to the extent the failure to do so would not, either individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction not prohibited by Section 10.3 and Section 10.4; and |
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take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or
desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except (i) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction not prohibited by
Section 10.3 or Section 10.4. |
9.6 |
Compliance with Laws. Each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply
in all material respects with all Requirement of Law and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, including all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions and Environmental Laws except
in such instances in which (a) such Requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries shall at all times comply (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 social security and employee benefit plan governed by the laws in any jurisdiction in which it operates and (ii) with the terms of any such plan (including
funding obligations thereunder), except, in each case, for (x) such requirement of law, applicable regulation, published interpretations or plan term is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding diligently conducted; or
(y) such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
9.7 |
Inspection Rights. At any time, while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at the
reasonable expense of the Company, each Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of its
properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as
often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Company; provided, that (a) the Company shall be entitled to participate in any such discussions with accountants and (b) any such inspection and examination
and extracts shall not entitle the Administrative Agent or any Lender to receive information (x) that would reasonably be expected to result in a loss of attorney-client privilege or consists claim of attorney work product, (y) that would
reasonably be expected to result in disclosure of any information related to the equityholders of the Borrowers or the arrangements among such equityholders or other sensitive or proprietary information related to the business of the Borrowers or
(z) to the extent the disclosure thereof would or would reasonably be expected to violate any confidentiality obligation binding on the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates. |
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DAC6. The Company shall, and shall cause the Parent to, deliver to the Administrative Agent:
(i) promptly upon the making of any such analysis or obtaining of any such advice, copies of any analysis made or advice obtained on whether (a) any of the Transactions or any transaction contemplated by the Credit Documents or
(b) any transaction carried out (or to be carried out) in connection with any Transaction or any transaction contemplated by the Credit Documents, in each case, contains a hallmark as set out in Annex IV of the Council Directive of 25 May
2018 (2018/822/EU) amending Directive 2011/16/EU (DAC6) and would be reportable under DAC6; and (ii) promptly upon the making of any such reporting and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, copies of any reporting made
to any Governmental Authority by or on behalf of the Parent, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any adviser to the Parent, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in relation to DAC6 or any Law of any Governmental
Authority which implements DAC6 and any unique identification number issued by any Governmental Authority to which any such report has been made (if available). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
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the event that this Section 9.7.1 would obligate the Parent or any Borrower to do or cause to do anything or make available any document or information (x) that
would reasonably be expected to result in a loss of attorney-client privilege or consists of a claim of attorney work product, (y) that would reasonably be expected to result in disclosure of any information related to the equityholders of the
Borrowers or the Parent or the arrangements among such equityholders or other sensitive or proprietary information related to the business of the Borrowers, the Parent or their Subsidiaries or (z) to the extent the disclosure thereof would or
would reasonably be expected to violate any confidentiality obligation binding on the Parent, the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates, in each case, only the conclusion of the analysis made or obtained (i.e. whether any
reporting shall be made or not) shall be required to be provided to the Administrative Agent. |
9.8 |
Use of Proceeds. Each Borrower will use the proceeds of the extensions of credit under this Agreement
for (a) general corporate purposes (including, replacement or refinancing of any existing Indebtedness), (b) to pay the Transaction Expenses and (c) for any other purpose not prohibited by the Credit Documents. |
9.9 |
Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries. |
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If after the Restatement Effective Date, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates
a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) and (x) the issuance of a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary is not precluded by the Agreed Guarantee Principles and (y) such Restricted Subsidiary Guarantees the Senior
Unsecured Notes, such Restricted Subsidiary shall, within sixty (60) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in writing (which shall include electronic mail) after becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, provide a Guarantee
of this Agreement by executing a supplement to the Guaranty in the form attached thereto. |
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The Company may, at its option, cause any other Subsidiary to provide a Guarantee of the Agreement by executing
a supplement to the Guaranty in substantially the form attached thereto. |
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The obligations of each Guarantor under the Guaranty will be limited to the maximum amount that would not
render the Guarantors obligations subject to avoidance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of foreign or state law and as otherwise set forth in the Guaranty or
relevant supplement to the Guaranty. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Guaranty, in no event shall any CFC or FSHCO be
required to become a Credit Party. |
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The obligations of a Guarantor under the Guaranty will terminate upon: |
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a sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the Guarantor or the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Guarantor (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), in each case, that is not prohibited by this Agreement; |
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the designation in accordance with this Agreement of the Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
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to the extent that the Guarantor is not an Immaterial Subsidiary due to the operation of the proviso to the
definition of Immaterial Subsidiary, upon the release of the guarantee or guarantees referred to in such proviso that resulted in the Guarantor not being an Immaterial Subsidiary; |
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the Guarantor becoming an Immaterial Subsidiary, tested as of the last day of any fiscal year for which
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and a Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 9.2(b) and that Guarantor being designated by the Company
pursuant to that Compliance Certificate as an Immaterial Subsidiary whose obligations under the Guaranty should terminate; |
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unless otherwise elected by the Company in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, the earlier of
(x) the termination, redemption, satisfaction or discharge of the Senior Unsecured Notes and (y) the Guarantor being (or will be substantially concurrently with the release of such Guarantor hereunder) released or discharged from its
Guarantee under the Senior Unsecured Notes; or |
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repayment in full of all amounts due and payable under the Credit Documents (other than contingent obligations
not then due and payable and Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof) and cancellation of the Commitments hereunder. |
Each Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Restatement Effective Date and thereafter, until the Termination Date:
10.1 |
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrowers shall not permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter (commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Restatement Effective Date) of the Company to be less than 3:00 to 1.00. |
10.2 |
Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Principal Properties, whether owned on the Restatement Effective Date or acquired after that date, or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, which Lien secures
any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liens, unless substantially concurrently therewith the Obligations hereunder are directly, equally and ratably secured with (or prior to, in the case of Liens with respect to subordinated Indebtedness) the
Indebtedness secured by such Lien for so long as such Indebtedness is so secured. |
10.3 |
Merger and Consolidation by the Company. (a) The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or
into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless: |
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the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the Successor Company) will be a Person
organized and existing under the laws of any member state of the European Union, or the United States of America, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia, Canada or any province of Canada, Norway, Switzerland or the United
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the Successor Company (if not the Company) will expressly assume in writing all the Companys Obligations,
pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and provides to the Administrative Agent 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 Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (or any Lender, through the Administrative Agent); and
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immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists or would result
therefrom. |
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This Section 10.3 shall not apply to the creation of a new Subsidiary as a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company. |
10.4 |
Merger and Consolidations by the Co-Borrower and Guarantors.
(a) The Co-Borrower may not consolidate with, merge with or into any person or permit any person to merge with or into the Co-Borrower unless:
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concurrently therewith, a Subsidiary of the Company that is a limited liability company or corporation
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia (which may be the Co-Borrower or the continuing person as a result of such transaction) expressly
assumes all of the obligations of the Co-Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; or |
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after giving effect to the transaction, at least one obligor under the Credit Documents is a limited liability
company or corporation organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia. |
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Upon the consummation of any transaction effected in accordance with Section 10.4(a),
the resulting, surviving or transferee Co-Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Co-Borrower under each Credit
Document with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Co-Borrower under such Credit Documents. Upon such substitution, the Co-Borrower shall be
automatically released from its obligations under each Credit Document. |
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No Guarantor may (i) consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or (ii) sell, convey,
transfer or dispose of, all or substantially all its assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to any Person, or (iii) permit any Person to merge with or into the Guarantor,
unless, in any such case: |
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the other Person is the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is Guarantor or becomes a Guarantor
concurrently with the transaction; or |
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(i) either (x) a Guarantor is the continuing Person or (y) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person
expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Guarantor under the Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party; and |
(ii) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; or
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the transaction constitutes a sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the
Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Guarantor (in each case other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) otherwise permitted by this Agreement. |
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10.5 |
Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the extensions of credit will not, directly or knowingly indirectly, be
used, lent, contributed, or otherwise made available to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner, or other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is a
Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities or business would be prohibited by Sanctions if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States or in a European Union member state, (ii) in furtherance of an
offer, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, or (ii) in any other manner that would constitute an unlawful breach of Sanctions or
applicable Anti-Corruption Laws by any party hereto or any Person participating in the Loans, whether as lender, underwriter, advisor, or otherwise. |
11.1 |
Events of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default (an Event of
Default): |
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Non-Payment of Interest. Default in any payment of interest on
any Loan, L/C Advance or any Unpaid Drawing when due and payable and such default continues for five (5) Business Days; |
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Non-Payment of Principal. Default in the payment of the
principal amount of or premium, if any, on any Loan or any Unpaid Drawing when due pursuant to the terms hereof, including upon any required repurchase, upon acceleration of maturity or otherwise; |
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Breach of Specific Covenants. Failure to comply for thirty (30) days after written notice by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Required Lenders with any covenant, warranty or other agreement with respect to Section 10; |
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Breach of Other Covenants. Failure to comply for thirty (30) days after written notice by the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Required Lenders with its other agreements (other than as specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 11.1) contained in any Credit Document;
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Cross-Default. Default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by
which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company, the Co-Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company, the Co-Borrower any of their Restricted Subsidiaries) other than Indebtedness owed to the Company, the Co-Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary whether such Indebtedness or
Guarantee now exists, or is created after the Restatement Effective Date, which default: |
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is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness, immediately
upon the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness; or |
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the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent
on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase,
prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; |
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and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates 200,000,000 or more;
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Change of Control. Any Change of Control occurs; |
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Insolvency. Any Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial
Subsidiary) institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator,
liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar office is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property or assets is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or
an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; |
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Breach of Representations. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Credit Party (or
any of its officers) under or in connection with any Credit Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; |
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Judgments. Failure by any Credit Party or any Significant Subsidiary or group of Restricted Subsidiaries
that, taken together (as of the latest audited consolidated financial statements for the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of 200,000,000
(exclusive of any amounts that the applicable insurance company has not denied liability for), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of sixty (60) days after the judgment becomes final; or |
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Guaranty. The Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance the terms of the
Credit Documents, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Guaranty, other than in accordance with the terms thereof or upon release of the Guaranty (or a Guarantor therefrom) in accordance with the Credit Documents;
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then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing, the
Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrowers, take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce its
claims against the Borrowers, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement: (i) declare the Total Commitments terminated, whereupon the Commitments of each Lender shall forthwith terminate immediately and any Fees theretofore
accrued shall forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any kind; and (ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans, L/C Advances and all other amounts owing hereunder or under any
other Credit Document to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; (iii) terminate any Letter of Credit that
may be terminated in accordance with its terms; and/or (iv) direct the Company to Cash Collateralize the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding; provided, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under
Section 11.1(g), the Total Commitment and Commitment of each Lender shall automatically terminate, the unpaid
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principal amount of all outstanding Loans, L/C Advances and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Company to Cash
Collateralize the then Letters of Credit Outstanding as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case, without further action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
11.2 |
Application of Funds. |
After the exercise of remedies as provided in Section 11.1 (or after the Commitments have been automatically
cancelled and the Loans and all other amounts have automatically become due and payable), any amounts received by the Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations shall be applied in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable
to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations
constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders, ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on Loans ratably among
Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to
payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of Loans ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full (other than contingent
obligations not yet due and payable), to the Company or as otherwise required by Law.
12.1 |
Appointment. (a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as
the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Credit Document, each of
the Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners and Co-Manager are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall have no obligations, duties, responsibilities or
liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Credit Document; it being understood and agreed that each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners and Co-Manager shall be entitled to all benefits
of this Section 12. Without limitation of the foregoing, no Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunners and Co-Manager in its capacity as such shall, by reason of this Agreement or any
other Credit Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender, Credit Party or any other Person. |
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Each Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer confirms that each of any Joint Lead Arrangers and the Administrative
Agent has authority to accept on its behalf (and ratifies the acceptance on its behalf of any letters or reports already accepted by the Joint Lead Arranger or Administrative Agent) the terms of any reliance letter or engagement letters relating to
any reports or letters provided by accountants in connection with the Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated in the Credit Documents and to bind it in respect of those reports or letters and to sign such letters on its behalf and further
confirms that it accepts the terms and qualifications set out in such letters. |
12.2 |
Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
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Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Credit Document (except for its or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the
Borrowers, any Guarantor, any other Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the
Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or for any failure of
the Borrowers, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements
contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party. |
12.4 |
Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the
proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Credit Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. Each Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register
with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified
to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or such greater number or percentage of Lenders as may be expressly required by this Agreement in any instance), and such request and
any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans. |
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12.5 |
Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default
or Event of Default hereunder unless it has received written notice from a Lender or a Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. In the event
that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required
Lenders; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders (except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as
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Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly
acknowledges that no Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties
to it and that no act by any Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender or any Letter
of Credit Issuer. Each Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon such Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of each Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and
enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of any Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, no
Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any
other Credit Party that may come into the possession of such Agent any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliate.
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Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent, each in its capacity as such (to the extent
not reimbursed by any Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any Credit Party to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Aggregate Outstanding Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (or,
if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Aggregate Outstanding Exposure in effect immediately
prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the
payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or
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taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agents (i) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, as determined by a final,
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (ii) material breach of the obligations of such Agent under the terms of this Agreement by such Agent as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; it being acknowledged and agreed that no action taken in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of
the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit Documents) shall constitute gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or a material breach. The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive termination of the
Commitment, the repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. |
12.8 |
Agents in their Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept
deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower, any Guarantor, and any other Credit Party as though it were not an Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each Agent
shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders shall include
each Agent in its individual capacity. |
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Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon twenty
(20) days prior written notice to the Lenders and the Borrowers. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the
Lenders a successor Administrative Agent which successor agent shall be approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) so long as no Event of Default is continuing under
Section 11.1(a), (b) or (g) (with respect to a Borrower). If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Administrative Agent by the date which is twenty (20) days following the retiring
Administrative Agents notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agents resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such
time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor (or upon the Lenders assuming such role as provided above) and upon
the execution and filing or recording of such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, as the Required Lenders may request, in order to ensure that the requirements set forth in Section 9.9 are
satisfied, the Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and the term Administrative Agent shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and
the former Administrative Agents rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any
holders of the Loans. After any retiring Administrative Agents resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 12 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. |
12.10 |
Withholding Tax and Deductions. To the extent required by any applicable Law, the Administrative Agent
may withhold from any interest payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent
did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a
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change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the
extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by a Credit Party and without limiting the obligation of any Credit Party to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or
otherwise, including penalties and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. |
12.11 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Unpaid Drawing shall then be due
and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
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to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the
Loans, Unpaid Drawings and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Administrative Agent
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, Letter of
Credit Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Section 4.1 and Section 13.6) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and |
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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 and Letter of Credit 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 and Letter of Credit Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 4.1 and Section 13.6. |
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the
claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
12.12 |
Agent under Guaranty. Subject to Section 13.2, without further written consent
or authorization from any Lender, the Administrative Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary or reasonably requested by the Company to release, or evidence the release of, any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if
such person ceases to be a Guarantor in accordance with Section 9.9(e). |
12.13 |
Right to Enforce Guaranty. Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the
contrary, the Company, the Agents, and each Lender hereby agree that no Lender shall have any right individually to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights, and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof. No holder of Hedging Obligations that obtains the |
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benefits of any Guaranty by virtue of the provisions hereof, of any other Credit Document or otherwise shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any
action hereunder or under any other Credit Document other than in its capacity as a Lender or Agent and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement 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, Obligations arising under secured Hedge Agreements. |
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Each Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer (and each Participant of any of the foregoing, by its acceptance
of a participation) hereby acknowledges and agrees that if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds (or any portion thereof) received
by such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer (any of the foregoing, a Payment Recipient) from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by,
such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Payment Recipient) (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a Payment) and demands the return of
such Payment, such Payment Recipient shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment as to which such a demand was made. A notice of the Administrative Agent
to any Payment Recipient under this Section shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. |
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Without limitation of clause (a) above, each Payment Recipient further acknowledges and agrees that if
such Payment Recipient receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in an amount, or on a date different from the amount and/or date specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent
(or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a Payment Notice), (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, or (z) that such Payment Recipient otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or
received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), in each case, it understands and agrees at the time of receipt of such Payment that an error has been made (and that it is deemed to have knowledge of such error) with respect to such Payment.
Each Payment Recipient agrees that, in each such case, it shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter,
return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made. |
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Any Payment required to be returned by a Payment Recipient under this Section shall be made in same-day funds in the currency so received, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such
amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. Each
Payment Recipient hereby agrees that it shall not assert and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, hereby waives, any right to retain such Payment, and any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of
set-off or recoupment or similar right to any demand by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Payment received, including without limitation any defense based on discharge for value or any
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The Borrowers hereby agree that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not
recovered from any Lender that has received such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay,
prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary except, in each case, to the extent such erroneous Payment is, and with respect to the amount of such erroneous Payment that is, comprised of
funds of the Borrowers or any other Subsidiary. |
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Each partys obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 12.12 shall survive the
resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all
Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Credit Document. |
13.1 |
Representations to the Financial Supervision Act. |
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For the purpose of this Section 13.1, each Lender includes the domestic or foreign
branch office or Affiliate making a Loan. |
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Without limiting the Companys obligations under the FMSA, each Lender which is a party to this Agreement
on the Restatement Effective Date represents and warrants to each party to this Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date that it is not considered to be a part of the public within the meaning of the Financial Supervision Act, which requirement
can be considered satisfied, in reliance upon the Explanatory Memorandum to the Implementation Act in respect of Directive 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, until the competent authority publishes its interpretation of the term
public (as referred to in article 4.1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013), if the amount borrowed is not less than EUR 100,000 or its equivalent in any other currency. |
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If, a party becomes a Lender such new Lender represents and warrants to each party to this Agreement on the
date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement as a Lender that it is not considered to be a part of the public within the meaning of the Financial Supervision Act, which requirement can be considered satisfied, in reliance upon the Explanatory
Memorandum to the Implementation Act in respect of Directive 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, until the competent authority publishes its interpretation of the term public (as referred to in article 4.1(1) of Regulation (EU)
No 575/2013), if the amount borrowed is not less than EUR 100,000 or its equivalent in any other currency. |
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Each Lender acknowledges that (b) it is aware of the consequences of the representation and warranty made
by it under this Section 13.1 and (c) each of the Agents and other Lenders and the Company has relied upon such representation and warranty. |
13.2 |
Amendments and Waivers. Subject to Section 2.18 (a) Neither this Agreement nor
any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.2. Except as provided in
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below which shall only require the consent of the Lenders set forth therein, the Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, from
time to time (i) enter into with the relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements, modifications or waivers hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the
other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (ii) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment,
supplement, modification or waiver shall directly (A) forgive or reduce or waive any portion of any Loan or L/C Advance or extend or postpone the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or any L/C Advance or reduce the stated rate (it being
understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest at the default rate), or forgive any portion, or extend the date for the payment, of any interest or fee
payable hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the final expiration date of any Lenders Commitment or extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit
beyond the L/C Maturity Date, or increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, or amend or modify any provisions of Section 5.2(a) (with respect to the ratable allocation of any payments only) and
Section 13.11(a), or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Guaranty, except that only the written consent of the Required Lenders shall be required with respect to any amendment or modification of
provisions concerning loan buy-backs and Defaulting Lenders in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (B) amend, modify or waive any provision of
this Section 13.2 or reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the terms Required 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, or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as not
prohibited pursuant to Section 10.3 or Section 10.4), in any such case, without the written consent of each Lender; provided that a waiver of any condition precedent in
Section 6 or Section 7 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial
ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for
the payment of principal, premium or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment (C) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the
written consent of the Administrative Agent, (D) in addition to the Lenders required above, amend, modify or waive any provision hereof relating to a Letter of Credit Issuer or to any Letter of Credit without the written consent of each Letter
of Credit Issuer, (E) amend or modify any provisions of Section 5.3(a) (with respect to the ratable allocation of payments only), Section 13.11(a) or Section 13.20
without the written consent of each Lender, affect the rights, duties, privileges, liabilities or obligations of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, without the
written consent of the Administrative Agent or (F) change the provisions of any Credit Document in a manner that by its terms directly and adversely affects the rights of Lenders holding Loans of one Class differently from the rights of
Lenders holding Loans of any other Class without the prior written consent of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each directly and adversely affected Class. |
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Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected
Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former
positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may, without notice or consent of the Required Lenders, amend or supplement this Agreement to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect,
error or inconsistency in this Agreement. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Joinder Agreement(s) pursuant
to Section 2.15, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (i) to add one or more additional credit facilities
to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Loans
and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such new Loans.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders). |
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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Documents may be amended to add syndication or
documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto with the consent of only the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent. |
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including, without limitation, this
Section 13.2) or any other Credit Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility pursuant to Section 2.15 (and the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and
the Borrowers, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility); (ii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to
(x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers) and (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature and such amendment shall
be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice of such change and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date
of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; (iii) guarantees and related documents executed by Credit Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in
a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with any other Credit Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties
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Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers) or to cause such
guarantee or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (iv) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended in accordance with Section 2.18 with only the
consent of the Company, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent. |
13.3 |
Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder
or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address. |
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party
hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three (3) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered
by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail, when sent (or, if delivered outside of recipients customary business hours, at the opening of business on the next Business Day)
unless a notice of delivery failure is received within thirty (30) minutes of sending by the sender (it being understood and agreed that an out of office or similar message shall not constitute a notice of delivery failure);
provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 4.2 and 5.1 shall not be effective until received.
13.4 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Letter of Credit Issuer, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents 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 are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. |
13.5 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the
other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder. |
13.6 |
Payment of Expenses and Taxes. (a) The Company and the
Co-Borrower jointly and severally agree (i) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred after the Restatement Effective Date in connection with any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection therewith including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of
the Administrative Agents counsel and (ii) to pay or reimburse each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuers for all of their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including the
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuers;
provided that, in each case, the fees disbursements and charges of counsel shall be limited to one counsel and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each appropriate material jurisdiction (which may be a single local counsel acting
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the Letter of Credit Issuers, taken as a whole, and in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, as reasonably determined by the affected Administrative Agent, Lender or Letter of
Credit Issuer, as applicable (based upon the advice of counsel of such Person), where such affected Person informs the Borrowers of such conflict in writing, one additional counsel (and, to the extent reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each
relevant material jurisdiction (which may be a single local counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions)) for each group of similarly affected Persons taken as a whole. |
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the Company and the Co-Borrower jointly and severally agree to pay,
indemnify, and hold harmless each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer and Agent and their respective Related Parties (each an Indemnified Person) from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and
expenses and other charges of counsel, with respect to the enforcement, performance and, solely in the case of the Administrative Agent, administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing relating to any violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law or to any actual or alleged presence, release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials involving, relating or
attributable to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this sub-clause (iv), collectively, the indemnified liabilities); provided that, in each case, the
fees disbursements and charges of counsel shall be limited to one counsel and, if reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each appropriate material jurisdiction (which may be a single local counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all
Indemnified Persons taken as a whole, and in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, as reasonably determined by the affected Indemnified Person (based upon the advice of counsel to such Indemnified Person), where such affected
Indemnified Person informs the Borrowers of such conflict, one additional counsel (and, to the extent reasonably necessary, one local counsel in each relevant material jurisdiction (which may be a single local counsel acting in multiple
jurisdictions)) for each group of similarly affected Indemnified Persons taken as a whole; provided, further, that the Borrowers shall have no obligation hereunder to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Letter of Credit Issuer
nor any of their respective Related Parties with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent attributable to (A) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties, as determined
by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (B) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties under the terms of this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents as determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction or (C) any proceeding between and among Indemnified Persons and/or their
transferees other than (i) in such Indemnified Persons capacity as an agent or arranger or similar role and (ii) any proceeding arising out of any act or omission of the Borrowers and their Affiliates. |
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all amounts payable under this Section 13.6 shall be paid within ten
(10) Business Days of receipt by the Company or the Co-Borrower (as the case may be) of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expense in reasonable detail. In the case of an investigation,
litigation or proceeding to which the indemnity in clause (b) of this Section 13.6 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the
Company, the Co-Borrower, any Guarantors, any equityholders or creditors or an indemnified party or any other person or entity, whether or not an indemnified party is otherwise a party thereto. The agreements
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Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, the termination of the Total Commitments and repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. This Section 13.6 shall
not apply with respect to Taxes, other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements arising from any
non-Tax claim. |
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Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Credit Party nor any Indemnified Person shall
have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages resulting from this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Restatement
Effective Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit the Companys and the Co-Borrowers indemnification obligations to the Indemnified Persons pursuant to
Section 13.6(b) in respect of damages incurred or paid by an Indemnified Person to a third party. No Indemnified Person 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 Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except to the
extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Person or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of
a court of competent jurisdiction. |
13.7 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) no Borrower
may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower or without such consent shall be null and void); provided,
that a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other similar transaction not prohibited hereunder shall not constitute an assignment or other transfer and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except
in accordance with this Section 13.7. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby
(including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.7) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the
Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. |
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(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) of this Section 13.7, any
Lender may 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 Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that, without limitation, the Company shall have the right to withhold its consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with applicable Law, the Company would be required
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the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that no consent of
the Company shall be required (x) for an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (unless increased costs would result therefrom except if an Event of Default under Section
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11.1(a) or Section 11.1(b) or, with respect to the Company, Section 11.1(g) has occurred and is continuing) or (y) an Event of
Default under Section 11.1(a) or Section 11.1(b) or, with respect to the Company, Section 11.1(g) has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; provided,
further, that the consent of the Company shall be deemed to have been given if the Company has not responded within ten (10) Business Days of delivery of a written request for such consent; and |
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the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuers (in each case, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that (x) no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent and
(y) no consent of any Letter of Credit Issuer shall be required for an assignment to assignee that is an Affiliate of the assigning Lender. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to a natural person, Disqualified Lender or Defaulting Lender. The
Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Persons who are Disqualified Lenders at any time. Upon receipt of a list of Disqualified Lenders from the Company (or any updates thereto), the
Administrative Agent shall promptly provide such list or updates, as applicable, to the Lenders (including by posting to a Platform).
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Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions: |
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except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of an Agent
or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the
Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000, and whole increments of $1,000,000, in each case, of, unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent
otherwise consent (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by Affiliates of Lenders and related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of
meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above; |
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each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning
Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders right and obligations in respect of one class of
Commitments or Loans; |
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the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (B) if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, in
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each case, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee;
and provided, further, that only one such fee shall be payable in the event of simultaneous assignments to or from two (2) or more Approved Funds; and |
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the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative
questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the Administrative Questionnaire). |
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the purpose of this Section 13.7(b), the term Approved Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will at the time of the relevant assignment be) engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that manages a Lender.
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(v) of this
Section 13.7, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance,
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 Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Acceptance 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 2.10,
2.11, 3.5, 5.4 and 13.6). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 13.7 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 clause (c) of this Section 13.7. |
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The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers shall maintain at the
Administrative Agents Office a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and any payment made
by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the Register). Further, the Register shall contain the name and address of the Administrative Agent
and the lending office through which each such Person acts under this Agreement. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders shall
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers,
the Letter of Credit Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant
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Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee,
the assignees completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 13.7 and any written
consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 13.7, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. Promptly
following any change to the Register, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Company an updated version thereof. |
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(i) Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any Letter
of Credit Issuer, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than any natural person, Disqualified Lender or Defaulting Lender) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement and (D) at any time it is a requirement of Dutch law on the date participations are sold to a Participant and the amounts of the participations sold
hereunder is an amount of less than EUR 100,000 or its equivalent in any other currency, such Participant is not considered to be a part of the public within the meaning of the Financial Supervision Act, which requirement can be considered
satisfied, in reliance upon the Explanatory Memorandum to the Implementation Act in respect of Directive 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, until the competent authority publishes its interpretation of the term public (as
referred to in article 4.1(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013). Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided, further, that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant,
agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 13.2 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section 13.7, each Borrower agrees
that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.10, Section 2.11 and Section 5.4 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the
requirements of those Sections) and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 13.7. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 13.11(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 13.7(a) as though it were a Lender. |
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A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.10
or Section 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the
Companys prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). 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 amounts) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the
Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is |
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recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to
disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under
any Credit Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of
the United States Treasury Regulations. |
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Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, at any time
pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this
Section 13.7 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In order to facilitate such pledge or assignment, each Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after such Borrower has made
its initial borrowing hereunder, such Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at such Borrowers own expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, as the case may be, evidencing the Loans owing to such Lender;
provided, further, that any such promissory note shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and the Borrowers shall not be required to pay for any notarization of any such promissory note. |
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Subject to Section 13.19, each Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any
Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a Transferee) and any prospective Transferee (other than any Disqualified Lender) any and all information in such Lenders possession concerning the Borrowers
and their respective Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrowers and their respective Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on
behalf of the Borrowers and their respective Affiliates in connection with such Lenders credit evaluation of the Borrowers and their respective Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement. |
13.8 |
Replacements of Lenders under Certain Circumstances. (a) A Borrower shall be permitted to replace
any Lender that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 5.4; (ii) is affected in the manner described in Section 2.10(a)(iii)
and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such Section is required to be taken; (iii) becomes a Defaulting Lender; or (iv) fails to approve an Additional Alternative Currency requested pursuant to
Section 2.14 and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have approved such request, with (in any such case) a replacement bank or other financial institution; provided that (1) such replacement does
not conflict with any Law, (2) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (3) such Borrower shall repay (or the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans, L/C Advances
and other amounts (other than any disputed amounts), pursuant to Sections 2.10, Section 2.11 or Section 5.4, as the case may be) owing to such replaced Lender prior to the date of
replacement, (4) the replacement bank or institution, if not already a Lender, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, (5) the replaced
Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.7 (provided that the Borrowers shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein) and
(6) no such replacement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that such Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender. |
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If any Lender (such Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender)
has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 13.2 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders
shall have granted their consent, then provided no Event of Default then exists, the Company shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent; provided that: (i) all Obligations of the Borrowers owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such
Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, and (ii) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a
price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrowers, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement
Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.7. |
13.9 |
Resignation as Letter of Credit Issuer upon Assignment. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, if at any time a Lender assigns all of its Commitment and Loans pursuant to Section 13.7, it may, upon three (3) Business Days notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent, resign
as Letter of Credit Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as Letter of Credit Issuer, the Company shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder in accordance with
Section 3.5; provided, however, that no failure by the Company to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant Lender as Letter of Credit Issuer. If a Letter of Credit Issuer
resigns, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit Outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as Letter of Credit Issuer and all Letter
of Credit Exposure with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Loans or fund risk participations in Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Section 3). Upon the appointment of a successor Letter of Credit
Issuer such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer in accordance with Section 3.5. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clause (a) of this
Section 13.9, the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 12.9. |
13.10 |
Assignment to SPCs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a
Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Company (an SPC) the option to provide
all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) such SPC makes the representations and warranties applicable to Lenders set forth in
Section 13.1, (ii) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and (iii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting
Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the cost or expenses or otherwise increase
or change the obligations of any Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 2.10, Section 2.11 or Section 5.4, (ii) no SPC shall be liable for
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and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Credit Document, remain the lender of
record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
SPC may disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guaranty or credit or liquidity
enhancement to such SPC; provided, that the information disclosed shall be limited to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of any such rating agency, commercial paper dealer, provider of any surety or Guaranty or credit or
liquidity enhancement and shall not include (without the prior written consent of the Company) non-public projections, forecasts or any other forward looking information provided by, or relating to, the
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Adjustments; Set-off. (a) If any Lender (a
benefited Lender) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings
of the nature referred to in Section 11.1(g), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lenders Loans, or interest thereon, such benefited
Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lenders Loan, as shall be necessary to cause such benefited Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of the Lenders;
provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such
recovery, but without interest. |
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After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies
of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to any Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by each Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by a
Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any of its Affiliates or
any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of such Borrower. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by
such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. |
13.12 |
Counterparts; Electronic Execution. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this
Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. .pdf via email)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A
set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in this Agreement,
any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures 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. |
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Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. |
13.14 |
Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not
expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents. |
13.15 |
GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. |
13.16 |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
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submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, City of New York, New York County, the courts of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York, City of New York, New York County, and appellate courts from any thereof; |
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consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives 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 agrees not to plead or claim the same; |
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the Company appoints the Co-Borrower (the Process
Agent) as its agent to receive on behalf of the Company and its property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in any
such action or proceeding in any aforementioned court in respect of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Such service may be made by delivering a copy of such process to the Company by courier and by certified mail
(return receipt requested), fees and postage prepaid, both (i) in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agents address and (ii) at the Companys address specified pursuant to Section 13.3, and the
Company hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Company at its address set forth on Schedule 13.3 at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant to
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agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by
law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and |
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waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal
action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.16 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages. |
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Acknowledgments. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that: |
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it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents; |
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no Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Borrower arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between such Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrowers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor;
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no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the
transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrowers and the Lenders; and |
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each Agent and Lender may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Credit Parties, their
stockholders and/or their affiliates. |
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WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ON BEHALF OF
ITSELF AND ITS AFFILIATES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN. |
13.19 |
Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall hold all
non-public information furnished by or on behalf of a Borrower in connection with such Lenders evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Lender or the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (Confidential Information), confidential in accordance with its customary procedure for handling confidential information of this nature and (in the case of a Lender that is a bank)
in accordance with safe and sound banking practices and in any event may make disclosure (a) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or by any regulatory or quasi-regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory organization)
or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process, or (b) to such Lenders or the Administrative Agents directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, professional advisors or independent auditors or Affiliates, (c) to
any other party to this Agreement, (d) to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.7(d); provided that the information disclosed shall be limited to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of such Lender
and shall not include (without the prior written consent of the Company) non-public projections, forecasts or other forward looking information provided by, or relating to, the Company, (e) to the extent
such Confidential Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 13.19 (e) to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP
numbers with respect to the facilities or market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the
Credit Documents, (f) for purposes of establishing a due diligence defense or in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (g) to prospective Transferees or Participants (other
than any Disqualified Lender) so long as such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section 13.19 and (h) otherwise with prior written consent of the
Company; provided, further, that unless specifically prohibited by applicable Law or court order or similar process, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of any request by any Governmental Authority or
representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such
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non-public information prior to disclosure of such information; and provided, further, that in no event shall any Lender, Letter of Credit
Issuer or the Administrative Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by a Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent agrees that it will not provide to prospective Transferees or to
prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparties in Hedge Agreements to be entered into in connection with Loans made hereunder any of the Confidential Information unless such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by provisions at
least as restrictive as those of this Section 13.19. |
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Payments Set Aside Communications. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Company or the Co-Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff 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 such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or
otherwise, then (a) 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 setoff had not occurred,
and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any 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 applicable overnight rate from time to time in effect. |
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Direct Website Communications. (a)(i) A Borrower may, at its option but subject to the limitations set
forth in Section 9.1 and Section 9.2, provide to the Administrative Agent any information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the
Credit Documents, including, without limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (A) relates to a request for a
new, or a conversion or extension of an existing, Borrowing or other Credit Event (including any election of an Interest rate or Interest Period relating thereto), (B) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement
prior to the scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any Default or Event of Default or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any Borrowing or other Credit
Event (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as Communications), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent to the contact provided in Schedule 13.3 attached hereto. Nothing in this Section 13.21 shall prejudice the right of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document. |
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The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth in Schedule 13.3 (as may be updated by written notice to the Company and the Lenders) shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for
purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender
for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lenders e-mail address to
which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address. |
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Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that (i) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders and
the materials and/or information provided by each Borrower hereunder (collectively, the Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the Platform) (so
long as the access to such Platform is limited (x) to the Agents and the Lenders and (y) remains subject to the confidentiality requirements set forth in Section 13.19), (ii) certain of the Lenders may be
public-side Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material nonpublic information with respect to Holdings, the Borrowers or their respective securities) (each, a Public Lender). |
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Each Borrower hereby agrees that (i) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public
Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PUBLIC including by marking the word PUBLIC prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials PUBLIC, The Borrowers shall be deemed to
have authorized the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material nonpublic information with respect to the Borrowers or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and
state securities laws (provided that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 8.10), (iii) all Borrower Materials marked PUBLIC are
permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as Public Investor and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked PUBLIC as being
suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as Public Investor; provided that, the Borrowers shall have no obligation to mark any such materials PUBLIC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
following Borrower Materials shall be deemed to be marked PUBLIC, unless the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent promptly (after being given a reasonable time for review prior to their intended distributions) that any such document
contains material nonpublic information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) any notification of changes in the terms of this Agreement and (3) all Information delivered pursuant to Section 8.10.
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Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all
times have selected the Private Side Information or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lenders compliance
procedures and applicable law, including United States Federal and state securities laws, to make reference to Communications that are not made available through the Public Side Information portion of the Platform and that may contain
material non-public information with respect to the Borrowers or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws. |
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The Platform is provided as is and as available. The Agent Parties do not warrant the
accuracy or completeness of the Communications, or the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation,
any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by the Agent Parties in connection with the
Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors or representatives (collectively, Agent Parties) have
any liability to any Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or
otherwise) arising out of any Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Communications through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party resulted from such Agent Partys (or any of its Related
Parties) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. |
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13.22 |
USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
Patriot Act (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 the Borrowers,
which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrowers in accordance with the Patriot Act. |
13.23 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial
Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution
arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such
liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and |
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the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if
applicable: |
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a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; |
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a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such
Affected 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 Credit Document; or |
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the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion
powers of the applicable Resolution Authority. |
13.24 |
Certain ERISA Matters. |
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(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 the
Borrowers or any other Credit Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true: |
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such Lender is not using plan assets (within the meaning of 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 Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement; |
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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 |
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exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving
bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such
Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; |
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(A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a Qualified Professional Asset Manager (within the
meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the
Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenders entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement; or
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such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent,
in its sole discretion, and such Lender. |
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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 the Borrowers or any other Credit 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 Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise
of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Credit Document or any documents related hereto or thereto). |
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For purposes of this Section 13.24, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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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. |
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ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. |
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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. |
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13.25 |
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 Credit Document), the Borrowers acknowledge and agree, and acknowledge their Affiliates understanding, that: (a) (i) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries and any Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender is intended to be or has been created in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Credit Documents, irrespective of whether any Agent, any Letter of Credit
Issuer, or any Lender has advised or is advising the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries on other matters, (ii) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers, and the Lenders
are arms-length commercial transactions between the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (iii) the
Borrowers have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent that it has deemed appropriate and (iv) the Borrowers are capable of evaluating, and understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents; and (b) (i) the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers and the Lenders each 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 the Borrowers or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person; (ii) none of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers, and the Lenders has any
obligation to the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents; and (iii) the Agents, the Letter of Credit
Issuers, and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrowers and their Affiliates, and
none of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers, and the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrowers or their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Borrowers hereby waive and release any
claims that it may have against the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuers, and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
13.26 |
Effect of Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates and replaces in its entirety the
Existing Revolving Credit Facility. All rights, benefits, indebtedness, interest, liabilities and obligations of the parties to the Existing Revolving Credit Facility are hereby amended, restated, replaced and superseded, in their entirety, on the
terms and provisions set forth herein; provided that all indemnification obligations of the Borrowers pursuant to the Existing Revolving Credit Facility that expressly survive termination of the Existing Revolving Credit Facility shall survive the
amendment and restatement of the Existing Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that, on and as of the Restatement Effective Date, Schedule 1.01 hereto
sets forth all the Commitments of all the Lenders (and no Person whose name does not appear on Schedule 2.01 shall have, or shall be deemed to have, a Commitment on the Restatement Effective Date, it being understood and agreed that each such
Person, if a Lender under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility, shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10(c), 2.11 and 13.6 of the Existing Revolving Credit Facility) |
13.27 |
Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest
rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable Law (collectively, charges), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the Maximum
Rate) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all charges payable in
respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate. To the extent lawful, the interest and charges that would have been paid in respect of such Loan but were not paid as a result of the operation of this Section 13.27
shall be cumulated and the interest and charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the amount collectable at the Maximum Rate therefor) until such
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cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender. Any amount collected by such
Lender that exceeds the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of such Loan or refunded to the Borrowers so that at no time shall the interest and charges paid or payable in respect
of such Loan exceed the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate. |
13.28 |
Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a
sum due hereunder or any other Credit Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such
other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the Agreement Currency), be
discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case
may be, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
from any Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, against such loss. If the amount of the
Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in such currency, the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, agrees to return the amount of any excess to such
Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law). |
13.29 |
Lender Assignments. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary (including the provisions of Section 13.7), immediately upon the occurrence of the Restatement Effective Date, and without any other action of any Person, for
an agreed consideration, each Lender party hereto listed in the table below under the heading Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Person party hereto as an Assignee and listed in the table below under the heading
Assignee immediately opposite the name of the applicable Assignor (and such Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from such Assignor) (i) all such Assignors rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under
the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable Law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of
such Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, 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 standard terms attached to Exhibit A to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to apply to all the assignments effectuated pursuant to this section as if such terms were
included therein. |
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Assignor |
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Assignee |
Citibank N.A., London Branch |
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Citibank Europe PLC, Dublin Branch |
Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC |
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Goldman Sachs Bank USA |
Bank of America, N.A. |
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Bank of America Europe Designated Activity Company |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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BORROWERS |
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NXP B.V. |
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By: |
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/s/ Luc de Dobbeleer |
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Name: Luc de Dobbeleer |
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Title: Authorized Officer |
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NXP FUNDING LLC |
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By: |
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/s/ Luc de Dobbeleer |
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Name: Luc de Dobbeleer |
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Title: President |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent, Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Sean Duggan |
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Name: Sean Duggan |
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Title: Director |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, |
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Doreen Barr |
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Name: Doreen Barr |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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By: |
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/s/ Michael Dieffenbacher |
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Name: Michael Dieffenbacher |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., |
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Albert Wheeler |
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Name: Albert Wheeler |
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Title: Vice President |
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BANK OF AMERICA EUROPE DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY, |
as an Assignee |
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By: |
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/s/ Frieda Kopf |
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Name: Frieda Kopf |
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Title: Director |
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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, |
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Ming K Chu |
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Name: Ming K Chu |
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Title: Director |
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By: |
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/s/ Marko Lukin |
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Name: Marko Lukin |
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Title: Vice President |
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GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, |
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Rebecca Kratz |
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Name: Rebecca Kratz |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, |
as an Assignee |
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By: |
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/s/ Rebecca Kratz |
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Name: Rebecca Kratz |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |
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CITIBANK N.A., LONDON BRANCH, |
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Egbert Deetman |
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Name: Egbert Deetman |
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Title: Managing Director, Citibank N.A., London Branch |
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CITIBANK EUROPE PLC, DUBLIN BRANCH, |
as an Assignee |
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By: |
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/s/ Egbert Deetman |
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Name: Egbert Deetman |
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Title: Managing Director, Citibank Europe plc |
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SMBC BANK EU AG, |
as a Lender |
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By: |
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/s/ Junichi Morino |
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Name: Junichi Morino |
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Title: Executive Director |
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By: |
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/s/ Yuichiro Kimura |
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Name: Yuichiro Kimura |
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Title: Vice President |
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DBS BANK LTD., |
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Eugene Tan |
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Name: Eugene Tan |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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PNC BANK, N.A, as a Lender and
Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Raj Nambiar |
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Name: Raj Nambiar |
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Title: Sr. Vice President |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH,
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Richard Johansson |
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Name: Richard Johansson |
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Title: Executive Director |
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MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Lender and
Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Kazufumi Watanabe |
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Name: Kazufumi Watanabe |
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Title: Deputy Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking, EMEA |
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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as a Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer |
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By: |
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/s/ Michael King |
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Name: Michael King |
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Title: Vice President |
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COOPERATIVE RABOBANK U.A., as a
Lender |
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By: |
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/s/ M. Nijman |
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Name: M. Nijman |
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Title: Director |
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By: |
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/s/ M.C.H Delky |
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Name: M.C.H Delky |
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Title: Director |
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MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a
Lender |
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By: |
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/s/ Michael King |
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Name: Michael King |
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Title: Authorized Signatory |